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Table
of Contents: Women, Men and Power |
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CHAPTER ONE Power: Its Many Faces 1 |
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TWO Images of Power and Powerlessness 15 |
| Definitions
of Power 3 Popular Definitions 3 Traditional Social Science Definitions 4 Power as Social Structure or “Discipline” Feminist Debates about Power 6 Institutionalizing Power 11 Personal, Collective, and Institutional Power 12 Conclusion: The Faces of Power 13 |
The Individual Dilemma:
Visions of Power that Do Not Fit 16 Powerful Images 16 Gender and the Images of Power 18 Why the “Powerful Woman” Makes Us Uncomfortable 20 The Cultural Mythology of Power and Gender 21 The Powerful Woman as Witch 22 Women in Science: Interlopers and Outcasts 24 Mythological Roots of Male Authority 25 Mythological Traditions of Female Power 26 The Relationship Between “Truth” and Power 28 Power and the “Interpretive Community” 29 Power and the “Transcendent Subject” 30 Challenging Dualistic Thinking 32 Language, Truth, and Images of Power 33 Conclusion: The Invisible Powerful Woman 34 |
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THREE Responsibility vs. Dominance? Women, Men, and the Need for Power 36 |
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FOUR Interpersonal Influence: Resources, Tactics, and Gender Politics 56 |
| Defining and Measuring
the Power Motive 37 The Power Motive in Women and Men 39 Levels and Arousal of the Power Motive 40 Correlates of the Power Motive 40 Fear of Power 42 Gender, Roles, and the Power Motive 43 Responsibility and the Power Motive 44 Interacting in Power Situations: Further Clues about Responsibility and Dominance 46 Culture and the Expression of the Power Motive 53 Conclusion: Power Motivation in Women and Men 54 |
Power,
Resources, and Social Exchange 57 The Principle of Least Interest 57 The Psychology of Winning at Any Cost: Social Control as Its Own Reward 59 The Interplay Between Power Resources and Influence Strategies 60 Resources as Bases of Social Power 61 Strategies of Power Use 63 Gender and Other Predictors of Influence Strategy 65 Effects of Influence Strategies on Their Users 72 Conclusion: Gender and Interpersonal Influence 73 |
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FIVE Feeling Power: The Sense of Competence and Effectiveness 75 |
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SIX Dominance: The Structure of Power 93 |
| Socialization Toward
Helplessness 77 Childhood Learning about Control 77 Race Makes No Difference 80 Helplessness vs. Effectiveness 80 The Structure of Self-Image 80 Changing Patterns of Attribution 82 Freedom and Personal Responsibility 84 The Importance of Choice 84 Referent Power 86 Power Not at Someone Else’s Expense 87 Personal Empowerment 88 Conclusion: Women and Men Feeling Powerful 90 |
Defining
Dominance 94 Psychological and Ethological Research on Dominance 94 Studies of Dominance Among Non-Human Animals 96 Dominance Among Human Males and Females 98 Dominance According to Social Custom 100 Biological and Evolutionary Roots of Male Dominance 102 Social Roots of Male Dominance 105 Signals of Dominance and Submission 109 Maintaining the Gender Power Relations System 109 Environmental Symbols of Dominance 113 Conclusion: Sex as a “Master Status” 114 |
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SEVEN Power, Sexuality, and Reproduction 115 |
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EIGHT Power in the Family 137 |
| Sexuality as an Interpersonal
Power Resource 11 8 Sexual Attraction and Sexual Activity 119 Prostitution 119 Who Uses Sexual Availability as a Power Resource? 120 Sexual Blackmail 121 Childbearing: Woman’s Power or Woman’s Vulnerability? 123 Developments in New Reproductive Technology 125 Whose Choice? 126 Social Expressions of Male Sexual Dominance 127 The Language of Sexuality 127 The Power of Pornography 128 Sexual Violence 129 The Myth of the Willing Victim 131 Personal Power, Sexuality, and Responsibility 133 Conclusion: Sexuality, Dominance, and the Double Standard 135 |
Sources
of Power in the Family 139 Resources and Family Power 141 The Division of Labor and Control over Economic Resources 141 Love and Family Bonds as Power Resources 145 Violence and Power in the Family 147 Culture, Norms, and Family Power 149 Family Centrality and Power 153 Conclusion: Paradoxes of Family Power 155 |
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NINE Power in the Workplace 158 |
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TEN Gender, Power, and Politics |
| Access to (Good) Employment
159 Gender Stereotypes and Discrimination 159 Attitudes Toward “Woman’s Place in Man’s World” 163 Occupational Segregation 165 Gender and Marginality or Centrality at Work 166 Tokens in the Workplace 166 Are Women Outsiders in a Male-Defined Workplace? 167 Leadership and Interpersonal Power in the Workplace 170 Power Begets Power 170 Differing Styles 172 Equalizing Power? Affirmative Action and Pay Equity 173 Perception (or Denial) of Discrimination 174 Support for Affirmative Action 175 Conclusion: Gender, Exclusion, and Marginality 177 |
Group
Identification and the Growth of Political Awareness 180 Women as a Minority Group? 180 The Perception of Justice 182 Political Consciousness 183 Political Action 188 Gender Differences and Similarities in Political Participation 188 Resistance to Female-Male Equality 194 The Politics of Exclusion 194 The Politics of Legitimacy 195 Conclusion: Votes and Voice 196 |
| _____________________________ Epilogue: The Future 198 References 201 |
____________________ Subject Index 220 Author Index 240 |
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