G

Gay, Peter, 17

Gender: as collective identification, 11 -13, 28 , 36 (see also Women's culture);

sociology of, xiii . See also Men; Power, gender; Women

Gender opposition, 12 , 28 , 29 n. See also Separate spheres

Gender personality, 4 , 66 -67, 68 , 100 , 110 -11, 168 , See also Men's friendships; Women's friendships

Gender stratification, 66 -67, 99 -100, 153 -54, 167 . See also Division of labor, sexual; Gender opposition; Power, gender

Generalization, xxii

Geographical distance, of friends, 77 , 91 , 203 -4n.26

Geographical fallacy, in interview sample, 173

Gillespie, Dair L., 14 n

Goffman, Erring, 51

Goode, William J., 4 , 193 n.4

Good Housekeeping,18

Grade school friends, 80

Greenfield, Sidney, 193 n.4

Group configuration, of association, 91 -96