Gender, Family and Social Movements

by Suzanne Staggenborg

• ISBN13: 9780761985167
• ISBN10: 0761985166
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-07-22
• Publisher: Sage Publications

Summary

With extensive use of case materials, this volume describes and analyzes the significance of social movements like the struggle for abortion rights and gay rights for the large-scale transformations of key aspects of gender and family. Gender and social movements are also linked in a way that shows how events of the nineteenth century are relevant to understanding the struggles for change today.

Table of Contents

About the Author	x	(1)
Foreword	xi	(2)
Preface	xiii
1 The Interplay of Gender and Social Movements	1	(12)
The Meaning of Gender	2	(2)
Gender Change and Social Movements	4	(6)
Social Change and the Emergence of Social Movements	5	(3)
The Effects of Social Movements on Gender Relations	8	(2)
A Look Ahead	10	(3)
2 Gender, Family, and Social Change	13	(18)
The Impact of Industrialization and Urbanization	14	(7)
Gender Ideologies and Social Change	14	(2)
Women's Labor Force Participation	16	(2)
Middle-Class Reformers	18	(3)
Twentieth-Century Social Changes	21	(8)
Gender and Work	21	(4)
Cultural Images of Gender and Family	25	(3)
Youth Culture	28	(1)
Conclusion	29	(2)
3 Social Movements and Feminist Consciousness	31	(22)
Varieties of Feminist Consciousness	31	(1)
Women and Temperance Movements	32	(3)
The Abolition Movement and Women's Rights	35	(3)
The Civil Rights Movement and Feminist Consciousness	38	(4)
The New Left and the Rise of the Women's Liberation Movement	42	(3)
Women's Strike for Peace	45	(2)
The Environmental Movement and Men's Consciousness	47	(2)
Conclusion	49	(4)
4 Feminism, Antifeminism, and the Conflict over Equal Rights	53	(18)
The Battle over the Equal Rights Amendment	53	(11)
Support for Equal Rights	54	(4)
Opponents of the ERA	58	(4)
Equal Rights versus the Security of Tradition	62	(2)
Responses to Feminism in the 1980s and 1990s	64	(5)
Meanings of Feminism	66	(1)
Feminist Groups	67	(2)
Conclusion	69	(2)
5 Abortion and Family Politics	71	(28)
The Symbolism of Abortion	71	(7)
The Historical and Social Context	72	(3)
Lifestyles, Values, and Abortion	75	(3)
The Opposing Movements	78	(1)
Anti-Abortion Concerns	79	(6)
Civil Rights Activists	80	(1)
Family Heritage Activists and Revivalist Catholics	80	(1)
Pro-Life Activists in the United States	81	(3)
The New Christian Right	84	(1)
Abortion Rights Perspectives	85	(5)
Women's Liberation	86	(1)
Individual Choice	87	(1)
Family Values	88	(2)
Reproductive Rights	90	(1)
Common Concerns	90	(2)
Polarization in the Abortion Conflict	92	(4)
Conclusion	96	(3)
6 The Battle over Gay and Lesbian Rights	99	(24)
Same-Sex Relationships and Social Change	99	(2)
The Rise of Nonreproductive Sexuality	100	(1)
Gay and Lesbian Subcultures	101	(5)
Gay Men and Masculinity	102	(2)
Lesbians and Changing Gender Roles	104	(2)
The Backlash against Gays and Lesbians	106	(3)
The Gay and Lesbian Rights Movement	109	(2)
Movement Challenges to Gender and Family	111	(5)
Sexuality	112	(1)
Gender Roles and Family Forms	113	(3)
Countermovement Reactions	116	(5)
The Gay Rights Controversy	116	(1)
Reasons for Hostility	117	(4)
Conclusion	121	(2)
7 The Contribution of Social Movements	123	(12)
Movements and Countermovements	124	(3)
Work, Family, and Community	127	(3)
The Challenge of Gender	130	(2)
Conclusion	132	(3)
References	135	(12)
Index	147