The first resource to fully devote itself to the study of cross-sex friendships, this book offers important insight into such issues as gender-role expectancies, relationship norms and goals, and cultural assumptions about friendship and sexuality. Author Kathy Werking builds on studies in sociology, psychology, and communication to explore the challenges and rewards of friendships between men and women, their unique character, the cultural beliefs about them, and the influences of various social networks on them.
The first resource to fully devote itself to the study of cross-sex friendships, this book offers important insight into such issues as gender-role ex...