Lectures on the Psychology of Women,9780072348606

Lectures on the Psychology of Women

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780072348606
ISBN10: 0072348607
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-08-13
Publisher(s): MCG
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Summary

This unique collection of previously unpublished essays by experienced teachers and leading experts in Psychology of Women is designed as a companion reader to any Psychology of Women textbook. The lectures included are written in an informal manner: the authors speak to students directly and address questions that students often ask.

Table of Contents

Part I. Status of Women

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

Chapter 2: Who's In and Who's Out: The Results of Oppression--Ruth S. Ostenson

Chapter 3: Global Connections: The Significance of Women's Poverty--Bernice Lott

Chapter 4: Gender Dynamics in the Classroom--Susan Basow*

Part II. Women's Bodies

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

Chapter 6: Women, Weight, and Body Image--Christine A. Smith

Chapter 7: The Intersexed and the Transgendered: Rethinking Sex/Gender--Carla Golden*

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

Chapter 9: Understanding Emotional Responses after Abortion--Nancy Felipe Russo

Chapter 10: From Postpartum Depression to the Empty Nest Syndrome: The Motherhood Mystique Revisited-Ingrid Johnston-Robledo*

Part III. Diversity of Women

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

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

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

Chapter 14: Gender Issues among Latinas--Donna Castaneda

Chapter 15: Beyond Double Jeopardy: Female, Biracial, and Perceived to Be Black--Angela R. Gillem

Chapter 16: Developing an "Oppositional Gaze" Toward Images of Black Women--Carolyn M. West*

Chapter 17: Crossing the Color Line in Women's Friendships--Suzanna Rose

Part IV. Violence Against Women

Chapter 18: Freedom from Fear of Rape: The Missing Link in Women's Freedom--Patricia D. Rozee

Chapter 19: Women and Pornography: What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us--Britain A. Scott*

Chapter 20: Battered Women: Why Don't They Just Leave?--Geraldine Butts Stahly

Chapter 21: Sexual Harassment of College Students--Michele A. Paludi

Part V. Women's Mental Health

Chapter 22: The Politics and Psychology of False Memory Syndrome--Carolyn Zerbe Enns*

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

Chapter 24: Truly Codependent No More--Lynn H. Collins*Indicates new to this edition

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