Thinking about Women: Sociological Perspectives on Sex and GenderAllyn and Bacon, 2000 - 434 pages * Contains a new section on language, gender, and popular culture (Ch. 3). * Includes new material on sexuality, including bisexuality and transgendered identities (Ch. 4). * Updates the discussion of sex, gender, and sexuality as central concepts (Ch. 2). * Provides a clearer discussion of the relationship between biology and culture (Ch. 2). * Incorporates new information on welfare reform, teen pregnancy, and poverty among women (Ch. 5). * Emphasizes more fully the influence of postmodernism and the social construction of gender (Ch. 13). * Features new suggested readings, but retains the classics. * Integrates updated research throughout, including new graphics. * Maintains a strong and integrated focus on race, class, and gender throughout. * Includes the most current scholarship on gender. * Retains its clear and lively writing style, written specifically for an undergraduate audience. * Provides Discussion Questions/Projects for Thought at the end of each chapter. |
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Page 171
... mothers construct an understanding of themselves and their children in relationship to the society around them . In U.S. society , motherhood is typically characterized by its isolation . Although most young girls are socialized to ...
... mothers construct an understanding of themselves and their children in relationship to the society around them . In U.S. society , motherhood is typically characterized by its isolation . Although most young girls are socialized to ...
Page 172
... mothers because this role is consistent with their acquired psychological being ; the fact that they are moth- ers ... mothers . It is ideologically normal in our society for women to become mothers ; furthermore , given the inequality ...
... mothers because this role is consistent with their acquired psychological being ; the fact that they are moth- ers ... mothers . It is ideologically normal in our society for women to become mothers ; furthermore , given the inequality ...
Page 187
... mothers . One - third of teen mothers live in poverty , regardless of race ; those who live on their own are more likely to be poor . Regardless of their race and class background , teen mothers do value marriage as an ideal , but they ...
... mothers . One - third of teen mothers live in poverty , regardless of race ; those who live on their own are more likely to be poor . Regardless of their race and class background , teen mothers do value marriage as an ideal , but they ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Gender Sex and Culture | 19 |
The Social Construction | 51 |
Copyright | |
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