The lenses of gender : transforming the debate on sexual inequality / Sandra Lipsitz Bem.

In this book a leading theorist on sex and gender discusses how hidden assumptions embedded in our cultural discourses, social institutions, and individual psyches perpetuate male power and oppress women and sexual minorities. Sandra Lipsitz Bem argues that these assumptions, which she calls the len...

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Main Author: Bem, Sandra L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [1993]
Series:Gender studies (Rome, Italy)
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Biological Essentialism
  • 3. Androcentrism
  • 4. Gender Polarization
  • 5. The Construction of Gender Identity
  • 6. Transforming the Debate on Sexual Inequality.