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Table of Content:
- Chapter 1 Studying Women Why Gender Matters
- Learning Objectives
- 1.1: A Focus on Women: Taking Women Seriously
- 1.1.1: Studying Women: Women’s Studies and Feminist Scholarship
- 1.1.2: Feminism: What’s in a Label?
- 1.2: Connecting the Personal and the Political Sociological Perspective
- 1.3: What About Men?
- 1.4: Gender Matters… and So Do Race, Class, and Sexuality
- 1.5: A Framework for Thinking about Women
- Summary: Studying Women
- Chapter 2 The Social Construction of Gender
- Learning Objectives
- 2.1: Biology, Culture, and Society
- 2.1.1: Sex and Gender: What’s the Difference?
- 2.1.2: Creating Sex: The Biological Process
- 2.1.3: Assigning Sex Identities
- 2.1.4: Biological Determinism
- 2.1.5: What Difference Does Difference Make: Nature? Nurture?
- 2.1.6: The Difference Culture Makes
- 2.1.7: The Institutional Basis of Gender
- 2.2: Socialization and Gender Identity An Ongoing Process
- 2.2.1: Sanctions and Expectations
- 2.2.2: Race and Gender Identity
- 2.2.3: Socialization across the Life Course
- Infancy
- Childhood Play and Games
- Schools, Sports, and Socialization
- Adult Socialization and Aging
- 2.3: Theoretical Perspectives on the Formation of Gender
- 2.3.1: Identification Theory
- 2.3.2: Social Learning Theory
- 2.3.3: Cognitive-Developmental Theory
- 2.3.4: Symbolic Interaction and “Doing Gender”
- 2.3.5: Comparing Theoretical Perspectives
- 2.4: Is Socialization Enough?
- Summary: The Social Construction of Gender
- Chapter 3 Gender, Culture, and the Media
- Learning Objectives
- 3.1: Gender and Language
- 3.2: Popular Culture and the Media
- 3.2.1: Analyzing the Media
- 3.2.2: The Body Culture
- 3.2.3: Portrayals of Aging
- 3.2.4: Presenting Women’s Sports
- 3.2.5: Gender, Children, and the Media
- 3.2.6: Diverse, but Controlling, Images
- 3.2.7: Violence, Sexualization, and the Media
- 3.2.8: Theorizing the Media’s Influence
- The Reflection Hypothesis
- Role-Learning Theory
- Organizational Theories of Gender Inequality
- Capitalism and the Media
- Social Construction Theory and Postmodernism
- 3.3: The Sociology of Knowledge
- 3.3.1: Karl Marx: Power, Profit, and the Production of Ideas
- 3.3.2: Karl Mannheim: Knowledge and Ideology
- Summary: Gender, Culture, and the Media
- Chapter 4 Sexuality and Intimate Relationships
- Learning Objectives
- 4.1: The Social Construction of Sexuality
- 4.2: The History of Sexuality in the United States
- 4.3: Contemporary Sexual Attitudes and Behavior
- 4.3.1: Women and Men: Still a Double Standard?
- 4.3.2: The “Hooking Up” Culture
- 4.3.3: Equal Rights for All? Changing Public Opinion about Lesbians and Gays
- 4.4: Sexual Development over the Life Cycle
- 4.4.1: Menstruation
- 4.4.2: Menopause
- 4.5: Race, Sexuality, and Power
- 4.5.1: Race and Sexual Politics
- 4.5.2: Sex Work and Sex Trafficking
- 4.6: Love and Intimate Relationships
- 4.6.1: Interracial Relationships
- 4.6.2: Friendship
- 4.7: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Experiences
- Summary: Sexuality and Intimate Relationships
- Chapter 5 Gender, Work, and the Economy
- Learning Objectives
- 5.1: Women’s Work: History Matters
- 5.1.1: The Family-Based Economy
- 5.1.2: The Family-Wage Economy
- 5.1.3: The Family-Consumer Economy
- 5.2: What Counts as Work? The Lingering Role of Ideology
- 5.2.1: The Cult of True Womanhood
- 5.2.2: The Emergence of Modern Housework
- 5.2.3: What Is Work?
- 5.3: Race, Class, and Gender Stratification
- 5.3.1: The Significance of Class
- 5.3.2: Race Matters
- 5.3.3: Economic Restructuring and the Economic Downturn
- 5.4: Gender in the Workplace
- 5.4.1: Who Is in the Work Force?
- 5.4.2: Who Works Where? Gender Segregation
- Women in the Professions
- Women as Clerical Workers
- Women in Blue-Collar Work
- Women and Service Work
- 5.4.3: Why the Pay Gap?
- Human Capital Theory
- Dual Labor Market Theory
- 5.4.4: Hitting the Glass Ceiling
- 5.4.5: Gender and Immigration
- 5.4.6: The Climate in the Workplace
- Being the “Only”: Tokens at Work
- Sexual Harassment
- Homophobia in the Workplace
- Disability: Enabling Workers
- 5.5: Poverty and the Declining Safety Net
- 5.5.1: Poverty: A Woman’s Issue
- 5.5.2: Welfare: Is It Working?
- 5.5.3: Retirement and Social Security
- 5.6: Who Cares? The Intersection of Family and Work
- 5.6.1: Housework: Changing with the Times
- 5.6.2: The Second Shift … and, Now, a Third: Care Work
- 5.7: Policies for Gender Equity
- Summary: Gender, Work, and the Economy
- Chapter 6 Gender and Families
- Learning Objectives
- 6.1: Historical Perspectives on Modern Families
- 6.1.1: Origins of the Western Family
- 6.1.2: Idealized Womanhood
- 6.1.3: Shaping Public and Private Spheres
- 6.2: Feminist Perspectives on Families
- 6.2.1: The Social Construction of Families
- 6.2.2: Diversity in Families: The Intersections of Class, Race, and Gender
- 6.2.3: Linking Social Structure and Human Action
- 6.2.4: The Family Ideal
- 6.3: A Portrait of Contemporary Families
- 6.3.1: Marriage
- 6.3.2: Divorce
- 6.3.3: Cohabitation
- 6.3.4: Gay and Lesbian Families
- 6.3.5: Motherhood
- 6.3.6: Fatherhood
- 6.3.7: Balancing Family and Work
- 6.4: Families in Trouble
- 6.4.1: Partner Violence
- 6.4.2: Marital Rape
- 6.4.3: Incest and Sexual Abuse
- 6.4.4: Teen Pregnancy
- 6.5: Families and Social Policy
- 6.5.1: Child Care
- 6.5.2: Family-Friendly Policies at Work
- Summary: Gender and Families
- Chapter 7 Women, Health, and Reproduction
- Learning Objectives
- 7.1: The Social Structure of Health
- 7.1.1: Gender, Work, and Health
- 7.1.2: Race, Class, and Health
- 7.2: Gender, Health, and Social Problems
- 7.2.1: Gender and the Body: Weight, Food, and Body Image
- 7.2.2: Substance Abuse: Alcohol, Drugs, and Smoking
- Alcohol
- Drugs
- Smoking
- 7.2.3: Women and AIDS
- 7.2.4: Disability
- 7.3: The Politics of Reproduction
- 7.3.1: Birth Control
- 7.3.2: Abortion
- 7.3.3: Racism and Reproduction
- 7.3.4: The Politics of Birth: Pregnancy and Childbirth
- 7.3.5: New Reproductive Technologies
- 7.4: Gender and the Health-Care System
- 7.4.1: Women as Health-Care Workers
- 7.4.2: Health Insurance
- 7.4.3: The Women’s Health Movement
- Summary: Women, Health, and Reproduction
- Chapter 8 Women and Religion
- Learning Objectives
- 8.1: Religion A Social Force in People’s Lives
- 8.1.1: The Influence of Religion
- 8.1.2: Religion as Social Control: The Case of Witches
- 8.2: Religion and the Rise of Feminism in the United States
- 8.3: Women, Gender, and Religious Faith
- 8.3.1: Images of Women in Religion
- 8.3.2: Religious Texts as Interpretive Documents
- 8.3.3: Gender and Religious Beliefs
- 8.4: Women’s Status in Religious Institutions
- 8.4.1: Religion and the Gender Division of Labor
- 8.4.2: Women as Clergy
- 8.5: Religion and Social Justice
- 8.5.1: Race, Religion, and Civil Rights
- 8.5.2: Religion and Antifeminism
- 8.5.3: Feminism and the Religious Right in the United States
- 8.5.4: The Abortion Debate: A Conflict of Worldviews
- 8.5.5: Faith, Feminism, and Spirituality
- Summary: Women and Religion
- Chapter 9 Gender, Crime, and Deviance
- Learning Objectives
- 9.1: Understanding Deviance and Crime
- 9.1.1: Early Studies of Crime and Deviance
- 9.1.2: Defining Deviance
- 9.1.3: Labeling and Social Deviance
- 9.1.4: Deviance, Power, and Social Conflict
- 9.1.5: Feminist Perspectives on Deviance
- 9.2: Women as Victims of Crime
- 9.2.1: Rape
- 9.2.2: Causes of Rape
- Gender Socialization as a Cause of Rape
- Rape and the Political-Economic Status of Women
- 9.3: Women as Criminals
- 9.3.1: Women’s Crime: How Much?
- 9.3.2: Causes of Women’s Crime
- 9.4: Women in the Criminal Justice System
- 9.4.1: Gender and the Courts
- 9.4.2: Women in Prison
- Summary: Gender, Crime, and Deviance
- Chapter 10 Gender, Education, and Science
- Learning Objectives
- 10.1: The History of Education: Patterns of Exclusion
- 10.2: Gender and Educational Success
- 10.2.1: Gender and Schooling
- 10.2.2: Academic Achievement: Is There a Gender Gap?
- 10.2.3: Gender and the Curriculum
- 10.2.4: Class and Race Inequality
- 10.3: The Gender Gap in Higher Education
- 10.3.1: Sexual Harassment
- 10.3.2: The Special Insights of “Outsiders”
- 10.4: Gender, Science, and Society
- 10.4.1: The Status of Women in Science
- 10.4.2: Science, Feminism, and the Social Construction of Knowledge
- 10.4.3: Ways of Knowing
- 10.4.4: Feminist Standpoint Theory
- Summary: Gender, Education, and Science
- Chapter 11 Women, Power, and Politics
- Learning Objectives
- 11.1: Defining Power
- 11.2: Women and the State
- 11.3: Women and the Law
- 11.4: Women in Government
- 11.4.1: The Gender Gap
- 11.4.2: Do Women Make a Difference?
- 11.5: Women and the Military
- 11.5.1: Lesbians and Gays in the Military
- 11.5.2: Feminism and Militarism
- 11.6: Rethinking the Political
- 11.7: The Women’s Movement
- 11.7.1: American Feminism in the Nineteenth Century
- 11.7.2: The Emergence of the Contemporary Women’s Movement
- 11.7.3: Feminism and Civil Rights
- 11.7.4: The Second Wave of Feminism
- 11.7.5: Feminism for the Twenty-First Century: A Third Wave
- Summary: Women, Power, and Politics
- Chapter 12 Women and Social Reform Liberal Feminism
- Learning Objectives
- 12.1: Frameworks of Feminist Theory
- 12.2: The Liberal basis of Modern Feminism
- 12.3: Liberalism as a Mode of Social Thought
- 12.3.1: The Origins of Liberal Thought: An Age of Enlightenment?
- 12.3.2: The Continuing Influence of Liberal Thought
- 12.4: Early Liberal Feminists
- 12.4.1: Mary Wollstonecraft
- 12.4.2: Harriet Martineau
- 12.4.3: John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor Mill
- The Logic of Inquiry
- The Social Construction of Gender
- Work and the Family
- 12.5: The Critique of Liberal Feminism
- Summary: Women and Social Reform
- Chapter 13 Contemporary Frameworks in Feminist Theory
- Learning Objectives
- 13.1: Diverse Frameworks of Feminist Thought
- 13.2: Socialist Feminism The Importance of Class and Capitalism
- 13.2.1: Karl Marx and Historical Materialism
- 13.2.2 Class and Capitalism
- 13.2.3: Ideology and Consciousness
- 13.2.4: The Woman Question
- 13.2.5: The Feminist Critique of Marx
- 13.2.6: Family and Economy in Capitalist Society: Juliet Mitchell
- 13.2.7: The Question of Separate Spheres
- 13.3: Radical Feminism The Power of Patriarchy
- 13.3.1: The Sex/Gender System
- 13.3.2: Sexuality and the State
- 13.3.3: Intersections of Capitalism and Patriarchy
- 13.3.4: Comparing Liberal, Socialist, and Radical Feminism
- 13.4: Multiracial Feminism An Intersectional Analysis
- 13.5: Postmodernist Feminism
- 13.6: Queer Theory and Sexualities
- 13.7: Continuing Questions for Feminist Theory
- Summary: Contemporary Framework in Feminist Theory
- Bibliography
- Glossary
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