Guy Thing Research Articles

It's a guy thing: Sex as a moderator of the relationship between social anxiety and perception of interpersonal warmth in initial heterosexual interactions

Social anxiety or the fear of being evaluated by others in social settings has been shown to contribute to impairments in interpersonal functioning. One way in which such impairments may arise is through biased perceptions of others during social interactions. The present study examined how social anxiety relates to the perception of interpersonal warmth from others within a relationship initiation context, and whether this relationship differs in men and women. Participants were 69 men and 69 women, aged 20.62 years on average (SD = 1.97), who identified as heterosexual. After completing a questionnaire pack online, participants engaged in a laboratory‐based interaction with a previously unacquainted participant of the other sex. After the interaction, participants reported their perception of their partner's warmth. Results revealed a negative association between men's degree of social anxiety and their perception of their partner's warmth. This association was not found in women. The moderation of sex on the role of social anxiety in interpersonal perceptions may reflect sex differences in social cognitive abilities.

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It's a guy thing

Baraniuk reviews Man (Dis)connected: How technology has sabotaged what it means to be male by Philip Zimbardo and Nikita D. Coulombe.

Cyberfeminists at Play: Lessons on Literacy and Activism from a Girls' Computer Camp

In an early advertisement for the Apple II, a white man sits at the kitchen table intent on his computing task, looking lovingly at his machine, while his wife cuts vegetables near the kitchen sink and looks lovingly at her husband. Although the computer itself is certainly dated—an historic relic when compared to today’s mobile devices—the gender roles surrounding the use of these tools are admittedly less so. As demonstrated in the more recent Apple campaign where a cool, hip young manas-Mac constantly one-ups an uncool, unhip aging man-as-PC, computers are more often than not portrayed in the media as a “guy thing.” Certainly, women are portrayed as users of technology in the larger culture, but as a number of scholars have suggested, the use of various technologies has had a “deskilling” impact, with women potentially “excluded from a knowledge of the overall process of which they are a part” (Murray 98) or stereotyped as a result of that use. Cheris Kramarae’s classic collection Technology and Women’s Voices suggests that everyday technologies, from the telephone to the washing machine, have both helped and hindered women’s material conditions. Yet male technology use is also stereotyped. Ask a group of students for an image associated with the term “computer geek,” and they’ll describe the typical male student with glasses, alone with his machine. A Google image search for the term yields similar visual results, and additional male stereotypes appear when one does a similar search using the term “gamer.” Given such stereotypes, it’s no surprise that according to the American Association of University Women’s (AAUW) 2000 publication Tech-Savvy, girls begin to lose interest in technology around the middle school years—and not only because of the perception of social isolation associated with computers. In their foreword to Tech-Savvy, the AAUW asks a compelling question: “What changes are needed in the computer culture to improve its image, repair its deficits, and make it more appealing to girls and women?” (iv). That such culture isn’t as appealing to girls and women is perhaps most evident from statistics documenting the limited

ROS STRESS IN MICE: NOT JUST A GUY THING

![Figure][1] It is common knowledge that American and most European women, on average, live longer than men, possibly because women take better care of their health overall and are more likely to see a doctor! But females of other species also live longer, including rats, other primates, and

It’s a Guy Thing: The Experience of Women in Canadian Sports Car Competition

Jane Jenkins laughed when she related that childʼs remark to me. As a history professor, she is now in her element in the classroom. But as a college student herself, she had been equally at home behind the wheel of a Datsun 240Z, hurling the car through a twisty slalom course. In 1986 she was the Saskatoon Sports Car Clubʼs Rookie of the Year in auto slalom racing. Professor Jenkins was not the only or the fi rst woman to race a car in Canada. Many Canadian women have been involved in all aspects of auto sport since the dawn of the twentieth century. That said, relative to men, few of them competed and none have yet made it to the top: Indy Car or Formula One. So that childʼs reaction to Jane as “racer” was understandable and common. Our society does not naturally assume that women do car racing. Likewise, the scholarly and popular literature on women in sport is extensive, but there is little on their role in auto sport. Why, then, is it so hard to conjure up the image of the female racer? Because, like the so-called mainstream stick and ball sports, auto sport is overwhelmingly a male activity, played by men and almost exclusively run by men. Until very recently, all of its “superstars” have been men. The primary audience is young men, and the sponsors (automakers, breweries, and tobacco companies, for example) tailor their advertising to appeal to that market. And above all, auto sport uses the quintessentially male technology: the car. Sports cars, in particular, have been promoted as “toys for boys.” In short, “Itʼs a guy thing.” In that respect, it differs little from other sports. Still, to leave the story at that would be a “double fault.” First, the social portrait of the sport would be incomplete. Second, and more important, it would not do justice to the many women who refused to be constrained by prevailing attitudes and who successfully broke into what was otherwise an exclusively male activity. The historical record makes an important point: that women have competed—and excelled—at all levels and

It's a Guy Thing-Or Is it?

Perspectives in Psychiatric CareVolume 40, Issue 3 p. 91-92 It's a Guy Thing—Or Is it? Mary Paquette PhD, APRN, BC, Mary Paquette PhD, APRN, BC Mary@artwindows.comSearch for more papers by this author Mary Paquette PhD, APRN, BC, Mary Paquette PhD, APRN, BC Mary@artwindows.comSearch for more papers by this author First published: 21 February 2005 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-6163.2004.tb00001.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume40, Issue3July 2004Pages 91-92 RelatedInformation

Narcissus drowned

My wife says narcissism is a guy thing. I am tempted to ask if she has ever been formally introduced to her younger sister, but I wisely demur. Instead, I mention the comment that our teenage son recently made, pointing to a classmate: “Look, if you watch closely, you can actually see the universe revolve around her.” Still, my wife makes an important point, that pregnancy is a major reality check for the narcissistic female. For the 36-week pregnant woman, sitting is a complex docking procedure; breasts and bladder leak capriciously.

It's a guy thing.

It's a guy thing.

Hyacinth: It's a Guy Thing

Hyacinth: It's a Guy Thing