Analyzing Gender is a major synthesis of current social sciences research on gender issues. This tightly edited collection of articles consolidates the current state of knowledge about the role of women in society.
From a variety of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives, the contributors outline research findings relating to the issues facing women in contemporary society. Analyzing Gender will be an essential sourcebook for research on gender, sex roles and women's studies.Analyzing Gender is a major synthesis of current social sciences research on gender issues. This tightly edited collection of articles consolidates the current state of knowledge about the role of women in society.
From a variety of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives, the contributors outline research findings relating to the issues facing women in contemporary society. Analyzing Gender will be an essential sourcebook for research on gender, sex roles and women's studies.Introduction - Myra Marx Ferree and Beth B Hess
PART ONE: GENDER AND IDEOLOGY
Evolutionary Perspectives on Gender Hierarchy - Christine Ward Gailey
Science, Sexual Difference, and Feminism - Janet Sayers
Thinking About Gender - Kay Deaux and Mary E Kite
PART TWO: SOCIAL CONTROL OF FEMALE SEXUALITY
Female Sexuality - Beth E Schneider and Meredith Gould
Looking Back Into the Future
Reproduction - Barbara Katz Rothman
Sexual Terrrorism - Carole J Sheffield
The Social Control of Women
Popular Culture and the Portrayal of Women - Muriel G Cantor
Content and Control
PART THREE: GENDER STRATIFICATION
Gender, Work, and World Capitalism - Susan Tiano
Third World Women's Role in Development
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