The new Soviet man and woman : sex-role socialization in the USSR

Author(s)

• Attwood, Lynne
• University of Birmingham. Centre for Russian and East European Studies

Bibliographic Information

The new Soviet man and woman : sex-role socialization in the USSR

Lynne Attwood

（Studies in Soviet history and society）

Macmillan in association with the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham, 1990

• : hard
• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 237-254

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: hard ISBN 9780333519851

Description

According to the Soviet constitution, women and men have equal rights. However, it has proved somewhat harder to establish this in reality than it is to declare it in law. The Western literature on women in the Soviet Union generally concedes that considerable efforts have been made, but that these have been impeded by the survival of certain "sex-role stereotypes". Yet little has been said about the ways in which sex-roles are acquired in the Soviet Union. This book aims to fill that gap. It is primarily an analysis of Soviet writings on sex and gender, the climate of thought around them, and their implications for the development of male and female personality differences. It reveals that there has, in fact, been little attempt in recent years to overcome the sex-role stereotypes which stand in the way of equality between the sexes. Concern about the so-called "demographic crisis" has actually had the opposite effect.

Table of Contents

• Part 1: The concept of "sex upbringing"
• the "demographic crisis"
• the link between "sex upbringing" and the demographic crisis
• the effects of Glasnost and Perestroika on women
• the outline of the book
• a note on translation and terminology. Part 2 Western theories of male and female personality differences: psychoanalytic theory
• social learning theory
• cognitive developmental theory
• feminism and sex differences in personality. Part 3 Soviet psychology and personality development: historical outline
• Ivan Pavlov
• the Troika - Vygotskii, Luria and Leont'ev
• the development of moral attitudes and behaviour
• biology and society in the development and personality
• a proposed Soviet theory of male and female personality, according to the tenets of Soviet psychology. Part 4 Soviet psychologists on sex differences: sex differences in ontogenesis, B.G.Anan'ev
• sex differences in interpersonal understanding, A.A.Bodalev
• sex differences in choice of toys, V.S.Mukhina
• sex differences in mental problem solving, T.G.Khashchenko
• sex differences and identification with parents - the work of A.I.Zakharov
• sex differences and identification with parents - the work of A.Ya.Varga
• sex differences and success in marriage, V.A.Kuts and V.P.Bagrunov
• sex differences in the development of moral behaviour, L.S.Sapozhnikova
• a comparison of British and Soviet approaches to sex differences in school subject preference, A.Kelly and T.Snegireva. Part 5 The work of I.S.Kon: personality, social roles, and the social construction of sex differences
• the role of biology in the development of sex differences
• the erosion of traditional sex differences in personality
• the interaction of social and biological influences
• more recent work. Part 6 Sex-change in the USSR - A.I.Belkin's theory of gender development, and his treatment of hermaphrodites: hermaphroditism and transsexualism - the western approach
• Belkins's approach - hormones and sex differences
• the process of gender reassignment
• Belkin's theory of gender development
• Belkin and western writings on gender
• Belkin and the pro-family ethos
• Belkin and Soviet psychology. Part 7 Sociological and demographic approaches to sex differences: the female personality under socialism
• male and female roles in the family. Part 8 The pedagogical approach to sex differences: the early pedagogical writings on sex differences
• conflicting opinions within the early writings
• the recent writings
• a summary of the pedagogical writings
• pedagogy and psychology
• pedagogy and the medical profession
• warnings against the encouragement of excessive sex-differentiation in personality
• summary of the pedagogical and medical approach. (part contents)

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780333519868

Description

An analysis of Soviet writings on sex and gender, the climate and thought around them, and their implications for the development of male and female personality differences. Aspects covered include the sociological and demographic approaches to sex differences.

Table of Contents

• Part 1: The concept of "sex upbringing"
• the "demographic crisis"
• the link between "sex upbringing" and the demographic crisis
• the effects of Glasnost and Perestroika on women
• the outline of the book
• a note on translation and terminology. Part 2 Western theories of male and female personality differences: psychoanalytic theory
• social learning theory
• cognitive developmental theory
• feminism and sex differences in personality. Part 3 Soviet psychology and personality development: historical outline
• Ivan Pavlov
• the Troika - Vygotskii, Luria and Leont'ev
• the development of moral attitudes and behaviour
• biology and society in the development and personality
• a proposed Soviet theory of male and female personality, according to the tenets of Soviet psychology. Part 4 Soviet psychologists on sex differences: sex differences in ontogenesis, B.G.Anan'ev
• sex differences in interpersonal understanding, A.A.Bodalev
• sex differences in choice of toys, V.S.Mukhina
• sex differences in mental problem solving, T.G.Khashchenko
• sex differences and identification with parents - the work of A.I.Zakharov
• sex differences and identification with parents - the work of A.Ya.Varga
• sex differences and success in marriage, V.A.Kuts and V.P.Bagrunov
• sex differences in the development of moral behaviour, L.S.Sapozhnikova
• a comparison of British and Soviet approaches to sex differences in school subject preference, A.Kelly and T.Snegireva. Part 5 The work of I.S.Kon: personality, social roles, and the social construction of sex differences
• the role of biology in the development of sex differences
• the erosion of traditional sex differences in personality
• the interaction of social and biological influences
• more recent work. Part 6 Sex-change in the USSR - A.I.Belkin's theory of gender development, and his treatment of hermaphrodites: hermaphroditism and transsexualism - the western approach
• Belkins's approach - hormones and sex differences
• the process of gender reassignment
• Belkin's theory of gender development
• Belkin and western writings on gender
• Belkin and the pro-family ethos
• Belkin and Soviet psychology. Part 7 Sociological and demographic approaches to sex differences: the female personality under socialism
• male and female roles in the family. Part 8 The pedagogical approach to sex differences: the early pedagogical writings on sex differences
• conflicting opinions within the early writings
• the recent writings
• a summary of the pedagogical writings
• pedagogy and psychology
• pedagogy and the medical profession
• warnings against the encouragement of excessive sex-differentiation in personality
• summary of the pedagogical and medical approach. (part contents)

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Details

• NCID: BA11402076
• ISBN:
  • 033351985X
  • 0333519868
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Basingstoke
• Pages/Volumes: x, 263 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HQ1662
  • DC20 : 305.420947
  • NDC8 : 367.238
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Soviet Union. Society. Role of women
  • LCSH : Women -- Soviet Union -- Social conditions
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00247732