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Gender Studies



Gender Studies

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Womens Studies
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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
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In this thought-provoking and profoundly inspiring book, Kristof and WuDunn reveal the cruel and maddening reality faced by women who experience violence and oppression. Half the Sky will stir feelings of admiration and discomfort, and hopefully sow the... (read more)

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Pornography
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Magic Gardens: The Memoirs of Viva Las Vegas
Magic Gardens: The Memoirs of Viva Las Vegas
by Viva Las Vegas
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A Midwest preacher's daughter with a fabulous academic pedigree, Viva could have chosen any career, but chose to become a naked girl. This personalized tour of her milieu offers a unique perspective on a thriving industry that is largely condemned or... (read more)

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General
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Same Difference: How Gender Myths Are Hurting Our Relationships, Our Children, and Our Jobs
Same Difference: How Gender Myths Are Hurting Our Relationships, Our Children, and Our Jobs
by Rosalind Barnett and Caryl Rivers
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A landmark demonstration of how groundless beliefs about "natural" differences between the sexes have harmed both women and men — with a hopeful vision based on up-to-the-minute research. From respected academics like Carol Gilligan to pop-psych... (read more)

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Gay Studies
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The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family
The Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family
by Dan Savage
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In a time when much of the country sees red whenever the subject of gay marriage comes up, Dan Savageaoutspoken author of the column aSavage Loveaa makes it personal. Dan Savageas mother wants him to get married. His boyfriend, Terry, says ano thanksa... (read more)

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Sex Industry
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Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys: Professionals Writing on Life, Love, Money, and Sex
Hos, Hookers, Call Girls, and Rent Boys: Professionals Writing on Life, Love, Money, and Sex
by David Henry (edt) Sterry
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The only thing the writers in this book have in common is that they've exchanged sex for money. They're PhDs and dropouts, soccer moms and jailbirds, $2,500-a-night call girls and $10 crack hos, and everything in between. This anthology lends a voice to... (read more)

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Mens Studies
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A Mind of Its Own: A Cultural History of the Penis
A Mind of Its Own: A Cultural History of the Penis
by David M. Friedman
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Setting out to "make intellectual and emotional sense of a man's relationship with his defining organ," David Friedman moves from highbrow to lowbrow in this lighthearted but substantive cultural history. Successively viewed as a life source, a symbol of... (read more)

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Transgender
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Hiding My Candy
Hiding My Candy
by Lady Chablis
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After leaping off the pages with he unforgettable debut in John Berendt's bestselling Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, the unabashed personality known as The Lady Chablis now brings her irresistible charisma to the remarkable odyssey of... (read more)

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Body Issues
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Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body
Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body
by Susan Bordo
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In this provocative book, Susan Bordo untangles the myths, ideologies, and pathologies of the modern female body. Bordo explores our tortured fascination with food, hunger, desire, and control, and its effects on women's lives.... (read more)

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The Sexual Paradox: Men, Women and the Real Gender Gap
The Sexual Paradox: Men, Women and the Real Gender Gap
by Susan Pinker
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Susan Pinker, psychologist and award-winning columnist, has written a groundbreaking and controversial book that reveals why learning and behavioral gaps between boys and girls in the classroom are reversed in the workplace. Pinker examines how... (read more)

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Without a Net: The Female Experience of Growing Up Working Class
Without a Net: The Female Experience of Growing Up Working Class
by Michelle Tea
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While many recent books have thoughtfully examined the plight of the working poor in America, none of the authors of these books is able to claim a working-class background, and there are associated methodological and ethical concerns raised when most of... (read more)

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