The Gendered SocietyOxford University Press, 2007 - 406 pages Thoroughly 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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... political choice . It is political because relationships between men and women are essentially political , they involve power and dominance . Since the Lesbian actively rejects that relationship and chooses women , she defies the ...
... political choice . It is political because relationships between men and women are essentially political , they involve power and dominance . Since the Lesbian actively rejects that relationship and chooses women , she defies the ...
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... political power in the world ( again , easily measurable by looking at all political institutions ) ; and that ( 3 ) there is a significant risk of violence and war at any moment . Now , imagine that when you awaken tomorrow morning ...
... political power in the world ( again , easily measurable by looking at all political institutions ) ; and that ( 3 ) there is a significant risk of violence and war at any moment . Now , imagine that when you awaken tomorrow morning ...
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... political lesbian " represented a particular fusion of sexual and gender politics , an active choice that matched one's political commitment . " For a woman to be a lesbian in a male - supremacist , capitalist , misogynist , racist ...
... political lesbian " represented a particular fusion of sexual and gender politics , an active choice that matched one's political commitment . " For a woman to be a lesbian in a male - supremacist , capitalist , misogynist , racist ...
Contents
Biology Constructs the Sexes | 19 |
Culture Constructs Gender | 54 |
Psychoanalytic | 77 |
Copyright | |
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