Sex and gender
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Bibliographic Information
Sex and gender
（Review of personality and social psychology / edited by Ladd Wheeler, Phillip Shaver, 7）
Sage Publications, c1987
- : pbk
Available at 35 libraries
Note
Published in cooperation with the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Division 8 of the American Psychological Association)
Includes bibliographical references
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Sex and Gender presents the contemporary ideas, problems and data that personality-social psychologists are dealing with in the study of sex and gender. Topics discussed include: a sociobiological approach to sex differences; the historical definitions of masculinity and femininity; the underpayment of women relative to men; the effects on men of pornographic and violent films; gender stereotyping and gender-related preferences for toys and activities; and parents' beliefs and values concerning the gender socialization of children.
Table of Contents
Editors' Introduction - Phillip Shaver and Clyde Hendrick
Gender, Genes, and the Social Environment - Douglas T Kenrick
A Biosocial Interactionist Perspective
The Troubled Quest for Masculinity, Femininity, and Androgyny - J G Morawski
Social Constructionism and the Study of Human Sexuality - Leonore Tiefer
Sexual Violence in the Mass Media - Daniel Linz, Edward Donnerstein, and Steven Penrod
Social Psychological Implications
Gender, Justice, and the Psychology of Entitlement - Brenda Major
Gender and Communication - Elizabeth Aries
On Explaining Gender Differences - Judith A Hall
The Case of Nonverbal Communication
Women's Ways of Knowing - Nancy Rule Goldberger et al
On Gaining a Voice
Women, Men, and the Dilemma of Emotion - Stephanie A Shields
Gender Schema Theory and the Romantic Tradition - Sandra Lipsitz Bem
Children's Sex-Role Stereotypes - Vanda Lucia Zammuner
A Cross-Cultural Analysis
Parents' Beliefs and Values About Sex Roles, Sex Differences, and Sexuality - John K Antill
Their Sources and Implications
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