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Gendered Power Dynamics in Intentional Communities

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Social psychology quarterly, 67 (4): 369-384 (December 2004)M3: Article; Accession Number: 19064162; Martin, John Levi 1,2; Email Address: jlmartin@rei.rutgers.edu Fuller, Sylvia 3; Affiliation: 1: Associate professor, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University. 2: Associate professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 3: Rutgers University.; Source Info: Dec2004, Vol. 67 Issue 4, p369; Subject Term: MAN-woman relationships; Subject Term: GENDER-based analysis; Subject Term: GENDER studies; Subject Term: BALANCE of power; Subject Term: EQUALITY; Subject Term: SOCIOLOGY -- Research; NAICS/Industry Codes: 541720 Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities; Number of Pages: 16p; Document Type: Article.

Abstract

Using network data from 40 groups, we examine the effect of social context on the gendering of power relations. By modeling reported data on power relations as the result of a stochastic response process that may be gendered, we examine how this gendering is related to group-level contextual factors. We find that much of what appears to be a gendering of the way in which power relations are perceived, namely that women tend to stress equality in relationships more strongly than men, is actually due to their structural position, although women increase their propensity to stress equality when the balance of power between the genders is structurally anomalous. ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR; Copyright of Social Psychology Quarterly is the property of American Sociological Association and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts)

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