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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Leading psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen confirms what most of us had suspected all along: that male and female brains are different. This groundbreaking and controversial book reveals the scientific evidence (present even in one-day-old babies) which proves that female-type brains are better at empathizing and communicating, while male brains are stronger at understanding and building systems - not just computers and machinery, but abstract systems...
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Transformations presents a broad, comprehensive theoretical framework for understanding how the lives of all people, but particularly the lives of girls and women, are shaped by gender. Rather than conceiving gender as a collection of individual traits or attributes, this book presents gender as a social system that is used to categorize people and is linked to power and status. The gender system is analyzed throughout the book at three levels: sociocultural,...
Author
Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"With content organized around big questions about gender, Questioning Gender: A Sociological Exploration serves as a point-of-departure for conversations about gender, and as a resource for exploring answers to many of those questions. Rather than providing definitive answers, this unique book exposes readers to new material that will lead them to question their assumptions." --Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"This debate-style reader is designed to introduce students to controversies in gender studies. The readings, which represent the arguments of leading psychologists and other social commentators, reflect a variety of viewpoints and have been selected for their liveliness and substance and because of their value in a debate framework. Students will be exposed to a rich, exciting, and emotionally and politically charged body of theory, research, and...
