Book contents
- Power in Close Relationships
- Advances in Personal Relationships
- Power in Close Relationships
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Power in Close Relationships
- Part I Power in Close Relationships: Theoretical Perspectives
- Part II Power in Close Relationships: Interpersonal Contexts
- 7 Power in Families
- 8 When Sex is Power
- 9 Power in Close Intimate Relationships
- 10 Power and Interpersonal Violence
- 11 Power and Interpersonal Communication
- 12 Interpersonal Power and Nonverbal Communication
- Index
- References
8 - When Sex is Power
Gender Roles in Sex and Their Consequences
from Part II - Power in Close Relationships: Interpersonal Contexts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 February 2019
Book contents
- Power in Close Relationships
- Advances in Personal Relationships
- Power in Close Relationships
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Power in Close Relationships
- Part I Power in Close Relationships: Theoretical Perspectives
- Part II Power in Close Relationships: Interpersonal Contexts
- 7 Power in Families
- 8 When Sex is Power
- 9 Power in Close Intimate Relationships
- 10 Power and Interpersonal Violence
- 11 Power and Interpersonal Communication
- 12 Interpersonal Power and Nonverbal Communication
- Index
- References
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