Writing Between the Sexes will help you to identify your own gender-specific behaviors, notice those of the opposite sex as well as of other people who are different from you, and use your observations to make your characters realistic and believable.

Course Instructor
Getting Started
Why it matters
Gender in general
Becoming aware [Private Assignment]
Awareness Examples
Taking it Over
What we say
How we say it [Private Assignment]
Thinking it Through
Thinking about feelings
How we react [Private Assignment]
Actions Speak Louder
Faces and eyes
All around the body [Private Assignment]
Competing and Cooperating
One-up, one-down?
Negotiating conflict [Private Assignment]
Giving Advice
Love or control?
Advice in action [Private Assignment]
Self-Image and Sexuality
Self-image [Private Assignment]
Sex and Romance [Private Assignment]
Summing Up
Believable male characters
Believable female characters
Where authors fall short [Private Assignment]
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