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| Introduction to the Sociology of Gender | |
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| Chapter Objectives | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Sociological Vantage Points | |
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| A Brief History of the Sociological Study of Gender | |
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| Defining Gender | |
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| Three Frameworks for Understanding Gender | |
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| Gender Matters | |
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| Who is to Blame? Understanding Gender Inequality | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Conceptual Approaches | |
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| The Gendered Person | |
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| Chapter Objectives | |
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| Sex Differences in Traits, Abilities, or Behavioral Dispositions | |
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| The Origins of Sex Differences | |
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| Environmental Explanations of Sex Differences: Becoming Gendered | |
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| Sex Differences and Social Policy: The Case of Mathematics Aptitude | |
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| Sex Differences and Gender Inequality | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Gender in Interaction and Institutions | |
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| Chapter Objectives | |
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| Interactionist Views of Gender | |
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| Gendered Organizations/Gendered Institutions | |
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| Toward a Multilayered Conception of Gender | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Gender in Context | |
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| Work and Family as Gendered Institutions | |
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| Chapter Objectives | |
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| The Division of Labor | |
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| Work, Family, and Gender in the Industrial Age | |
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| A Half-Century of Gender Change: Work, Education, and Gender Egalitarian Beliefs | |
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| Changes in Gender, Family, and Caregiving | |
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| Gender, Work, and Family: The Roles of Social Policy and the State | |
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| Gender, Work, and Family in the Twenty-First Century: Looking Ahead | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Gender, Childhood, and Family Life | |
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| Chapter Objectives | |
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| Parents' Preferences for Children's Sex | |
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| �Is it a Boy or a Girl?�: Gender Construction in Families | |
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| Childhood and the Importance of Same-Gender Peers | |
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| Gender Socialization in Childhood Reconsidered | |
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| The Household Division of Labor and the Family | |
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| Explaining Women's and Men's Involvement in Household Work and Childcare | |
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| Lesbian and Gay Families Rewriting Family Life | |
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| Marriage, Families, and Their Consequences for Women and Men | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Gendered Jobs and Gendered Workers | |
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| Chapter Objectives | |
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| Sex Segregation and the Division of Labor in Paid Work | |
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| Explaining Sex Segregation | |
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| Gender Typing of Jobs, Hierarchies, and Workplace Expectations | |
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| The Gender Pay Gap | |
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| Explaining the Gender Pay Gap | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| Deconstructing Gender Differences and Inequalities | |
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| Chapter Objectives | |
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| Gender Distinctions and Gender Inequalities | |
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| The Reproduction of Gender Inequality | |
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| Challenging Gender Inequality | |
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| Making Gender Matter Less | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Critical Thinking Questions | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |