The Psychology of Friendship - Oxford University Press (2016)

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59 4 The Hackneyed Notions of Adult “Same- Sex” and “Opposite- Sex” Friendships Michael Monsour When I was first asked to contri ...

60 Who Are Our Friends? transgenderism in my classes, she would describe herself as “not a woman in the traditional sense, and c ...

“Same-Sex” and “Opposite-Sex” 61 a topic that has personal relevance to me as a human being and scholar and unabash- edly allowi ...

62 Who Are Our Friends? In addition to individual variability in definitions of friendship that one might expect from laypersons ...

“Same-Sex” and “Opposite-Sex” 63 opposite- sex friendships. These adjectives have existed for as long as empirical friendship st ...

64 Who Are Our Friends? has a genetic sex other than XX (female) or XY (male).” Again, by mathematical extension, approximately ...

“Same-Sex” and “Opposite-Sex” 65 growing literature on third sexes, third genders, and the transgender community (Cole, Denny, E ...

66 Who Are Our Friends? “opposite- sex friendship,” let us move to some observations about current knowl- edge on same- and oppo ...

“Same-Sex” and “Opposite-Sex” 67 paradigmatic relationship:  friendship. As I  explain in an earlier work (Monsour, 2002), based ...

68 Who Are Our Friends? of friendship in a world in which those relationships often come in a distant second to romantic relatio ...

“Same-Sex” and “Opposite-Sex” 69 of the role it can play in counteracting the heteronormative bias examined in the next section. ...

70 Who Are Our Friends? Fraley Heffernan, Vicary, & Brumbaugh, 2011), feminist intersectional theory (Crenshaw, 1989; Galupo ...

“Same-Sex” and “Opposite-Sex” 71 male the first 50 years of her life to a continued attraction to females after her transi- tion ...

72 Who Are Our Friends? nothing “intrinsically natural” about separating friendships into the categories of same- sex friendship ...

“Same-Sex” and “Opposite-Sex” 73 References Adams, R. G., & Allan, G. (Eds.). (1998). Placing friendships in context. Cambri ...

74 Who Are Our Friends? Gibran, K. (1923). The prophet. Eastford, CT: Martino. Greif, G. L. (2009). Buddy system: Understanding ...

75 5 Friendships Across Race, Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation Suzanna M. Rose and Michelle M. Hospital Racial and ethnic diver ...

76 Who Are Our Friends? the groups. Likewise, friendship across sexual orientation requires a metaphorical “crossing of the line ...

Race, Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation 77 well they thought certain words, such as “friendly,” “hardworking,” “violent,” and “l ...