Lectures on the Psychology of Women

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Edition: 3rd
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-07-07
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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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This unique collection of previously unpublished essays by experienced teachers and leading experts in Psychology of Women is designed as a companion reader to any Psychology of Women textbook.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

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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

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