| Description |
xiii, 706 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction to a feminist psychology of women -- Approaches to understanding girls and women -- The meanings of difference : sex, gender, and cognitive abilities -- Images of women -- Doing gender : sex, status, and power -- Biological aspects of sex and gender -- Becoming gendered : childhood -- Becoming a woman : puberty and adolescence -- Sex, love, and romance -- Commitments : women and long-term relationships -- Mothering -- Work and achievement -- Midlife and beyond -- Violence against women -- Gender and psychological disorders -- Summing up. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 633-683) and indexes. |
| Subject |
Women -- Psychology.
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Feminist psychology.
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| Added Author |
Crawford, Mary (Mary E.)
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| ISBN |
0877228973 |
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