Unmitigated agency and unmitigated communion: An analysis of the negative components of masculinity and femininity
dc.contributor.author | Buss, David M. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T16:14:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T16:14:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1990-05 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Buss, 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.issn | 0360-0025 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1573-2762 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/45594 | |
dc.description.abstract | The 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.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Developmental Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Psychology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Anthropology/Archaeometry | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Interdisciplinary Studies | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Sociology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Social Psychology | en_US |
dc.title | Unmitigated agency and unmitigated communion: An analysis of the negative components of masculinity and femininity | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Women's and Gender Studies | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Humanities | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, 48109-1346, Ann Arbor, Michigan | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/45594/1/11199_2004_Article_BF00288234.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00288234 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Sex Roles | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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