Women and Gender, Third Edition

Table of Contents

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

Gender as a Social Category

Feminist Values

Gender Differences and Power

Consequences of Gender Difference

Transforming Psychology

2      Transforming Psychology: There's No Turning Back

History: Rewinding the Videotape

Psychology of Women Today: Pressing Pause

Feminist Research: Playing Forward

What We Know About Gender Differences

3      Sex&Gender&Sexuality: Intersecting Continua

Sex, Gender, and Intersexuality

Biological Bases for Difference

Hormones

Sexed Brains

Evolutionary Psychology

Biology, Difference, and Power

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

Difference: Girls Will Be Girls

Explaining Differences

Children's Relationships: Psychoanalysis

Children's Learning: Socialization Theories

Social Cognitive Theory

Differential Treatment by Socializing Agents

Dynamic Learning

An Integrated Understanding

Breaking the Cycle

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

6       Individuals and Social Contexts: Looking Beyond Gender Differences

An Example: Empathetic Accuracy

Intragroup Diversity

Individual Differences

Social Context

The Impact of Social Contexts on Women and Men

Status and Social Context

7      Sexism: Sexist Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination

Gender Stereotypes

Sexist Stereotyping

Sexist Prejudice

Perpetuating Sexist Stereotyping

Reducing Stereotyping

Sexist Discrimination

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

Multiple Roles

Close Relationships

Friendships

Romantic Attachments

Caregiving

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

The Meaning of Work

The Wage Gap

Causes of the Wage Gap

Closing the Wage Gap

10    Women's Bodies: Objects of Appearance

Gender Differences in Body Image

Measuring Body Consciousness

Objectification Theory

Self-Objectification

Causes of Self-Objectification

Consequences of Self-Objectification

Resisting Self-Objectification

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

Health Psychology

Sexuality and Reproductive Health

Chronic Diseases

Health Care Practice

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

Diagnosis: The DSM-IV

Gendered Patterns in DSM Diagnoses

DSM Definitions

Not All Biology

Not All Intrapsychic

The Theory of Feminist Practice

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

14    Making a Difference: Transforming Ourselves, Our Relationships, and
   Our Society

Power and Empowerment

Personal Empowerment

Empowered Relationships

Activism

Glossary

References

Photo Credits

Index