Questions of Gender

by Anselmi, Dina; Law, Anne L.

• ISBN13: 9781405179638
• ISBN10: 1405179635
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-11-28
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Summary

Questions of Gender introduces students to critical questions in the psychology of gender through the use of primary scholarship in the discipline. The book exposes students to both classical and contemporary cutting-edge research and theory while providing sufficient scaffolding so that students can understand the issues at hand. Each chapter topic begins with a comprehensive and integrative essay outlining the key issues in that area; the essays also connect issues between chapters so that students can see many of the overarching themes of the field. The essays and readings thus provide a springboard for instructors and students to engage in conversation about the readings and issues as they relate to the psychology of gender. The new edition: *includes 36 new pieces, of which 32 have been published since the year 2000 *draws together seminal works by psychologists, biologists, anthropologists, sociologists and other researchers *stresses the importance of understanding sex and gender as part of the larger intersection of questions about race, ethnicity class and sexual orientation *features in each chapter several "checkpoints," questions that are designed to help readers evaluate their comprehension and to anticipate the issues of the next reading

Table of Contents

Defining Sex and Gender

Defining Sex and Gender

Questions of Definition

Just What Are Sex and Gender, Anyway? A Call for a New Terminological Standard

Sex and Gender-The Troubled Relationship Between Terms and Concepts

Sorry, Wrong Number-A Reply to Gentile's Call

Sex and Gender: Dichotomy or Continuum?

The Five Sexes Revisited: Anne Fausto Sterling

Race and Sex as Biological Categories

Intersections of Gender, Races, and Class

Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection

Studying Gender

Introduction to Studying Gender

Feminist Approaches to Studying Gender

Epistemological Debates, Feminist Voices: Science, Social Values, and the Study of Women

Through the looking glass: Implications of studying whiteness for feminist methods

Methods in Men's Studies

Theorizing Masculinities in Contemporary Social Science

Should Psychologists Study Sex Differences?

Should Psychologists Study Gender Differences? Yes, With Some Guidelines

On Comparing Women and Men

Stereotypes, Science, Censorship, and the Study of Sex Differences

Asking the Right Questions: Feminist Psychology and Sex Differences

How can we make gender comparisons meaningful?

Making gender comparisons more meaningful: A call for more attention to social context

Biology and Gender

Introduction: Biology and Gender

Understanding the Biological Bases of Gender

Development of sex and gender: Biochemical, physiology and experience

Evolutionary Psychology-Explanation for Human Sex Differences?

The origins of sex differences in human behavior

Integrating Biological and Social Explanations

The problem with sex/gender and nature/nurture

Gender and Culture

Introduction: Gender and Culture

The Cultural Construction of Gender

The Longest War: Gender and Culture

The Influence of Culture on Behavior-The Case of Aggression

Women, Men, and Aggression in an Egalitarian Society

Culture and Variations in Gender Roles

Ideology, myth and magic: Femininity, masculinity and "gender roles"

Gender Roles and Stereotypes

Introduction: Gender Roles and Stereotypes

Defining Gender Roles and Stereotypes

Psychological Constructions of Masculinity and Femininity

Gender Roles: Continuity and change

Changing times, changing gender roles: What do we want women and men to be?

The Consequences of Gender Roles and Stereotypes

An ambivalent alliance: Hostile and benevolent sexism as complementary justifications for gender inequality

The making of a token: A case study of stereotype threat, stigma, racism and tokenism in academe

Gender Identity Development

Introduction: Gender Identity Development

Culture, Context and the social construction of gender

The social construction and socialization of gender during development

Gender Schema Theory: classic and contemporary issues

Gender Schema Theory and Its Implications for Child Development: Raising Gender-aschematic Children in a Gender-schematic Society

Children's search for gender cues

Gender Segregation: Childhood, Adolescence, and Adulthood

Gender and Group Process: A developmental Perspective

Gender and Sexuality

Introduction: Gender and Sexuality

Gender and Sexual Behavior

Gender and the Organization of Sexual Behavior

Understanding Sexual Orientation

The development and function of sexual attractions

Autobiographical essay on transsexual experience - to be selected

Sexuality and Relationships

Gender, sexuality and intimate relationships

Gendered Behavior in a Social Context

Introduction: Gendered Behavior in a Social Context

Understanding Social Behavior

A Social-Psychological Model of Gender

Gender and Emotions

Doing emotion/doing gender: Practicing in order to get it right

Gender and Aggression

Aggression and Gender

Gender and Social Interaction

Gender and Social Interaction

Gender, Cognition, and Education

Introduction: Gender, Cognition and Education

Sex Differences in Cognition: Research Dilemmas and Recommendations

The Smarter Sex: Sex differences in intelligence

Understanding Sex Differences in Mathematics and Science

Sex Differences in mathematical abilities and achievement

Sex Differences in intrinsic aptitude for mathematics and science? A critical review

Gender and Education

The hidden curriculum: Gender in the classroom

The Paradox of Relationships

Introduction: The Paradox of Relationships

Women's and Men's Friendships: Similar or Different?

Men, Women, and Friendship: What They Say, What They Do

Sexual Orientation, Intimacy, and Relationships

The close relationships of lesbians, gay men and bisexuals

The Cultural Context of Love and Intimacy

Gender and Relationships

Gender and Reconceptualizing the Family

Introduction: Gender and the Family

Family Names

What We Call Each Other

The Changing Family

Gendered Family Relations: The more things change, the more they stay the same

Gender Roles and Family Roles

Boys and Men in Families

Social Institutions and Gender

Introduction: Social Institutions and Gender

Gender, Work, and Inequality

Context Matters: Understanding tokenism

Gender, Work, Who Cares? Production, reproduction, deindustrialization and business as usual

Gender and Violence

Sexual Terrorism: The Social Control of Women

Masculinities and Interpersonal Violence

Gender and Health

Introduction: Gender and Health

Categories of Difference and the Politics of Health

Man-Made Medicine and Women's Health: The Biopolitics of Sex/Gender and Race/Ethnicity

Gender, Health and Treatment

Gender and the Social Construction of Illness: Overview

Women get sicker, but men die quicker

Gender Roles, Stress, and Health

Masculine gender role stressors and men's health

A Framework for examining gender, work, stress and health

Gender, Mental Health and Psychopathology

Introduction: Gender, Mental Health and Psychopathology

A Gendered Analysis of Clinical Psychology

Disorderly constructs: Feminist frameworks for clinical psychology

The Politics of Psychiatry: Gender and Sexual Preference in DSM-IV

Culture, Gender Roles and Mental Health

Culture, society and gender in depression

Men's problems and effective treatments: Theory and empirical research

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