Module 3c Lecture - Gender and Intimate Relationships

Practice flashcards covering sex role identity, agency, communion, and gender differences in intimate relationship behaviors and awareness.

Sex role identity

The way in which individuals view themselves in terms of masculine and feminine traits.

Androgyny

A sex role identity characterized by being high in both masculine and feminine traits.

Agency

A psychological orientation focused on the self and separation.

Communion

A psychological orientation focused on connection to others.

Relationship awareness

An awareness involving better memory for relationship events and greater effort to understand relationships; levels are higher in women.

Negative support behaviours

Destructive actions during supportive interactions that men engage in more frequently than women, despite both genders having equal support skills.

Intimacy

A concept for which men and women share largely similar definitions.

Sex drive

The desire for sexual activity, which the transcript identifies as being higher in men.

Sexual satisfaction

An aspect of intimate life that is more closely tied to overall relationship satisfaction in men than in women.

Infidelity

The act of engaging in sexual relations outside of an intimate relationship, which men are more likely to seek.