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Gender Reader

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ISBN-10: 0205285309

ISBN-13: 9780205285303

Edition: 2nd 2000

Authors: Evelyn Ashton-Jones, Gary A. Olson, Merry G. Perry

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The Gender Reader 's fifty-one selections, all related to issues and questions of gender, are organized into five parts that address sub-themes within this broad and rich subject. The readings represent a balanced view of several gender-related topics and have been chosen to provide a background for rich discussion and thoughtful essays. The issues raised throughout the book are designed to provide readers with opportunities for personal and reflective writing as well as expository and argumentative writing. For anyone interested in issues of gender for balanced writing.
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Book details

List price: $88.60
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Longman Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/24/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 498
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Foreword
Preface
Gender Roles: Difference and Change
Gender Differences: Sociology or Biology?
Male and Female: Differences Between Them
The Brain: His and Hers
Are Women Human?
Masculinity in Transition
What Every Woman Should Know About Men
In Harness: The Male Condition
Masculinity: Style and Cult
He's a Feminist, But...
Femininity and Culture
Woman as Other
Psychology Constructs the Female
Emotion
Sisterhood
Gender and Sexual Identity
The Homosexual Role
Sexual Culture
What Price Independence? Social Reactions to Lesbians, Spinsters, Widows, and Nuns
Gender Treachery: Homophobia, Masculinity, and Threatened Identities
Taking a Stand: Questions for Consideration
Women's Role: Historical Perspectives
Voices From and About the Past
The Role of Women in the Ideal Society
I Thank Thee, Lord, That Thou Has Not Created Me a Woman
On Christian Marriage
To Be a Woman and a Scholar
Sexual Politics: A Manifesto for Revolution
Women and Equal Rights
From A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
The Rights of Women
From The Subjection of Women
From Women and Economics
Awakening and Revolt
Birth Control-A Parent's Problem or Woman's?
Race and Femininity
Ain't I a Woman?
Sisters Under the Skin? Confronting Race and Sex
Invisibility Is an Unnatural Disaster: Reflections of an Asian American Woman
Racism and Feminism
Taking a Stand: Questions for Consideration
Language and Sexism
Sexist Language
One Small Step for Genkind
Sexism in English: A 1990s Update
Women and Names
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House
Conversation and Gender
Men and Women Talking
Talking Trouble
Nods That Silence
Taking a Stand: Questions for Consideration
Gender and Social Institutions
Education
Fail: Bright Woman
Taking Women Students Seriously
Educated Woman
Work
I Want a Wife
Escaping the Daily Grind for Life as a House Father
The Politics of Housework
Marked: Women in the Workplace
Taking a Stand: Questions for Consideration
Sexism and the Status of Women
Cultural Violence
Are Women Prejudiced Against Women?
Women: Invisible Cages
Being a Secretary Can Be Hazardous to Your Health
Rape
Global Perspectives
Life Behind the Veil
African Genital Mutilation: The Unspeakable Atrocities
Here Come the Brides
Taking a Stand: Questions for Consideration