Lectures on the Psychology of Women - Brossura

*indicates new to this edition

Preface

Introduction

Part I: Status of Women

1: Transforming the Debate on Sexual Inequality: From Biological Difference to Institutionalized Androcentrism, Sandra Lipsitz Bem

2: Who’s In and Who’s Out: The Results of Oppression, Ruth S. Ostenson

3: Poor Women in a Wealthy Nation – Deborah Belle*

4: Gender Dynamic in the Classroom, Susan A. Basow

Part II: Women’s Bodies

5: Sweating It Out: The Good News and the Bad News about Women and Sport, Ruth L. Hall

6: Women, Weight, and Body Image, Christine Smith

7: The Intersexed and the Transgendered: Rethinking Sex/Gender, Carla Golden

8: PMS as a Culture-Bound Syndrome, Joan C. Chrisler

9: Understanding Emotional Responses after Abortion, Nancy Felipe Russo

10: Women with Disabilities, Rhoda Olkin*

Part III: Diversity of Women

11: Asian American Women and Adolescent Girls: Sexuality and Sexual Expression, Connie S. Chan

12: Life as a Lesbian: What Does Gender Have to Do with It?, Linda D. Garnets

13: Appreciating Cultural Difference: On Being an American Jewish Woman, Kayla Miriyam Weiner

14: Gender Issues among Latinas, Donna Castaneda

15: Triple Jeopardy in the Lives of Biracial Black/White Women, Angela M. Gillem

16: Mammy, Jezebel, and Sapphire: Developing an “Oppositional Gaze” Toward the Images of Black Women, Carolyn M. West

17: Crossing the Color Line in Women’s Friendships, Suzanna M. Rose

Part IV: Violence Against Women

18: Women’s Fear of Rape: Causes, Consequences, and Copine, Patrica D. Rozee

19: Women and Pornography: What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us, Britain A. Scott

20: Battered Women: Why Don’t They Just Leave?, Geraldine Butts Stahly

21: Sexual Harassment of College Students: Cultural Similarities and Differences, Michele A. Paludi

Part V: Women’s Mental Health

22: The Politics of Psychology of “False Memory Syndrome”, Carolyn Zerbe Enns

23: A Feminist Approach to Agoraphobia: Challenging Traditional Views of Women at Home, Maureen C. McHugh