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'I never considered not sleeping with you a sacrifice': Physical attraction as a force for stability and change in cross-sex friendships
Sun, November 15, 8:00 to 9:15am, Hilton Chicago, Floor: Fourth Floor, Meeting Room 4GSession Submission Type: Paper Session
Abstract
Friendships between women and men are ripe with potential for romantic or sexual escalation. The four papers presented in this session will examine this potential by taking a closer look at how physical attraction, and its implications, influence communication in cross-sex friendships.
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Individual Presentations
Predicting Compensation and Reciprocity of Bids for Sexual and/or Romantic Escalation in Cross-sex Friendships - Valerie Akbulut, University of Central Florida; Harry Weger, University of Central Florida
'You Say You Just Want to be FriendsÂ…But': Hidden Agendas and Second-Guessing the Stated Intentions of Cross-Sex Friends - Mike Monsour, University of Colorado, Denver
Tainted Goods: Can the Possibility of a Relationship Ruin a Chance at Friendship? - Emily Langan, Wheaton College
Sexual Tensions as Dialectical Tensions: Constitutive Qualities in the Gay Male/Straight Female Friendship - Jimmie Manning, Northern Kentucky University
