1.       Introduction

Culture and Gender

Theoretical Perspectives

American Gender in the White Middle Class

Gender, Ethnicity, and Class: Variations, Collisions, and
  Collusions

Gender and the College Experience

Discussion Questions

2.       A Cultural History of American Gender  1600-1900

The Colonial Era

Seeds of Change, Times of Transition

The Victorian Period

Summary and Discussion

Discussion Questions

3.       The Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

Rugged Men and New Women

The Companionate Family

American Dating

Father Knows Best

Gender Crises

Bodies

New Religious Movements

New Family Forms

Summary and Discussion

Discussion Questions

4.       Alternative Gender Orientations: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender

What Do "Gay," "Lesbian," "Bisexual," and "Transgender" Mean?

Have Alternate Gender Orientations Always Existed?

Homosexual Activity in the Early United States

The Sexual Revolution of the Twentieth Century: Episode I

The Sexual Revolution of the Twentieth Century: Episode II

The Sexual Revolution of the Twentieth Century: Episode III

Current Cultural Issues in the Alternatively Gendered World

Gender Orientation: Choice or Chance?

Articulation With the Straight World

Discussion Questions

5.       Ethnic Minorities: Native Americans and African Americans

Indian People: The Indigenous Americans  

African Americans: Unwilling Immigrants

Summary and Discussion

Discussion Questions

6.       Ethnic Minorities: Latinos and Asian Americans

Latinos: Neighbors and Immigrants

Asian Americans: The "Model" Minority

Summary and Discussion

Discussion Questions

7.       Gender on the College Campus

Symptoms of the Problem

The Theoretical Background

The Culture of Romance

Gendered Futures: An Original Case Study

Choice of Major

Career Choices, Perspectives, and Strategies

Domestic Aspirations

Reactions to Feminism

Other Campuses

Discussion Questions

8.       The Extranuptial Household: An Original Case
Study of Never-Married Mothers

The Problem

The Case Study and Its Participants

Growing Up: Family, School, and Aspirations

Dating and Sex

Pregnancy

Birth and Beyond

Discussion: Living the Decomplementary Life

Future Policy Considerations

Discussion Questions

9.       American Gender: Themes and Issues

The Discombobulated American Woman

Gender and American Bodies

Alternatives in Family Formation and Gender
  Orientation

Gender, Ethnicity, and Class

The Extranuptial Household

Gender and Higher Education

Gender and the Student Culture

Where Are We Now?
An International Comparison

Discussion Questions

        Glossary

      Index