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Nonverbal Maintenance of Traditional Sex Roles
Author(s) -
Frieze Irene Hanson,
Ramsey Sheila J.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1976.tb02602.x
Subject(s) - nonverbal communication , dominance (genetics) , psychology , social psychology , developmental psychology , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
A number of studies have documented that certain nonverbal behaviors are reliable indicators of dominance and relative status within a group while other behaviors indicate liking and emotional warmth. These same cues have been independently found to differentiate men and women so that men display more dominance and high‐status cues and women more liking and warmth in their nonverbal expressions. These sex differences perpetuate sex‐role stereotypes, are particularly resistant to change because of their nonconscious nature, and serve to maintain traditional sex roles.