Synopses & Reviews
This unique collection of previously unpublished essays by experienced teachers and leading experts in Psychology of Women is designed as a companion reader to any Psychology of Women textbook.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
Lectures on the Psychology of Women (4th edition) Preface Introduction I. Status of Women 1. Transforming the Debate on Sexual Inequality: From Biological Difference to Institutionalized Androcentrism by Sandra Lipsitz Bem 2. Who's In and Who's Out: The Results of Oppression by Ruth S. Ostenson 3. Poor Women in a Wealthy Nation by Deborah Belle 4. Sex Discrimination at Work by Faye J. Crosby 5. Feminist Perspectives on the Personal and Political Aspects of Mothering by Diane M. Hall 6. Gender Socialization, or How Long a Way Has Baby Come? by Susan Basow II. Women's Bodies 7. Sweating It Out: The Good News and the Bad News about Women and Sport by Ruth L. Hall 8. Women, Weight, and Body Image by Christine A. Smith 9. The Intersexed and the Transgendered: Rethinking Sex/Gender by Carla Golden 10. PMS as a Culture-bound Syndrome by Joan C. Chrisler 11. Understanding Emotional Responses after Abortion by Nancy Felipe Russo 12. Women with Disabilities by Rhoda Olkin 13. The Health Risks of Being Black, Latina, Women, and/or Poor: Redefining Women's Health within the Context of Social Inequality by Lisa Bowleg III. Diversity of Women 14. Asian American Women and Adolescent Girls: Sexuality and Sexual Experession by Connie S. Chan 15. Life as a Lesbian; What Does Gender Have to Do with It? by Linda D. Garnets 16. Gender Issues Among Latinas by Donna Castaneda 17. Triple Jeopardy in the Lives of Biracial Black/White Women by Angela R. Gillem 18. Mammy, Jezebel, Sapphire, and Their Homegirls: Developing an "Oppositional Gaze" toward the Images of Black Women by Carolyn M. West 19. Crossing the Color Line in Women's Friendships by Suzanna M. Rose IV. Violence against Women 20. Women's Fear of Rape: Causes, Consequences, and Coping by Patricial D. Rozee 21. Women and Pornography: What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us by Britain A. Scott 22. Battered Women: Why Don't They Just Leave? by Geraldine B. Stahly V. Women's Mental Health 23. Positive Aging for Women by Mary Gergen 24. A Feminist Approach to Agoraphobia: Challenging Traditional Views of Women at Home by Maureen C. McHugh