The gendered society reader

"In The Gendered Society Reader, Sixth Edition, coeditors Michael Kimmel and Amy Aronson pull together an array of dynamic voices--both male and female, classic and contemporary--to examine various interpretations of gender. These lively, in-depth readings explore gender discourse over a wide range of disciplines, focusing primarily on two central issues: difference and domination. Carefully balanced to reflect the diversity of its subject, this text addresses provocative and fundamental questions including: How are males and females different?; What do these differences mean?; How to various cultures and religions interpret gender?; Why do societies continue to differentiate people on the basis of gender?; Why is it that almost every known society is based on male domination?; Thoroughly updated with rich and timely material, the sixth edition is the perfect complement to Michael Kimmel's textbook, The Gendered Society, Sixth Edition (OUP, 2016)"--The publisher.

Introduction / Amy Aronson and Michael Kimmel -- Where does gender come from? / Anne Fausto-Sterling -- Caveman masculinity : finding manhood in evolutionary science / Martha McCaughey -- The truth about boys and girls / Lise Eliot -- Testosterone rules -- Robert M. Sapolsky -- Men as women and women as men : disrupting gender / Judith Lorber -- Coming of age and coming out ceremonies across cultures / Gilbert Herdt -- Is female genital mutilation an Islamic problem / Thomas von der Osten-Sacken and Thomas Uwer -- The gender similarities hypothesis / Janet Shibley Hyde -- "Dude, you're a fag" : adolescent masculinity and the fag discourse / C.J. Pascoe -- Pink frilly dresses and the avoidance of all things "girly" : children's appearance rigidity and cognitive theories of gender development / May Ling Halim, Diane N. Ruble, Catherine S. Tamis-LeMonda, Kristina M. Zosuls, Leah E. Lurye and Faith K. Greulich -- Overdoing gender : a test of the masculine overcompensation thesis / Robb Willer, Bridget Conlon, Christabel L. Rogalin, and Michael T. Wojnowicz -- Men and women are from Earth / Rosalind Barnett and Caryl Rivers -- Doing gender / Candace West and Don H. Zimmerman -- Doing g…