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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... rape is significant - not just for understanding rape , but because different causal explanations have dif- ferent implications for change . Rape crisis centers , for example , may see the caus- es of rape in individualist or social ...
... rape is significant - not just for understanding rape , but because different causal explanations have dif- ferent implications for change . Rape crisis centers , for example , may see the caus- es of rape in individualist or social ...
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... rape occurs because men have learned that forcing women to have sex is legitimate and normal behavior . Understanding rape from this perspective helps us see how traditional gender reactions encourage the high incidence of rape in this ...
... rape occurs because men have learned that forcing women to have sex is legitimate and normal behavior . Understanding rape from this perspective helps us see how traditional gender reactions encourage the high incidence of rape in this ...
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... rape expe- riences that do not conform to stereotypes of rape are thus less likely to be prose- cuted ( Martin and Powell , 1994 ) . Thus , rape survivors who prosecute their assailants often have to challenge the prevailing assumptions ...
... rape expe- riences that do not conform to stereotypes of rape are thus less likely to be prose- cuted ( Martin and Powell , 1994 ) . Thus , rape survivors who prosecute their assailants often have to challenge the prevailing assumptions ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Gender Sex and Culture | 19 |
The Social Construction | 51 |
Copyright | |
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