The Gendered Society Reader

by Kimmel, Michael S.; Aronson, Amy

• ISBN13: 9780195149760
• ISBN10: 0195149769
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-07-17
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Are men and women really from different planets? How are they different? And what do these differences mean? Why is it that every society distinguishes people on the basis of gender? Why is it that virtually every known society is also based on male domination? These are questions that havecaptivated social scientists for generations and these are the questions that The Gendered Society Reader, 2/e, attempts to answer. This reader provides students with a sense of the various discourses on gender that have been produced by a wide range of disciplines including the biological sciences,anthropology, psychoanalysis, developmental psychology, and sociology. Designed as a companion volume to Kimmel's textbook, The Gendered Society, this second edition features thirteen new readings, both classic and contemporary. It focuses on the two major issues in gender studies-gender differenceand male domination. Mirroring the overall structure of The Gendered Society, the first sections of the reader are organized by discipline, collecting classic statements of different theoretical perspectives and research inquiries. The final sections address various substantive issues such as work, education, thefamily, and love and sex. Contributors include Margaret Mead, Peggy Reeves Sanday, Joan Acker, Robert M. Sapolsky, Scott Coltrate, Judith Lorber, James Garbarino, and many more. In its focus on both empirical and theoretical issues as well as its broad interdisciplinary perspective, The GenderedSociety Reader, 2/e, is informative and entertaining for scholars, students, and general readers.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(7)
Michael S. Kimmel
PART 1. ANATOMY AND DESTINY: BIOLOGICAL ARGUMENTS ABOUT GENDER DIFFERENCE	7	(26)
Psychological Sex Differences: Origins Through Sexual Selection	8	(6)
David M. Buss
Believing Is Seeing: Biology as Ideology	14	(12)
Judith Lorber
Testosterone Rules	26	(7)
Robert M. Sapolsky
PART 2. CULTURAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF GENDER	33	(38)
Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies	34	(5)
Margaret Mead
Coming of Age and Coming Out Ceremonies Across Cultures	39	(19)
Gilbert Herdt
Rape-Prone Versus Rape-Free Campus Cultures	58	(13)
Peggy Reeves Sanday
PART 3. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SEX ROLES	71	(42)
A Social-Psychological Model of Gender	72	(10)
Kay Deaux
Brenda Major
The Exotic-Becomes-Erotic Theory of Sexual Orientation	82	(12)
Daryl J. Bem
A Boy's Code of Honor: Frustrated Justice and Fractured Morality	94	(19)
James Garbarino
PART 4. THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER RELATIONS	113	(56)
Boundaries, Negotiation, Consciousness: Reconceptualizing Gender Relations	114	(12)
Judith Gerson
Kathy Peiss
Varieties of ``Real Men''	126	(24)
James Messerschmidt
Doing Gender	150	(19)
Candace West
Don H. Zimmerman
PART 5. THE GENDERED FAMILY	169	(50)
Modern Marriage: Revising the Cultural Script	170	(16)
David Popenoe
Household Labor and the Routine Production of Gender	186	(20)
Scott Coltrane
The Transformation of Family Life	206	(13)
Lillian Rubin
PART 6. THE GENDERED CLASSROOM	219	(44)
Gender Equity in the Classroom: The Unfinished Agenda	220	(7)
Myra Sadker
David Sadker
Lynn Fox
Melinda Salata
Warrior Narratives in the Kindergarten Classroom: Renegotiating the Social Contract?	227	(16)
Ellen Jordan
Angela Cowan
``What About the Boys?'' What the Current Debates Tell Us---and Don't Tell Us---About Boys in School	243	(20)
Michael S. Kimmel
PART 7. THE GENDERED WORKPLACE	263	(45)
Hierarchies, Jobs, Bodies: A Theory of Gendered Organizations	264	(13)
Joan Acker
Bringing the Men Back In: Sex Differentiation and the Devaluation of Women's Work	277	(14)
Barbara F. Reskin
The Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the ``Female'' Professions	291	(17)
Christine L. Williams
PART 8. THE GENDERED BODY	308	(43)
The Body and the Reproduction of Femininity	309	(18)
Susan Bordo
Masculinities and Men's Health: Moving Toward Post-Superman Era Prevention	327	(17)
Don Sabo
The Five Sexes: Why Male and Female Are Not Enough	344	(7)
Anne Fausto-Sterling
PART 9. GENDERED INTIMACIES	351	(45)
The Feminization of Love	352	(12)
Francesca M. Cancian
Covert Intimacy: Closeness in Men's Friendships	364	(18)
Scott Swain
Dating and Romantic Relationships Among Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Youths	382	(14)
Ritch C. Savin-Williams
PART 10. THE GENDER OF VIOLENCE	396	(1)
Wars, Wimps, and Women: Talking Gender and Thinking War	397	(13)
Carol Cohn
The Myth of Sexual Symmetry in Marital Violence	410	(17)
Russell P. Dobash
R. Emerson Dobash
Margo Wilson
Martin Daly
Culture, Gender, and Violence: ``We Are Not Women''	427
James Gilligan