The Gendered SocietyThoroughly updated and revised, the third edition of The Gendered Society explores current thinking about gender, both inside academia and in our everyday lives. Michael S. Kimmel challenges the claim that gender is limited to women's experiences--his compelling and balanced study of gender includes both masculine and feminine perspectives. Part 1 examines the latest work in biology, anthropology, psychology, and sociology; Part 2 provides an original analysis of the gendered worlds of family, education, and work; and Part 3 explores gender interactions, including friendship and love, sexuality, and violence. Kimmel makes three bold and persuasive statements about gender. First, he demonstrates that gender differences are often extremely exaggerated; in fact, he argues that men and women have much more in common than we think they do. Kimmel also challenges the pop psychologists who suggest that gender difference is the cause of inequality between the sexes; instead, he reveals that the reverse is true--gender inequality itself is the cause of the differences between men and women. Finally, he illustrates that gender is not merely an element of individual identity, but a socially constructed institutional phenomenon. A new chapter on media examines the portrayal of gender in one of the most powerful--and provocative--social institutions. Of particular interest to students, Kimmel's analysis of this dynamic, image-driven industry makes the study of gender relevant in an immediate and tangible way. Essential reading for both students and scholars, The Gendered Society is an authoritative, incisive, and lively statement about contemporary gender relations from one of the country's foremost thinkers on the subject. Kimmel's companion text,The Gendered Society Reader, Third Edition (OUP, 2008), provides a perfect complement for classroom use. |
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Page 68
The Navaho , for example , appear to have three genders — one for masculine men , one for feminine women , and another , called the nadle , for those whose sex is ambiguous at birth . One can decide to become a nadle or be born one ...
The Navaho , for example , appear to have three genders — one for masculine men , one for feminine women , and another , called the nadle , for those whose sex is ambiguous at birth . One can decide to become a nadle or be born one ...
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Even his mother called him fat , stupid , and lazy . Other boys bullied him routinely , and , according to one fellow student , he “ never fought back when other boys called him names . ” On October 1 , 1997 , Woodham stabbed his mother ...
Even his mother called him fat , stupid , and lazy . Other boys bullied him routinely , and , according to one fellow student , he “ never fought back when other boys called him names . ” On October 1 , 1997 , Woodham stabbed his mother ...
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Although most men who experience “ erectile dysfunction ” ( the current term for what used to be called “ impotence , " a term that equates erections with power in the first place ) also experience “ morning erections ” —which indicates ...
Although most men who experience “ erectile dysfunction ” ( the current term for what used to be called “ impotence , " a term that equates erections with power in the first place ) also experience “ morning erections ” —which indicates ...
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Contents
Biology Constructs the Sexes | 19 |
Culture Constructs Gender | 54 |
Psychoanalytic | 77 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Gendered Society |
| Authors | Michael S. Kimmel, Professor of Sociology Michael S Kimmel |
| Edition | 3, illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0195332334, 9780195332339 |
| Length | 406 pages |
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