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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Sociological Perspectives on Sex and Gender Margaret L. Andersen. a woman ! Few knew of how he had " done gender . " Tipton began his identity as a woman in the 1930s , when he was relatively young — a time when an unwritten code in the ...
Sociological Perspectives on Sex and Gender Margaret L. Andersen. a woman ! Few knew of how he had " done gender . " Tipton began his identity as a woman in the 1930s , when he was relatively young — a time when an unwritten code in the ...
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... woman's past sexual his- tory inadmissible as evidence in a rape trial , but , despite legal reforms , trial evi- dence indicates that lawyers ' allegations about a woman's character are still used to discredit her testimony or to make ...
... woman's past sexual his- tory inadmissible as evidence in a rape trial , but , despite legal reforms , trial evi- dence indicates that lawyers ' allegations about a woman's character are still used to discredit her testimony or to make ...
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... Woman and American Politics . 1998 . Women's Electoral Success : A Familiar Formula . New Brunswick , NJ : Rutgers ... woman candidate if a man and a woman with equal qualifications were running for office . Now , however , most men and ...
... Woman and American Politics . 1998 . Women's Electoral Success : A Familiar Formula . New Brunswick , NJ : Rutgers ... woman candidate if a man and a woman with equal qualifications were running for office . Now , however , most men and ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Gender Sex and Culture | 19 |
The Social Construction | 51 |
Copyright | |
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