Gendering talk /
Robert Hopper.
- East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c2003.
- xi, 251 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
The conversation -- The arrangement between the sexes -- Flirting -- Hey baby, you bitch -- Coupling as progressive commitment -- Coupling as a difference engine -- Talk about women, talk about men -- Making women look bad -- How women and men talk -- How gender creeps into talk -- Leveling the playing field -- Return to laughter.
0870136364 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2002014110
Sex role. Communication--Sex differences. Communication and sex. Man-woman relationships. Interpersonal communication. Conversation.