The gendered society / Michael S. Kimmel.
"In The Gendered Society, Michael S. Kimmel examines our basic beliefs about gender, arguing that men and women are more alike than we have ever imagined." "The issues surrounding gender are complex, and in order to clarify them, the author has included a review of the existing litera...
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Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
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Table of Contents:
- Ordained by nature: biology constructs the sexes
- Spanning the world: cross-cultural constructions of gender
- "So, that explains it": psychological perspectives on gender development
- Inequality and difference: the social construction of gender relations
- The gendered family
- The gendered classroom
- The gendered workplace
- Gendered intimacies: friendship and love
- Gendered sexualities
- The gender of violence.