The gender reader / edited by Evelyn Ashton-Jones, Gary A. Olson, Merry G. Perry.

Contributor(s): Ashton-Jones, Evelyn, 1953- [editor] | Olson, Gary A, 1954- [editor] | Perry, Merry G [editor]
Language: English Publisher: Boston : Allyn and Bacon, c2000Edition: Second editionDescription: xiv, 498 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0205285309; 0205310419 Subject(s): Sex role | Sex discrimination against women | SexismDDC classification: 305.3 LOC classification: HQ1075 | .G465 2000
Contents:
Virginia Adams -- Male and Female: Differences between them / Pamela Weintraub -- The brain: his and hers / Dorothy L. Sayers -- Are women human? / Alan Alda -- What every woman should know about men / Herb Goldberg -- In harness: the male condition / Mary Kay Blakely -- He's a feminist, but ... / Simone de Beauvoir -- Women as other / Naomi Weisstein -- Psychology constructs the female / Susan Brownmiller -- Emotion / Gloria Steinem -- Sisterhood -- Men and women talking / Mary McIntosh -- The homosexual role / Edmund White --Sexual culture / Rose Weitz -- What price independence? Patrick Hopkins -- Gender treachery / Plato -- The role of women in the ideal society / Mary Daly -- I thank thee Lord that thou has not created me a woman / Pope Pius XI -- On Christian marriage -- African Genital Mutilation / Dorothy Gies McGuigan -- To be a woman and a scholar / Kate Millett -- Sexual politics / Mary Wollstonecraft -- from A vindication of the rights of women / Frederick Douglass -- The rights of women / Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- from Women and economics / John Stuart Mill -- from The subjection of women / Margaret Sanger -- Awakening and revolt -- Birth control. Sojourner Truth -- Ain't I a woman? / Ellen Willis -- Sisters under the skin / Mitsuye Yamada -- Invisibility is an unnatural disaster / Bell Hooks -- Racism and feminism. Casey Miller and Kate Swift -- One small step for genkind -- Women and names / Alleen Pace Nilsen -- Sexism in English / Audre Lorde -- The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house / Matina Horner -- Fail: Bright women / Adrienne Rich -- Taking women students seriously / M. Carey Thomas -- Educated woman / Judy Syfers -- I want a wife / Rick Greenberg -- Escaping the daily grind for life as a house father / Pat Mainardi -- The politics of housework / Deborah Tannen -- Marked: Women in the workplace / Philip Goldberg -- Are women prejudiced against women / Brigid Brophy -- Women: Invisible cages / Ellen Goodman -- Being a secretary can be hazardous to your health / Diane Johnson -- Rape / Cherry and Charles Lindholm -- Life behind the veil / John Krich -- Here come the brides.
Summary: The Gender Reader's fifty-one selections, all related to issues and questions of gender, are organized into five parts that address sub-themes within this broad and rich subject.
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Virginia Adams --
Male and Female: Differences between them / Pamela Weintraub --
The brain: his and hers / Dorothy L. Sayers --
Are women human? / Alan Alda --
What every woman should know about men / Herb Goldberg --
In harness: the male condition / Mary Kay Blakely --
He's a feminist, but ... / Simone de Beauvoir --
Women as other / Naomi Weisstein --
Psychology constructs the female / Susan Brownmiller --
Emotion / Gloria Steinem --
Sisterhood --
Men and women talking / Mary McIntosh --
The homosexual role / Edmund White --Sexual culture / Rose Weitz --
What price independence? Patrick Hopkins --
Gender treachery / Plato --
The role of women in the ideal society / Mary Daly --
I thank thee Lord that thou has not created me a woman / Pope Pius XI --
On Christian marriage --
African Genital Mutilation / Dorothy Gies McGuigan --
To be a woman and a scholar / Kate Millett --
Sexual politics / Mary Wollstonecraft --
from A vindication of the rights of women / Frederick Douglass --
The rights of women / Charlotte Perkins Gilman --
from Women and economics / John Stuart Mill --
from The subjection of women / Margaret Sanger --
Awakening and revolt --
Birth control. Sojourner Truth --
Ain't I a woman? / Ellen Willis --
Sisters under the skin / Mitsuye Yamada --
Invisibility is an unnatural disaster / Bell Hooks --
Racism and feminism. Casey Miller and Kate Swift --
One small step for genkind --
Women and names / Alleen Pace Nilsen --
Sexism in English / Audre Lorde --
The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house / Matina Horner --
Fail: Bright women / Adrienne Rich --
Taking women students seriously / M. Carey Thomas --
Educated woman / Judy Syfers --
I want a wife / Rick Greenberg --
Escaping the daily grind for life as a house father / Pat Mainardi --
The politics of housework / Deborah Tannen --
Marked: Women in the workplace / Philip Goldberg --
Are women prejudiced against women / Brigid Brophy --
Women: Invisible cages / Ellen Goodman --
Being a secretary can be hazardous to your health / Diane Johnson --
Rape / Cherry and Charles Lindholm --
Life behind the veil / John Krich --
Here come the brides.

The Gender Reader's fifty-one selections, all related to issues and questions of gender, are organized into five parts that address sub-themes within this broad and rich subject.

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