The sociology of gender : an introduction to theory and research / Amy S. Wharton

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-252) and index

TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgments 1: Introduction to the Sociology of Gender Introduction Sociological Vantage Points A Brief History of the Sociological Study of Gender What is Gender? A Working Definition of Gender Three Frameworks for Understanding Gender Gender Matters Who's to Blame: Understanding Gender Inequality Chapter Summary For Further Reading A Closer Look Selected Readings: "What's in a Name?" Harbour Fraser Hodder PART I: CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES 2: The Gendered Person Chapter Objectives Sex and Gender Sex and Sex Category The Gendered Person Gender as Traits, Abilities, or Behavioral Dispositions Sex Difference Research Sex Differences and Gender Inequality Becoming Gendered Chapter Summary For Further Reading Key Terms A Closer Look Selected Readings: "Evolution, Males, and Violence" David P. Barash "Ambiguous Genitalia and the Construction of Gender" Suzanne J. Kessler /"The Science and Politics of Comparing Men and Women" Alice Eagly. 3: Gender in Interactions and Institutions. Chapter Objectives Interactionist Views of Gender Gendered Organizations/Gendered Institutions Toward a Multilayered Conception of Gender Chapter Summary For Further Reading Key Terms A Closer Look Selected Readings: "If you let me play: Nike Ads and Gender" Robert Goldman and Stephen Papson "Resources for Doing Gender" Candace West and Don Zimmerman. PART II: GENDER IN CONTEXT 4: Work and Family as Gendered Institutions Chapter Objectives The Division of Labor Gender, Work, and Family in Historical Perspective The Post-Industrial Era: Married Women's Rising Labor Force Participation Portraits of Family and Work A Broader View: Gender and Social Organization Work and Family Revisited Chapter Summary For Further Reading Key Terms A Closer Look Selected Readings: "Constructing Jobs as Women's Work in World War II" Ruth Milkman "Work-Family Arrangements in Four Countries" Laura Den Dulk. 5: Gender, Childhood, and Family Life Chapter Objectives "Is it a Boy or a Girl?" Gender Construction in Children The Household Division of Labor and the Family Marriage, Families, and Their Consequences for Women and Men Chapter Summary For Further Reading Key Terms A Closer Look Selected Readings: "Raising Gender-Aschematic Children" Sandra Lipsitz Bem "The Meaning of Motherhood in Black Culture" Patricia Hill Collins "The Wage Penalty for Motherhood" Michelle J. Budig and Paula England. 6: Gendered Jobs and Gendered Workers Chapter Objectives Explaining the Sex Segregation of Jobs and Occupations Gender-Typing of Jobs, Occupations, and Hierarchies The Wages of Gender Chapter Summary For Further Reading Key Terms A Closer Look Selected Readings: "Women as Emotion Managers" Arlie Russell Hochschild "Hegemonic Masculinity in Female Occupations" Christine L. Williams. PART III: EPILOGUE 7: Deconstructing Gender Differences and Inequalities Chapter Objectives Gender Distinctions and Inequalities The Reproduction of Gender Inequality Challenging Gender Inequality Making Gender Matter Less Chapter Summary For Further Reading Key Terms A Closer Look Selected Readings: "Privilege as Paradox" Allan G. Johnson "Gender Vertigo" Barbara J. Risman.