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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © H. Lips, May 2013
Routledge Books
Chapter 1: Gender:
Everybody has/does one
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Gender and sex: Is there a difference?
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A brief history of ideas about gender |
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Is gender “built-in,” or do we construct it? |
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The role of biology |
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The role of culture |
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Gender identity
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Gender and other categories |
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The emphasis on differences |
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Chapter 2: Power, Inequalities, and Prejudice
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Gender stereotypes: Instrumentality vs.
expressiveness |
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Descriptions and prescriptions |
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“Truth” and stereotypes |
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The impact of the media on gender stereotypes |
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Women are wonderful—but incompetent? Evaluating
women and men |
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Stereotypes and status |
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Sexism is complicated |
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Old-fashioned vs. Modern sexism |
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Hostile and Benevolent sexism |
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Sexism in the evaluation of work |
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Sexism and the media |
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Impact of sexism on its targets |
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Old-fashioned vs. Modern sexism |
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Hostile and Benevolent sexism |
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Sexism in the evaluation of work |
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Sexism and the media |
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Impact of sexism on its targets |
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Stereotype threat |
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Responding to expressions of sexism |
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Feminism as a collective response to sexism |
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Chapter 3: Relationships, Intimacy, and Sexualities
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Gender and expectations of power and
intimacy in interpersonal relationships |
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Women’s and men’s friendships |
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Sexuality in relationships |
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What does sexuality mean in relationships? |
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Culture, sexual self-schemas, and sexual scripts |
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Desire, arousal, and satisfaction |
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Sexual empowerment for women and girls? |
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Sexual satisfaction |
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Couples: Long-term, intimate connections |
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Bases and styles of interpersonal power in
relationships |
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Families with children |
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Chapter 4: The Gendered Workplace
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Occupational segregation: Women and
men in different jobs |
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Why occupational segregation? |
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The gender pay gap |
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Changing patterns and scope of
employment discrimination |
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Employment discrimination: A brief history |
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Sexual harassment |
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Glass Ceilings and Glass Escalators:
Is the impact of being a token different for women and men? |
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Motherhood penalties and fatherhood
premiums |
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Affirmative action as a solution? |
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Moving toward family-friendly
workplaces |
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Chapter 5: Gender, Leadership, and Public Life
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Gender and political leadership: Global trends
and some examples |
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Gender and organizational leadership: Global
trends and some examples |
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“Uncounted” leaders: Activist women |
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Gender stereotypes and the evaluation of female
and male leaders |
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Leadership, self, and identity |
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The labyrinth |
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Are there “female” and “male” leadership styles? |
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Leaders as role models for women and men |
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The impact of leadership positions on the men
and women who hold them |
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Chapter 6: Global Patterns of Gender-related Violence
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Interpersonal violence is
gendered |
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Intimate partner violence |
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Intimate partner violence against women |
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Intimate partner violence against men |
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Stalking |
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Rape and sexual assault |
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Rape as a weapon of war |
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Violence as a public performance
of gender hierarchy and norms |
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The business of gendered
violence |
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Pornography |
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Sex trafficking |
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Economic and health impacts of
gendered violence |
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Chapter 7: Global Patterns of Gender and Health
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Gendered patterns of disease |
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Nutrition |
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Stress |
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Health-related behaviors are
influenced by gender stereotypes |
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Smoking |
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Alcohol and other drugs |
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Risk-taking |
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Risky sexual behaviors |
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Exercise and fitness |
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HIV/AIDS and other sexually
transmitted diseases |
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Reproductive health and maternal
mortality |
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Contraception and abortion |
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Pregnancy, childbirth, and maternal health |
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Female genital mutilation |
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Depression and suicide |
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Access to medical care |
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Chapter 8: The Shape of our Future: Gender and the Aging Population
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Changing demographics: An aging
population means more women |
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Work and the gendered economics of aging: Who can afford a restful retirement?
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Aging and the feminization of poverty |
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Gendered aspects of aging and
health |
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Media messages to older men and women |
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Women, men, bodies and fitness at older ages |
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Disability and disease |
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The gendering of caregiving |
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Identity and relationships:
Widowhood, social networks, social support |
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Purpose and meaning: Rethinking
what matters |
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For further exploration |
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Epilogue:
The Future of Gender
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". . . . in a context of rapidly changing technology and global media
reach, the tide of change in women’s roles is unlikely to be turned back. . . . . As women and men
journey together into a future that appears dynamic and uncertain, there will be a continuing necessity to
question long-held assumptions and experiment with new roles."
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Glossary
References |