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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Page 26
... evidence add up to basic , irrec- oncilable differences between women and men , made necessary by the demands of evolutionary adaptation ? Although there is a certain intuitive appeal to these arguments because they give our ...
... evidence add up to basic , irrec- oncilable differences between women and men , made necessary by the demands of evolutionary adaptation ? Although there is a certain intuitive appeal to these arguments because they give our ...
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... evidence and construct a rather different just - so story ? Try this little thought experiment . Let's take the same evidence about sperm and eggs , about reproductive strategies , about different levels of parental investment that the ...
... evidence and construct a rather different just - so story ? Try this little thought experiment . Let's take the same evidence about sperm and eggs , about reproductive strategies , about different levels of parental investment that the ...
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... evidence and often make for retrogressive politics . And I'm equally uneasy with sweeping categorizations of " female " peace - loving cultures being swept aside by brutally violent " male " ones . After all , the contemporary world ...
... evidence and often make for retrogressive politics . And I'm equally uneasy with sweeping categorizations of " female " peace - loving cultures being swept aside by brutally violent " male " ones . After all , the contemporary world ...
Contents
Biology Constructs the Sexes | 19 |
Culture Constructs Gender | 54 |
Psychoanalytic | 77 |
Copyright | |
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