Gender Roles: A Sociological Perspective

by Lindsey, Linda L.

• ISBN13: 9780135336212
• ISBN10: 013533621X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

"Gender Roles: A Sociological Perspective, Fourth Edition," is a core text for courses on the sociology of gender and gender roles that provides an in-depth survey of both modern gender roles and gender issues. Focusing on the most recent research both in the United Stales and globally "Gender Roles, Fourth Edition," integrates insights and research from other disciplines, especially biology, psychology, anthropology, and history. Interdisciplinary material is organized, presented, and guided by the sociological perspective so that students can understand the commonalities and differences in the ways the various disciplines research and explain gender.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
PART I THEORETICAL AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES
The Sociology of Gender: Theoretical Perspectives and Feminist Frameworks	1	(19)
Basic Sociological Concepts	1	(2)
Distinguishing Sex and Gender	3	(1)
Sociological Theory	4	(8)
Functionalism	4	(3)
Conflict Theory	7	(1)
Symbolic Interaction	8	(2)
Linking Gender, Race, and Class	10	(2)
Feminism and Sociological Theory	12	(1)
Feminist Frameworks	13	(5)
Liberal Feminism	14	(1)
Socialist/Marxist Feminism	15	(1)
Radical Feminism	16	(1)
Multicultural and Global Feminism	16	(2)
A Nongendered Social Order?	18	(2)
Gender Role Development: Biological and Psychological Perspectives	20	(33)
Margaret Mead	21	(1)
The Hormone Puzzle	22	(5)
Can Sex Reassignment Be Successful?	23	(2)
Aggression	25	(1)
Hormones and Motherhood	26	(1)
In Sickness and Health	27	(14)
Health and the Workplace	31	(1)
Women, Health, and Disease	32	(4)
Global Focus: Women and AIDS	36	(1)
Mental Health	37	(2)
Multiple Roles and Mental Health	39	(2)
The Women's Health Movement	41	(3)
Challenging Gender Bias in Research	41	(1)
Midwives and Medicine	42	(2)
Theories and Evidence	44	(4)
Freud: Anatomy Is Destiny	44	(2)
Sociobiology	46	(2)
Human Sexuality	48	(3)
Nature versus Nurture: The Politics of Biology	51	(2)
Gender Role Development: The Socialization Process	53	(21)
Culture and Socialization	53	(4)
Social Class and Race Patterns	55	(2)
Theories of Socialization	57	(6)
Social Learning Theory	57	(2)
Cognitive Development Theory	59	(2)
Gender Schema Theory	61	(2)
Agents of Socialization	63	(9)
The Family	63	(1)
Do You Want a Boy or a Girl?	64	(1)
Global Focus: Preference for Sons in Asia	65	(1)
Gendered Childhood: Toys, Clothes, and Games	66	(2)
Gendered Parenting Styles	68	(1)
Peers and Preferences	69	(1)
Television	70	(1)
School	71	(1)
Androgyny in Socialization	72	(2)
Language and Socialization	74	(18)
The Generic Myth	74	(5)
Titles and Occupations	76	(2)
What's in a Name?	78	(1)
Linguistic Derogation	79	(1)
Gendered Language Usage	80	(4)
Female Register	80	(2)
Interruptions, Talkativeness, and Friendship	82	(2)
Nonverbal Communication	84	(2)
Facial Expressions and Eye Contact	84	(1)
Touch and Personal Space	85	(1)
Global Focus: The Language of Japanese Women	86	(3)
Explaining Gendered Language: Dominance and Difference	89	(1)
Impact of Linguistic Sexism	90	(2)
Western History and the Creation of Gender Roles	92	(34)
Placing Women in History	92	(2)
Classical Societies	94	(5)
The Glory That Was Greece	95	(3)
The Grandeur That Was Rome	98	(1)
The Middle Ages	99	(4)
Christianity	99	(2)
Feudalism	101	(1)
The Renaissance	101	(2)
The American Experience	103	(15)
The First American Women	103	(2)
The Colonial Era	105	(3)
The Victorians: The Cult of True Womanhood	108	(1)
Frontier Life	109	(2)
Industrialization	111	(3)
World War II	114	(4)
The Women's Movement	118	(8)
The Early Movement: 1830 to 1890	120	(2)
The Nineteenth Amendment	122	(1)
The Contemporary Movement	123	(3)
Global Perspectives on Gender	126	(34)
The United Nations Conferences on Women	126	(1)
Women in Development	127	(2)
Russia	129	(4)
China	133	(4)
India	137	(4)
Japan	141	(4)
Latin America	145	(2)
Israel	147	(2)
The Muslim World	149	(6)
Iran	150	(2)
The Arab Middle East	152	(1)
North Africa: Female
Genital Mutilation	153	(2)
Scandinavia: Norway and Sweden	155	(5)
PART II GENDER ROLES, MARRIAGE, AND THE FAMILY
Love And Marriage In Contemporary Society	160	(33)
Love	160	(6)
Friends and Lovers	161	(2)
Love Myths	163	(2)
Androgynous Love	165	(1)
Mate Selection	166	(6)
Gender Differences	167	(1)
Age and Race	168	(2)
The Marriage Squeeze	170	(2)
Gender Roles in Marriage	172	(11)
Views of Marriage and the Family: Functionalism and Conflict	172	(1)
In Defense of the Traditional Family	173	(3)
The Case against Traditional Marriage	176	(2)
Housewives and Housework	178	(2)
Marriage and Dual-Earner Couples	180	(3)
New Marriage Forms	183	(2)
Commuter Marriage	183	(1)
Egalitarian Marriage	184	(1)
Emerging Lifestyles	185	(8)
The Singlehood Alternative	185	(2)
Cohabitation	187	(2)
Extramarital Relationships	189	(4)
Gender and Family Relations	193	(28)
The Parenthood Transition	193	(9)
Motherhood	194	(3)
Fatherhood	197	(2)
Voluntary Childlessness	199	(1)
Parents as Dual Earners	200	(2)
Families in Multicultural Perspective	202	(7)
African-American Families	203	(4)
Hispanic-American Families	207	(2)
Divorce	209	(4)
Alternatives to Traditional Families	213	(5)
Househusbands	214	(1)
Gay and Lesbian Families and Relationships	215	(3)
Single-Parent Families	218	(3)
Mothers and the Single-Parent Household	218	(1)
Fathers and the Single-Parent Household	219	(2)
Men and Masculinity	221	(25)
Historical Notes and Masculine Markers	221	(1)
On Masculinity	221	(8)
Homophobia	229	(1)
Husbands and Fathers	230	(3)
Men at Middle Age and Later Life	233	(3)
Violence against Women	236	(6)
Rape	236	(4)
Domestic Violence and Battered Women	240	(2)
Men's Liberation	242	(4)
PART III GENDER ROLES: FOCUS ON SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Gender and the Workplace	246	(21)
Sandra Christie
Linda Lindsey
Historical Overview	246	(2)
Factors Influencing Women's Choice of Work, Occupation, or Career	248	(5)
Family Factors	248	(1)
Effects of the Family of Orientation	248	(1)
Effects of the Family of Procreation	249	(1)
Sociocultural and Political Factors	250	(3)
Women in the Labor Force	253	(7)
Occupational Distribution of Women	254	(3)
The Wage Gap	257	(2)
Double Jeopardy: Race and Ethnicity	259	(1)
Women in Business	260	(4)
Barriers to Advancement of Corporate Women	260	(2)
Gendered Management Styles and the Partnership Alternative	262	(2)
Women and Work: A Global Overview	264	(3)
The Impact of Education on Gender Role Persistence and Change	267	(21)
Global Focus: The Educational Gender Gap in the Developing World	267	(2)
A Brief Lesson in History	269	(1)
The Process of Education	270	(18)
Preschool and Kindergarten	270	(2)
Elementary School	272	(4)
High School	276	(1)
Gender and Mathematics	277	(2)
Gendered Tracking and Vocational Education	279	(1)
Athletics	280	(1)
Higher Education	281	(1)
Sexual Harassment	281	(1)
Gendered College Classrooms	282	(5)
The Lessons of Title IX	287	(1)
Religion and Patriarchy	288	(22)
Rediscovering the Gooddess	289	(3)
Islam and Purdah: Sexual Apartheid	292	(2)
Hinduism	294	(3)
Judaism	297	(2)
Christianity	299	(4)
The Bible and Patriarchy	299	(3)
Alternative Views of Biblical Women	302	(1)
The Clergy Issue	303	(2)
Toward an Inclusive Theology	305	(5)
The Media	310	(28)
Magazines	310	(2)
Advertising	312	(6)
Print Advertising	312	(4)
Television Advertising	316	(2)
Film	318	(4)
Music	322	(4)
Rock Videos	324	(2)
Television	326	(5)
Violence and Women	326	(1)
Prime Time	327	(2)
Soap Operas	329	(1)
Children's Programming	330	(1)
Television News	330	(1)
Gender and Mass Media Industries	331	(2)
Male Images in the Media	333	(3)
Media and Social Change	336	(2)
Power, Politics, and the Law	338	(27)
The Law	338	(14)
Employment	339	(1)
Comparable Worth	340	(1)
Sexual Harrassment	341	(2)
Affirmative Action	343	(1)
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)	344	(1)
Education	345	(2)
Domestic Relations	347	(3)
Reproductive Rights	350	(2)
Politics	352	(7)
Barriers to the Female Candidate	354	(3)
The Gender Gap	357	(2)
The Equal Rights Amendment	359	(3)
Feminism in the Twenty-First Century	362	(3)
References	365	(71)
Name Index	436	(10)
Subject Index	446