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Women and Gender, Fourth Edition

 

Table of Contents

 

1.  The Power of Difference:
      The Need to Forge Human Connections 

Introduction  

Gender as a Social Category  

Why Gender?  

Sex, Gender, and Difference  

Feminist Values  

Gender Differences and Power  

Male Privilege  

Female Oppression  

Systems of Inequality  

Consequences of Gender Difference  

Dissimilarity: Normal versus Deficient  

"Other": Stereotyping and Disrupted Contact  

Unusualness: Disrupted Connection  

Chapter Summary   

What Lies Ahead  

Suggested Readings  

2.  Transforming Psychology:
      There's No Turning Back  

Introduction  

History: Rewinding the Videotape  

Psychology and Women  

The Psychology of Women: Historical Perspectives and Trends  

Psychology of Women Today: Pressing Pause  

Contemporary Perspectives and Trends  

Within the Discipline of Psychology  

Feminist Research: Playing Forward  

Decisions, Decisions  

Innovations in Research  

Feminist Approaches to Doing Research  

Intersectionality: Diversity in Feminist Research  

What We Know About Gender Differences  

Where We Look for Differences  

Overlooking Similarity   

Declaring Difference  

Summarizing Data  

Chapter Summary  

Suggested Readings  

3.  Sex&Gender&Sexuality:
      Intersecting Continua  

Sex, Gender, and Intersexuality  

Typical Reproductive Development  

Intersexed Development  

Biological Bases for Difference  

Hormones  

Childhood Behaviors  

Core Gender Identity  

Sexual Orientation  

Social Variables  

Cognitive Abilities  

Summary  

Sexed Brains  

Brain Size                  

Brain Structures and Functions  

Evolutionary Psychology  

Mate Selection  

Relational Jealousy  

Male Dominance  

Feminism and Evolutionary Psychology  

Biology, Difference, and Power  

Folk Wisdom about Causality, Determinism, and Control  

Behavior Affects Biology  

Language: The Power to Name                

Chapter Summary  

Suggested Readings  

4.  Growing Up:
      Learning to Be Ourselves in a Gender-Polarized World  

Difference: Girls Will Be Girls...  

Beliefs about Gender   

Gender Identity   

Preferences   

Behavioral Enactment   

Explaining Differences  

Children's Relationships: Psychoanalysis  

Children's Learning: Socialization Theories  

Social Cognitive Theory  

Building One's Gender Schema  

Self-Regulation and Efficacy  

Gendered Culture  

Differential Treatment by Socializing Agents  

Parents and Families  

Schools and Teachers  

Peers  

Media  

Dynamic Learning  

An Integrated Understanding  

Breaking the Cycle  

Chapter Summary  

Suggested Readings  

5.  Changes Across the Life Course:
      Women's Lives from Adolescence through Old Age  

Introduction  

Aging Across the Life Course  

Gender Identity Across the Life Course  

Goals for a Life Course Analysis  

Adolescence  

Self-Esteem  

Identity Formation  

Social Development  

Future Planning  

Young Adulthood: Choosing Motherhood?  

Midlife: Ups and Downs  

Biological Decline?  

Not Finished at   

Later Maturity and Older Women: Ups and Downs  

Retirement and Financial Security  

Widowhood  

Health and Well-Being  

Positive Aging  

Chapter Summary  

Suggested Readings  

6.  Individuals and Social Contexts:
      Looking Beyond Gender Differences  

Introduction  

An Example: Empathetic Accuracy  

Intragroup Diversity  

Cognitive Abilities: The SAT-M  

Personality Traits  

Individual Differences  

Femininity, Masculinity, and Androgyny  

Gender-Stereotype Accuracy  

Conformity to Feminine Norms  

Social Context  

Causes and Consequences of Difference  

Thinking Intuitively about Social Context   

The Logic of Social Contextual Explanations  

The Impact of Social Contexts on Women and Men  

Stereotyping about Social Variables  

Stereotyping Roles and Occupations  

Status and Social Context  

Chapter Summary  

Suggested Readings  

7.  Sexism:
      Sexist Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination 

Introduction  

Gender Stereotypes  

The Contents of Gender Stereotypes  

The Myth of the Generic Woman  

Sexist Stereotyping  

From Stereotypes to Stereotyping  

The Evaluative Meaning of Stereotyping  

Warmth or Competence  

Sexist Prejudice  

Explicit and Implicit Attitudes  

Ambivalent Sexism  

Perpetuating Sexist Stereotyping  

Media  

Language  

Expectancies and Behavior  

Reducing Stereotyping  

Sexist Discrimination  

Chapter Summary  

Suggested Readings  

8.  Women's Multiple Roles:
      Achieving Satisfaction in Close Relationships  

Multiple Roles  

Burnout AND Enhancement?  

Role Quality and Meaning  

Individual and Structural Coping  

Close Relationships  

Defining Close Relationships  

Gender or Stereotyping?  

Friendships  

Gender Stereotyping  

Friendships between Women  

"Cross" Friendships  

Romantic Attachments  

Romance Ideology  

Becoming Partnered: Dating  

Being Partnered  

Caregiving  

General Patterns  

Images of Mothers  

The Supermom and Nonparental Childcare  

Chapter Summary  

Suggested Readings  

9.  Multiple Roles Continued:
      Work, Wages, and Closing the Gap  

Work Values  

The Wage Gap  

Dismissed and Ruled Out Explanations  

Occupational Segregation and the Wage Gap  

The Gendering of Work  

Family-to -Work Conflict  

Tokenism  

"Unsocialized" Women  

Hiring Bias  

Job Queues, Gender Queues   

The Gendering of Pay  

Self-Promotion and Negotiation  

Leadership  

Mentoring  

Perceived Competence  

Gender Role Orientation  

Sexist Discrimination  

Closing the Wage Gap  

Chapter Summary  

Suggested Readings  

10.  Women's Bodies:
        Objects of Appearance  

Introduction  

Gender Differences in Body Image  

Body Ideals and Body Dissatisfaction  

Objectification Theory  

What Is Self-Objectification?  

Objectification Theory Targets Women  

Cultural Practices Targeting Women  

The Sexualized Gaze  

Comments and "Fat Talk"  

Sexualized Media  

Potential Moderators  

Age  

Race/Ethnicity  

Sexual Orientation  

Consequences of Self-Objectification  

Psychological Consequences  

Health Threats  

Self-Objectification as a Moderator  

Resisting Self-Objectification   

Individual Resistance  

Contexts That Promote Resistance  

Body Politics and Power  

Chapter Summary  

Suggested Readings  

11.  Women's Physical Health and Well-Being:
        Understudied, Mythologized, but Changing  

Introduction  

Health Psychology  

Gender as a Marker  

Mortality and Morbidity  

Women's Sexuality   

"Machines without Motors"?  

Attitudes and Behaviors: A Double Standard?   

Consequences of the Remaining Double Standard  

Women's Sexual Well-Being  

Reproductive Health  

The Case of Breast Cancer   

Menstruation  

Childbirth  

Miscarriage  

Abortion   

Conclusion  

Chronic Diseases  

Cardiovascular Diseases  

HIV/AIDS  

Health Care Practice  

Surgeries  

Health Care Policy  

Chapter Summary  

Suggested Readings  

12.  Women's Mental Health and Well-Being:
        From "Mental Disorders" to Feminist Practice 

Introduction  

Diagnosis: The DSM-IV  

Gendered Patterns in DSM Diagnoses  

DSM Definitions  

What's Pathological?   

What's "Normal"?   

Not All Biology  

Not All Intrapsychic  

Stereotyping and DSM Definitions  

Stereotyping and Therapists' Judgments  

Neglected Contextual Factors  

The Theory of Feminist Practice  

Principles for Doing Feminist Psychotherapy  

Summary of Therapy Theory   

Chapter Summary  

Suggested Readings  

13.  Male Violence Against Girls and Women:
        Linking Fears of Violence, Harassment, Rape, and Abuse  

Introduction  

Defining and Talking About Violence  

Definitions of Violence as Experienced  

Perceptions of Violence   

Naming Violence  

Section Summary  

Incidence and Prevalence  

Sexual Harassment   

Rape and Sexual Assault  

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)  

Childhood Sexual Abuse (CSA)  

Invisibility and Invalidation  

Excusing Perpetrators  

Self-Blame and Shame  

Cognitive Coping Strategies  

Minimization of Violence  

Section Summary  

Consequences  

Physical Sequelae  

Psychological Sequelae  

Unique Consequences  

Consequences for All Women  

Challenging Gender-based Violence  

Chapter Summary  

Suggested Readings  

14.  Making a Difference:
        Transforming Ourselves, Our Relationships, and Our ociety  

Introduction  

Power and Empowerment  

Personal Empowerment  

Gender-Role Transcendence  

Feminist Identity  

Empowered Relationships  

Heterosexual Dating  

Heterosexual Marriage  

On the Job  

Responses to Violence  

Activism  

Definition and History  

Being an Activist  

Suggested Readings  


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  References

  Name Index

  Subject Index

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