Synopses & Reviews
Nearly twenty years since the first edition appeared, Women: A Feminist Perspective remains one of the most well-known and respected women’s studies books available. Original essays from a diverse group of authors provide accurate, up-to-date information along with critical analysis of important issues in women’s studies.
Table of Contents
PART I BODY POLITICS Carole J. Sheffield, Sexual Terrorism / Susan Ehrlich Martin, Sexual Harassment: The Link Joining Gender Stratification, Sexuality, and Women's Economic Status / Nancy Felipe Russo and Jody D. Horn, Unwanted Pregnancy and Its Resolution: Options, Implications / Barbara Katz Rothman and Mary Beth Caschetta, Treating Health: Women and Medicine / Nancy Henley and Jo Freeman, The Sexual Politics of Interpersonal Behavior PART II. RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY AND THE LIFE CYCLE Naomi Gerstel and Harriet Engel Gross, Gender and Families in the United States: The Reality of Economic Dependence / Hilary M. Lips, Gender-Role Socialization: Lessons in Femininity / Janice M. Steil, Supermoms and Second Shifts: Marital Inequality in the 1990s / Michele Hoffnung, Motherhood: Contemporary Conflict for Women / Laurie Russell Hatch, Gray Clouds and Silver Linings: Women’s Resources in Later Life PART III. WORK AND OCCUPATIONS Nancy M. Thornborrow and Marianne B. Sheldon, Women in the Labor Force / Mary Frank Fox, Women and Higher Education: Gender Differences in the Status of Students and Scholars / Brigid O’Farrell, Women in Blue-Collar Occupations: Traditional and Nontraditional / Evelyn Nakano Glenn and Roslyn L. Felberg, Clerical Work: The Female Occupation / Debra Renee Kaufman, Professional Women: How Real Are the Recent Gains? PART IV. WORDS AND IMAGES Elayne A. Saltzberg and Joan C. Chrisler, Beauty is the Beast: Psychological Effects of the Pursuit of the Perfect Female Body / Gloria Steinem, Sex, Lies, and Advertising / Karen L. Adams and Norma C. Ware, Sexism and the English