Description |
viii,391 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction, Michael S. Kimmel -- I. Anatomy and Destiny: Biological Arguments About Gender Differences -- Psychological Sex Differences: Origins Through Sexual Selection, Davis M. Buss -- The Trouble With Testosterone: Will Boys Just Be Boys?, Robert M. Sapolsky -- The Mismeasure of Woman, Carol Tavris -- II. Cultural Constructions of Gender -- Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies, Margaret Mead -- The Function of Male Initiation Ceremonies at Puberty, John W.M. Whiting, Richard Kluckhohn, and Albert Anthony -- The Socio-cultural Context of Rape: A Cross-cultural Study, Peggy Reeves Sanday -- III. Psychology of Sex Roles -- Sex and Personality: Studies in Masculinity and Femininity, Lewis Terman and Catherine Cox Miles -- A Social Psychological Model of Gender, Kay Deaux and Brenda Major -- The Exotic Becomes Erotic Theory of Sexual Orientation, Daryl J. Bem -- IV. The Social Construction of Gender Relations -- Hierarchies, Jobs, Bodies: A Theory of Gendered Organizations, Joan Acker -- Boundaries, Negotiation, Consciousness: Reconceptualizing Gender Relations, Judith M. Gerson and Kathy Peiss -- Doing Gender, Candace West and Don H. Zimmerman -- V. The Gendered Family -- Modern Marriage: Revising the Cultural Script, David Popenoe -- Household Labor and the Routine Production of Gender, Scott Coltrane -- The Families of Lesbians and Gay Men: A New Frontier in Family Research, Katherine R. Allen and David H. Demo -- VI. The Gendered Classroom -- Gender Equity in the Classroom: The Unfinished Agenda, Myra Sadker, David Sadker, Lynn Fox, and Melinda Salata -- Sexual Harassment in K-12 Schools, Nan Stein -- The Role of Gender in College Classroom Interactions: A Social Context Approach, Katherine Canada and Richard Pringle -- VII. The Gendered Workplace -- Bringing the Men Back In: Sex Differentiation and the Devaluation of Women's Work, Barbara F. Reskin -- Guarding the Gates: The Micropolitics of Gender, Judith Lorber -- The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the "Female" Professions, Christine L. Williams -- VIII. Gendered Intimacies -- The Feminization of Love, Francesca M. Cancian -- The Approach-Avoidance Dance: Men, Women, and Intimacy, Lillian B. Rubin -- Covert Intimacy: Closeness in Men's Friendships, Scott Swain -- The Life and Death of Gay Clones, Martin P. Levine -- IX. The Gender of Violence -- Wars, Wimps, and Women: Talking Gender and Thinking War, Carol Cohn -- The Myth of Sexual Symmetry in Marital Violence, Russell P. Dobash, R. Emerson Dobash, Margo Wilson, and Martin Daly |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
Subject |
Gender identity.
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Sex discrimination.
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Sex differences (Psychology)
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Sex role.
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Author |
Aronson, Amy.
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Kimmel, Michael S.
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LC no. |
99031078 |
ISBN |
0195125851 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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019512586X (paperback: alk. paper) |
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