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| Preface/Acknowledgments | |
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| Identities | |
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| Differences and Similarities Similarities and differences in everyday life: Drawing lines “Classified” information: Forming impressions Variation between groups, variation within groups | |
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| The power of “normality”: All differences are not created equal Stratification, power, and privilege Theories of inequality Structural-functionalism Conflict theories Cultural capital Conclusion Investigating Identities and Inequalities—Identity inheritance: Climbing up (or down) your family tree | |
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| Manufacturing Difference: The Social Construction of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality Perspectives on identity Essentialism Constructionism Definitions of differences and identities Racial/ethnic identities | |
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| The social construction of race and ethnicity Multiracial identity Class identities | |
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| How do Americans determine class standing? | |
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| Who is poor? | |
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| Gender identities Gender roles: Doing gender | |
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| The sexual dichotomy Male, female, and other Intersexuals and biological ambiguity Sexual Orientations Heteronormativity “The closet” | |
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| The complexity of sexual identity Intersections: Identities on the borderlands Conclusion Investigating Identities and Inequalities—A sociological treasure hunt: The artifacts of identity | |
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| Portraying Difference: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in Language and the Media Symbols and language Slurs | |
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| The language of difference Gendered language Ethnoracial language Sexual language | |
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| The use of language to conceal variation | |
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| The differences of language | |
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| The battle over “political correctness” | |
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| Media representations of difference Gender in the media Children’s exposure to gender in the media Media-reinforced femininity | |
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| Media-reinforced masculinity Race and ethnicity in the media Sexuality in the media Social class in the media Conclusion Investigating Identities and Inequalities—But I play one on TV: Media portraits of race, gender, and sexuality | |
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| Learning difference: Families, schools, and socialization | |
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| Identity socialization in families Learning genders Biological predispositions Gender training Intersections: The influence of race on gender socialization Androgyny Learning racial identities Intersections: The effects of gender and class on racial identities Learning sexualities Was I just born this way? | |
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| Intersections: The effect of gender on learning sexualities Bisexualities Learning social classes Intersections: Class, race, and motherwork Identity socialization in schools Peer influence Gendered lessons Segregating the sexes Intersections: Gender, race, and bullying Coaching masculinities Class and race lessons | |
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| Conclusion Investigating Identities and Inequalities—Go to your room: Race, gender, and childhood discipline | |
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| Inequalities | |
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| Expressing Inequalities: Prejudice and discrimination in Everyday Life Stereotypes: The building blocks of bigotry The normality of stereotypes | |
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| The negativity of positive stereotypes A “model” minority | |
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| The good mother Prejudice: Perceiving inequality Prejudice, privilege, and ideologies of inferiority Race and biological weakness Gender and biological inevitability | |
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| The hidden privilege of social dominance Intersections: Wealthy white men and perceptions of race Within-group prejudice Intersections: Race, gender, and colorism Discrimination: Inequality in action Personal discrimination Quiet bias | |
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| The enduring importance of race Intersections: Race, class, gender and everyday social encounters Global ethnic violence Institutional discrimination Conclusion Investigating Identities and Inequalities—Race and retail: Personal and institutional discrimination in everyday life | |
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| Inequalities in health and illness | |
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| The social construction of health and illness | |
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| The embodiment of inequality To eat or not to eat Hunger Obesity Intersections: Race, class, gender and weight It’s not how you feel, it’s how you look Unequal and unwell: The stratification of health and health care Global inequalities Wealth and health in the United States | |
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| The color of health Environmental discrimination Health care suspicions Gendered health Pre-menstrual syndrome The medicalization of childbirth | |
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| The gendering of medical practice and researchMen’s health Homosexuality and health Conclusion Investigating Identities and Inequalities—Hospital stays: The unequal contours of American health care | |
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| Inequalities in law and justice | |
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| The social construction of laws Power, politics, and legal definitions | |
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| The laws of intimacy Miscegenation Same-sex marriage Race, class, and justice Racial profiling Class and crime Prisons Intersections: Race, class, and death Gendered justice Gender and the law Sexual harassment Gender and violence Intersections: Poverty, gender, and human trafficking Intimate violence Rape and sexual assault Spousal and partner violence | |
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| Conclusion Investigating Identities and Inequalities—Safe havens: Race, class, and the fear of crime | |
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| Inequalities in economics and work Underprivilege and overprivilege: Economic imbalances in everyday life Global inequalities American inequalities | |
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| The middle-class squeeze | |
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| The face of American poverty: In the shadow of plenty Sleepless on the street Poverty’s border | |
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| The economies of race Intersections: Race, class and immigration | |
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| The economies of gender Intersections: Race, gender and the poverty of single parenthood On the job: Race, class, gender, and sexuality in the workplace Professional training | |
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| The corporate closet Racial discrimination in the workplace Affirmative action: Overcoming institutional discrimination Gender and work Separate spheres Gender discrimination in the workplace Intersections: Gendered racism in the workplace | |
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| Conclusion Investigating Identities and Inequalities—Living on the outskirts of poverty: A balanced budget | |
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| The futures of inequalities Possibilities: Altering inequalities Fickle futures Ethnoracial outlooks Evolving a post-racial, post-ethnic society Subdividing race and ethnicity | |
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| The futures of gender and the sexual dichotomy | |
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| The futures of “[blank]sexuality” Stratification outlooks: Class dismissed Future intersections Final thoughts Investigating Identities and Inequalities—Organizing for a change: Student groups on campus | |