| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
xvii, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Transforming the debate on sexual inequality: from biological difference to institutionalized androcentrism / Sandra Lipsitz Bem -- Who's in and who's out: the results of oppression / Ruth S. Ostenson -- Poor women in a wealthy nation / Deborah Belle -- Gender dynamics in the classroom / Susan Basow -- Sweating it out: the good news and the bad news about women and sport / Ruth L. Hall -- Women, weight, and body image / Christine A. Smith -- The intersexed and the transgendered: rethinking sex/gender / Carla Golden -- PMS as a culture-bound syndrome / Joan C. Chrisler -- Understanding emotional responses after abortion / Nancy Felipe Russo -- Women with disabilities / Rhoda Olkin -- Asian American women and adolescent girls: sexuality and sexual expression / Connie S. Chan -- Life as a lesbian: what does gender have to do with it? / Linda D. Garnets -- Appreciating cultural difference: on being an American Jewish woman / Kayla Miriyam Weiner -- Gender issues among Latinas / Donna Castaneda -- Triple jeopardy in the lives of biracial black/white women / Angela M. Gillem -- Mammy, Jezebel, and Sapphire: developing an "oppositional gaze" toward the images of black women / Carolyn M. West -- Crossing the color line in women's friendships / Suzanna M. Rose -- Women's fear of rape: causes, consequences, and coping / Patrica D. Rozee -- Women and pornography: what we don't know can hurt us / Britain A. Scott -- Battered women: why don't they just leave? / Geraldine B. Stahly -- Sexual Harassment of college students: cultural similarities and differences / Michele A. Paludi -- The politics of psychology of false memory syndrome / Carolyn Zerbe Enns -- A feminist approach to agoraphobia: challenging traditional views of women at home / Maureen C. McHugh. |
| Subject |
Women -- Psychology.
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| Added Author |
Chrisler, Joan C.
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Golden, Carla.
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Rozee, Patricia D. (Patricia Denise)
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| ISBN |
0072826711 (acid-free paper) |
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