Women and Gender : A Feminist Psychology
, by Unger, RhodaNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780070659421 | 0070659427
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 1/1/1996
Preface | |
Introduction to a Feminist Psychology of Women | |
What Is Feminism? Methods and Values in Scientific Inquiry | |
Themes of This Book Our Goals for Our Students Suggested Readings | |
Images of Women and Men Media Images of Women and Men | |
The Impact of Media Sexism Cross-cultural | |
Similarities and Differences in Images of Women Stereotypes | |
An Overview Language and Stereotypes Stereotypes as Social Demands | |
Stereotypes and Sexism Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? | |
Connecting Themes Suggested Readings | |
Doing Gender Gender as a Social Category | |
Gender Differences as Status Differences Gender and the Use of Social Power | |
Women and Men Doing Gender Internalizing Norms and Interpreting Discrimination | |
Connecting Themes Suggested Readings | |
The Meanings of Difference A Focus on Similarity | |
Working for Equality Different or Similar? | |
Gender and Math Abilities The Similarities Tradition | |
Why It Matters The Differences Tradition | |
Celebrating Women The Differences Tradition | |
Why It Matters Can Similarities and Differences be Reconciled? | |
Connecting Themes Suggested Readings | |
Biology, Sex, and Gender | |
What Is Sex and What Are the Sexes? | |
Prenatal Development Does the Human Brain Have a Sex? | |
Atypical Human Sexual Development Cultural | |
Constructions of Gender Connecting Themes Suggested Readings | |
Becoming Gendered: Childhood Acquiring Gender: A Developmental | |
Perspective How Do Parents View Sons and Daughters? | |
Gender Bias How Does Society Foster Gender Typing? | |
Sex Segregation The Socialization of Social Behaviors | |
Gender Role Scripts for Boys and Girls Resisting | |
Gender Rules Connecting Themes Suggested Readings | |
Becoming a Woman: Puberty and Adolescence | |
What Happens During Puberty? | |
Female Anatomy and Culture Peers, Schools, and Social Power Weight, Body Image, and Mental | |
Health How Do Girls Deal with the Stress of Adolescence? | |
Are barriers to Gender Equality Falling? | |
Connecting Themes Suggested Readings | |
Sex, Love, and Romance How Is Sexuality Shaped by Culture? | |
The Scientific Study of Sex Adolescent | |
Sexuality Experiencing Sexuality Lesbian and Bisexual Women | |
Romantic Love and Sexual Pleasure Sexuality in Social Context | |
Where Is the Voices of Women's Desire? | |
Mixed Messages Connecting Themes Suggested Readings | |
Commitments: Women and Close Relationships Marriage | |
Lesbian Couples Cohabiting Couples Never-Married Women | |
Ending the Commitment: Divorce and Separation Remarriage | |
Equality and Commitment: Are They Incompatible Ideals? | |
Connecting Themes Suggested Readings | |
Mothering Images of Mothers and Motherhood | |
The Decision to Have a Child | |
The Transition to Motherhood | |
The Event of Childbirth Experiences of Mothering | |
The Future of Mothering Connecting | |
Themes Suggested Readings | |
Work and Achievement If She Isn't Paid, Is It Still Work? | |
Working Hard for a Living: Women in the Paid Workforce | |
Doing Gender in the Workplace Women's Career Development | |
Are There Obstacles from Within? | |
Exceptional Work Lives Putting It All Together | |
Work and Family Woman, Work, and Social Policy | |
Models for Change Connecting Themes Suggested Readings | |
Midlife and Beyond | |
The Social Construction of Age | |
The Meanings of Midlife Menopause Role | |
Transitions of Middle and Later Life | |
Myths and Realities of Midlife Transitions | |
Older Women and Poverty Caregiver Roles in Later | |
Life Losses Associated with Aging Psychological Well-Being in the Second | |
Half of Life Activism and Feminism among Older | |
Women Connecting Themes Suggested Readings | |
Violence Against Womenc | |
A Framework for Understanding Violence against | |
Women Childhood Sexual Abuse Courtship | |
Violence Acquaintance Sexual Assault and Rape | |
Sexual Harassment Partner Abuse against | |
Women Analyzing and Ending Violence | |
Connecting Themes Suggested Readings | |
Mental and Physical Health | |
Gender and Psychological Disorders Power Issues | |
Depression Eating Disorders | |
Issues in Treatment | |
The Relationship Between Physical and Mental | |
Health When Is a Culture Healthy for Women? | |
Connecting Themes Suggested Readings | |
Making a Difference: Toward a Better | |
Future for Women Transforming Gender | |
Transforming Language Celebrating Diversity | |
Psychology and Social Change | |
Suggested Readings | |
References | |
Credits | |
Name Index | |
Subject Index | |
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