Synopses & Reviews
This text begins with the premise that everything we think we know about human beings is shaped and limited by our own culture and experience. Its aim is to show students how gender-related expectations interact with other cultural assumptions and stereotypes, as well as with social and economic conditions, to affect womens experiences and behavior. The text also describes the ways in which womens lives differ between cultures. Featuring more coverage of diversity within the U.S. culture, the thoroughly updated third edition is accompanied by an updated online edition of Cheryl Rickabaughs Sex and Gender workbook.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Why a Global, Multicultural Psychology of WomenChapter 2: Female-Male Comparisons: The Meaning and Significance of DifferenceChapter 3: Growing up Female: The Female Body and its MeaningsChapter 4: Growing up Female II: Expectations, Images, and IdentitiesChapter 5: Getting the Message: Self-Confidence, Assertiveness, and EntitlementChapter 6: Connections: Communicating with and Relating to OthersChapter 7: Family and Intimate RelationshipsChapter 8: Womens WorkChapter 9: Physical Health, Illness, and HealingChapter 10: Mental Health, Illness, and TherapyChapter 11: Myths and Scripts for Women Growing OlderChapter 12: SexualitiesChapter 13: Violence Against Women: A Worldwide ProblemChapter 14: Leadership, Power, and Social Change