Gender, Family and Social Movements

With extensive use of case materials, this volume describes and analyzes the significance of social movements like the struggle for abortion rights and gay rights for the large-scale transformations of key aspects of gender and family. Gender and social movements are also linked in a way that shows how events of the nineteenth century are relevant to understanding the struggles for change today.

About the Author

x

(1)

Foreword

xi

(2)

Preface

xiii

1 The Interplay of Gender and Social Movements

1

(12)

The Meaning of Gender

2

(2)

Gender Change and Social Movements

4

(6)

Social Change and the Emergence of Social Movements

5

(3)

The Effects of Social Movements on Gender Relations

8

(2)

A Look Ahead

10

(3)

2 Gender, Family, and Social Change

13

(18)

The Impact of Industrialization and Urbanization

14

(7)

Gender Ideologies and Social Change

14

(2)

Women's Labor Force Participation

16

(2)

Middle-Class Reformers

18

(3)

Twentieth-Century Social Changes

21

(8)

Gender and Work

21

(4)

Cultural Images of Gender and Family

25

(3)

Youth Culture

28

(1)

Conclusion

29

(2)

3 Social Movements and Feminist Consciousness

31

(22)

Varieties of Feminist Consciousness

31

(1)

Women and Temperance Movements

32

(3)

The Abolition Movement and Women's Rights

35

(3)

The Civil Rights Movement and Feminist Consciousness

38

(4)

The New Left and the Rise of the Women's Liberation Movement

42

(3)

Women's Strike for Peace

45

(2)

The Environmental Movement and Men's Consciousness

47

(2)

Conclusion

49

(4)

4 Feminism, Antifeminism, and the Conflict over Equal Rights

53

(18)

The Battle over the Equal Rights Amendment

53

(11)

Support for Equal Rights

54

(4)

Opponents of the ERA

58

(4)

Equal Rights versus the Security of Tradition

62

(2)

Responses to Feminism in the 1980s and 1990s

64

(5)

Meanings of Feminism

66

(1)

Feminist Groups

67

(2)

Conclusion

69

(2)

5 Abortion and Family Politics

71

(28)

The Symbolism of Abortion

71

(7)

The Historical and Social Context

72

(3)

Lifestyles, Values, and Abortion

75

(3)

The Opposing Movements

78

(1)

Anti-Abortion Concerns

79

(6)

Civil Rights Activists

80

(1)

Family Heritage Activists and Revivalist Catholics

80

(1)

Pro-Life Activists in the United States

81

(3)

The New Christian Right

84

(1)

Abortion Rights Perspectives

85

(5)

Women's Liberation

86

(1)

Individual Choice

87

(1)

Family Values

88

(2)

Reproductive Rights

90

(1)

Common Concerns

90

(2)

Polarization in the Abortion Conflict

92

(4)

Conclusion

96

(3)

6 The Battle over Gay and Lesbian Rights

99

(24)

Same-Sex Relationships and Social Change

99

(2)

The Rise of Nonreproductive Sexuality

100

(1)

Gay and Lesbian Subcultures

101

(5)

Gay Men and Masculinity

102

(2)

Lesbians and Changing Gender Roles

104

(2)

The Backlash against Gays and Lesbians

106

(3)

The Gay and Lesbian Rights Movement

109

(2)

Movement Challenges to Gender and Family

111

(5)

Sexuality

112

(1)

Gender Roles and Family Forms

113

(3)

Countermovement Reactions

116

(5)

The Gay Rights Controversy

116

(1)

Reasons for Hostility

117

(4)

Conclusion

121

(2)

7 The Contribution of Social Movements

123

(12)

Movements and Countermovements

124

(3)

Work, Family, and Community

127

(3)

The Challenge of Gender

130

(2)

Conclusion

132

(3)

References

135

(12)

Index

147

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