"Why do so few women occupy positions of power and prestige? Virginia Valian uses concepts and data from psychology, sociology, economics, and biology to explain the disparity in the professional advancement of men and women. According to Valian, men and women alike have implici…
Pornography and the âscience of sexâ â" sexology â" are redefining sexuality in the West today, but is the model of sexuality promoted by these two industries selling sex short? In this, the first book to fully investigate the connections between the industries of pornography an…
In these twelve essays, bell hooks digs ever deeper into the personal and political consequences of contemporary representations of race and ethnicity within a white supremacist culture.
In these twelve essays, bell hooks digs ever deeper into the personal and political consequences of contemporary representations of race and ethnicity within a white supremacist culture.
Covering a wide range of texts from the ninth through twentieth centuries, this study reveals how woman's access to literary speech has been mediated through her body. Early Arabo-Islamic discourse, in which the female voice--often associated with sexual wit or trickery--is subo…
This edition has been thoroughly updated to take into account new developments in feminist thought about language, including sexist language and political correctness, and gender and language on the internet.
This edition has been thoroughly updated to take into account new developments in feminist thought about language, including sexist language and political correctness, and gender and language on the internet.
A conceptual analysis of Sexism and Sexist education / Maryann Ayim and Barbara Houston -- Genderized education: Tradition reconsidered / Maryann Ayim -- Freeing the Children: The abolition of gender / Kathryn Pauly Morgan -- Gender freedom and the subtleties of sexist education…