title: Gender Differences in Being Thanked for Performing a Favor.
abstract: We examined gender differences in how one responds to being thanked for a favor. Using experimental passages, we manipulated who requested the favor and the manner in which the favor is asked. Male and female participants received a set of scenarios in which social status, gender and directness of the request were orthogonally varied. Although male and female participants had very similar perceptions of whether the favor was a command or not, male but not female participants, generated more accommodating and fewer non-accommodating acknowledgments when thanked. The effect was strongest when the request was made by a boss (relative to a peer), especially if the boss was male, and made the request in a direct manner. These data are consistent with the notion that, for males, more than so for females, interactions that make salient one's dominance status is relevant to gender-identity, and is linguistically reflected in a basic social exchange.
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5C2, Canada. katz@uwo.ca.
authors: Albert N
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7494-4096
authors: AN
authors: Katz
authors: Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5C2, Canada.|PetFocus Woodbury Veterinary Hospital, Haliax, NS, B3K4N7, Canada.
authors: Jonathan A R
authors: JA
authors: Woodbury
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006608:Hierarchy, Social; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Expressions of gratitude acknowledgment; Gendered language; Social exchange language; Social hierarchies