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Unmitigated agency and unmitigated communion: An analysis of the negative components of masculinity and femininity

dc.contributor.authorBuss, David M.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-09-11T16:14:39Z
dc.date.available2006-09-11T16:14:39Z
dc.date.issued1990-05en_US
dc.identifier.citationBuss, David M.; (1990). "Unmitigated agency and unmitigated communion: An analysis of the negative components of masculinity and femininity." Sex Roles 22 (9-10): 555-568. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/45594>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0360-0025en_US
dc.identifier.issn1573-2762en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/45594
dc.description.abstractThe negative components of masculinity and femininity, conceptualized by Spence and her colleagues (1979) as unmitigated agency and unmitigated communion, were explored by examining dominant and submissive acts used in their expression. In three separate sessions, subjects (N=129) completed scales designed to measure these constructs, a Dominance Act Report, and a Submissiveness Act Report. Dominant acts used in the expression of unmitigated agency involved the formation of separations (e.g., making decisions without consulting the others involved in them), narcissistic self-assertion (e.g., telling others to perform one's menial tasks), and self-protection (e.g., bluffing one's way out of an embarrassing situation). Submissive acts used in the expression of unmitigated communion involved failing to make normatively appropriate agentic responses (e.g., walking out of a store knowing that one had been short-changed) and subjugating personal desires to group wishes (e.g., giving up vacation plans in deference to the preferences of others). Discussion focuses on elaborating the concepts of unmitigated agency and unmitigated communion.en_US
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dc.publisherKluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Mediaen_US
dc.subject.otherDevelopmental Psychologyen_US
dc.subject.otherPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.otherAnthropology/Archaeometryen_US
dc.subject.otherInterdisciplinary Studiesen_US
dc.subject.otherSociologyen_US
dc.subject.otherSocial Psychologyen_US
dc.titleUnmitigated agency and unmitigated communion: An analysis of the negative components of masculinity and femininityen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelWomen's and Gender Studiesen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHumanitiesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, 48109-1346, Ann Arbor, Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampusAnn Arboren_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/45594/1/11199_2004_Article_BF00288234.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00288234en_US
dc.identifier.sourceSex Rolesen_US
dc.owningcollnameInterdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed


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