The gendered society
By: Michael S. Kimmel
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780195125870; 9780195125887
Subjects: Sex role.; Sex differences (Psychology); Gender identity.; Sex discrimination.; Equality.; Rôle selon le sexe.; Différences entre sexes (Psychologie); Identité sexuelle.; Discrimination sexuelle.; Égalité (Sociologie); Sekseverschillen.; Sekserol.; Rôle selon le sexe.; Différences entre sexes (psychologie).; Identité sexuelle.
Description: "In The Gendered Society, Michael S. Kimmel examines our basic beliefs about gender, arguing that men and women are more alike than we have ever imagined." "The issues surrounding gender are complex, and in order to clarify them, the author has included a review of the existing literature in related disciplines such as biology, anthropology, psychology, and sociology. With an eye toward the future, Kimmel offers readers a glimpse at gender relations in the next millennium."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-301) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ordained by nature: biology constructs the sexes; title: Spanning the world: cross-cultural constructions of gender; title: "So, that explains it": psychological perspectives on gender development; title: Inequality and difference: the social construction of gender relations; title: The gendered family; title: The gendered classroom; title: The gendered workplace; title: Gendered intimacies: friendship and love; title: Gendered sexualities; title: The gender of violence.