Introduction

THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF GENDER DIFFERENCES

Understanding Emotional Expression
Words, Faces, Voices, and Behaviors
Physiological Arousal and Patterns of Emotional Expression
Sad or Mad? The Quality of Emotions

GENDER, BIOLOGY, AND THE FAMILY

The State of the Art: Biological Differences?
Transactional Relationships within Families
Gender Identification and De-identification in the Family
Fathers and the Family Climate

CULTURAL ORIGINS AND CONSEQUENCES OF GENDER DIFFERENCES

Social Motives, Power, and Roles
Stereotypes and Display Rules
The Power of Peers
The Health Consequences of Gender-Stereotypic Emotional Expression
Rethinking Gender and Emotion

Notes
References
Index

Leslie Brody is Associate Professor of Psychology at Boston University.