Thinking about Women: Sociological Perspectives on Sex and GenderAllyn and Bacon, 2000 - 434 pàgines * 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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... attitudes of their daughters and sons ; in gen- eral , there has been some shift in attitudes toward more egalitarian roles — a fact that will influence the gender attitudes of future generations ( Harris and Firestone , 1998 ; Helwig ...
... attitudes of their daughters and sons ; in gen- eral , there has been some shift in attitudes toward more egalitarian roles — a fact that will influence the gender attitudes of future generations ( Harris and Firestone , 1998 ; Helwig ...
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... attitudes represent some loosening of rigid judgments about sexual behavior , but , predictably , these attitudes , too , are shaped by gender . For example , note the gender gap in sexual attitudes among entering college freshmen ...
... attitudes represent some loosening of rigid judgments about sexual behavior , but , predictably , these attitudes , too , are shaped by gender . For example , note the gender gap in sexual attitudes among entering college freshmen ...
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... attitudes over the years , women are still more likely to have the responsibility for planning , remembering , and scheduling the day - to- day activities of children . Half of husbands now participate in this responsibility , but they ...
... attitudes over the years , women are still more likely to have the responsibility for planning , remembering , and scheduling the day - to- day activities of children . Half of husbands now participate in this responsibility , but they ...
Continguts
Introduction | 1 |
Gender Sex and Culture | 19 |
The Social Construction | 51 |
Copyright | |
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Hurricane Andrew: Ethnicity, Gender, and the Sociology of Disasters Walter Gillis Peacock,Betty Hearn Morrow,Hugh Gladwin Previsualització no disponible - 1997 |
Single Women/Family Ties: Life Histories of Older Women Katherine R. Allen Visualització de fragments - 1989 |