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Transformations: Women, Gender and Psychology https://www.mheducation.com/cover-images/Jpeg_400-high/0078026989.jpeg 3 2018 9780078026980
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Transformations: Women, Gender and Psychology
Transformations: Women, Gender and Psychology

Transformations: Women, Gender and Psychology, 3rd Edition

ISBN10: 0078026989 | ISBN13: 9780078026980
By Mary Crawford

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PART 1 Introduction

 

Chapter 1 Paving the Way 2

 

Beginnings

How Did the Psychology of Women Get Started?

Psychology and the Women’s Movement

Voices from the Margins: A History

What Is Feminism?

Feminism Has Many Meanings

Is There a Simple Definition?

Methods and Values in Psychological Research

Psychology’s Methods

Toward Gender-Fair Research

Feminist Values in Research

Intersectionality

About This Book

A Personal Reflection

Exploring Further

 

PART 2 Gender in Social Context

 

Chapter 2 Gender, Status, and Power 24

 

What Is Gender?

Gender Shapes Societies and Cultures

Gender and Power

Justifying Gender Inequality

Gender Shapes Social Interactions

Constructing Gender through Female Bodies

Gender as a Presentation of Self

“Doing Gender”

Constructing Gender in Interaction

Gender Shapes Individuals

Identity, Power, and Gender Differences

Sexist Attitudes

Linking the Levels of Gender: A Summary

Making a Difference

Transforming Ourselves

Transforming Interpersonal Relations

Transforming the Structures of Inequality

Exploring Further

 

 

Chapter 3 Images of Women

 

Words Can Never Hurt Me?

Language about Women and Men

Worth a Thousand Words: Media Images

Representing Women and Men

Face-ism

Sexual Objectification

Invisible Women

Stereotypes about Women and Men

The Content of Gender Stereotypes

Sexuality Stereotypes

The Intersectionality of Gender and Ethnic Stereotypes

Are Stereotypes Accurate?

Stereotypes Are Hard to Change

The Impact of Stereotypes

Stereotypes, the Self, and Stereotype Threat

Stereotypes, Status, and Power

Stereotypes and Sexist Behavior

How Not to Stereotype

Making a Difference

Transforming Language

Challenging Objectification

Exploring Further

 

 

Chapter 4 The Meanings of Difference

 

The Politics of Difference and Similarity

Defining Difference and Similarity

Measuring Differences

Interpreting Results: Values and Ideology in Research

Gendering Cognition: “Girls Can’t Do Math”

What Factors Influence Mathematics Performance?

Social Implications of Gendered Cognition

Gendering Emotion: “Boys Don’t Cry”

Emotion Stereotypes

Culture, Ethnicity, and Emotionality

Emotionality and Social Interaction

Social Implications of Gendered Emotionality

Making a Difference

The Individual Level: Thinking Critically about Differences and Similarities

The Interactional Level: Difference and Discrimination

The Sociocultural Level: Creating Opportunities for Equality

Can Similarities and Differences Be Reconciled?

Exploring Further

 

 

PART 3 Gender and Development

 

Chapter 5 Sex, Gender, and Bodies

 

How Does Sex Develop?

Sexual Differentiation during Fetal Development

Variations in Fetal Development: Intersexuality

Sex, Gender Identity, and Gender Typing

Intersexuality and Identity

Transgender Identity

Sex and Sexual Orientation

Is There a Gay Gene?

Hormones and Sexual Orientation

Sex as a Social Construction

Constructing Two Sexes

Rethinking Gender Dysphoria

Beyond the Binary

More Than Two Sexes

Genderqueer

Making a Difference

Transforming Society: Equality for Gender Minorities

Transforming Ourselves: Accepting Biological and Social Diversity

Exploring Further

 

 

Chapter 6 Gendered Identities: Childhood and Adolescence

 

Theories of Gender Development

Social Learning Theory

Cognitive Theories

Gender in the Child’s Daily Life

Parental Influences

Peer Influences

Gendered Environments

Media Influences

Intersectionality and Gender Typing

Children and Poverty 180

Leaving Childhood Behind: Puberty and Adolescence

Changing Bodies

Gender Intensification

Vulnerabilities of Adolescence

Who is this New Self?

Peer Culture and Harassment 188

Making a Difference

Transforming Social Interactions: Enlarging the Options for Girls

Transforming Ourselves: Resisting Gender Typing

Exploring Further

 

 

PART 4 Gendered Life Paths

 

Chapter 7 Sex, Love, and Romance

 

How Is Sexuality Shaped by Culture?

What Are Sexual Scripts?

Contemporary and Safer Sex

Sexual Scripts Differ across Ethnic Groups and Cultures

Adolescent Sexuality

How Does Sexuality Emerge in the Teen Years?

What Factors Influence the Decision to Have Sex?

Teens and Safer Sex

Experiencing Sexuality

First Intercourse: Less Than Bliss?

Women's Experiences of Orgasm

Evils of Masturbation or Joys of Self-Pleasure?

Lesbian and Bisexual Women

Defining Sexual Orientation

Developing a Lesbian or Bisexual Identity

Intersections of Ethnic and Sexual Identity

Hookups, Dating, and Romantic Love

The Subtle Scripts of Sexual Initiative and Pleasure

Sexual Scripts and Sexual Dysfunction

Social Contexts of Sexual Expression

Cultural Variations in the United States

Attractiveness and Sexual Desirability

Disability and Sexuality

Is Sex Talk Sexist?

Studs and Sluts: Is There Still a Double Standard?

Silencing Girls’ Sexuality

Controlling Women’s Sexuality

Making a Difference

Safer Sex

Better Sex

Exploring Further

 

 

Chapter 8 Commitments: Women and Close Relationships

 

Marriage

Who Marries and When?

Who Marries Whom?

Varieties of Marriage

Power in Marriage

Happily Ever After?

Marital Satisfaction and Psychological Adjustment

Lesbian Couples

Lesbian and Heterosexual Couples Compared

Characteristics of Lesbian Marriages and Relationships

Power and Satisfaction in Lesbian Relationships 248

Cohabiting Couples

Who Cohabits and Why?

Does Living Together Affect Later Marriage?

Ending the Commitment: Separation and Divorce

What Are the Causes and Consequences of Divorce?

Remarriage

Making a Difference

Marriage Equality for Lesbian and Gay Couples

True Partnership: Equality in Heterosexual Marriage

Exploring Further

 

 

Chapter 9 Mothering

 

Images of Mothers and Motherhood

The Decision to Have a Child

Why Do Women Choose to Have Children?

Childless by Choice or Circumstance?

Restricting Women’s Choices

Technology and Choice

The Transition to Motherhood

How Does Motherhood Change Work and Marital Roles?

Psychological Effects of Bodily Changes during Pregnancy

How Do Others React to Pregnant Women?

Motherhood and Women’s Identity

The Event of Childbirth

Is Childbirth a Medical Crisis?

Family-Centered Childbirth

Depression Following Childbirth: Why?

Experiences of Mothering

Teen Mothers

Single Mothers

Black Mothers and the Matriarchal Myth

GBT Mothers

Making a Difference

Transforming Social Policy: Redefining Family Values

Transforming Social Meanings: Redefining Parenthood

Exploring Further

 

 

Chapter 10 Work and Achievement

 

If She Isn’t Paid, Is It Still Work?

Housework as Real Work

Relational Work: Keeping Everybody

Happy

Status Work: The Two-Person Career

What Are the Costs and Benefits of Invisible Work?

Working Hard for a Living: Women in the Paid Workforce

Occupational Segregation

Women’s Work as Only Natural

The Wage Gap

Doing Gender in the Workplace

Evaluating Women’s Performance

Discrimination in Hiring and Promotion

Social Reactions to Token Women

The Importance of Mentoring

Leadership: Do Women Do It Differently?

Sexual Harassment from Nine to Five

Defining Sexual Harassment

The Prevalence of Harassment

What Are the Causes of Harassment?

The Consequences of Harassment

Women’s Career Development

Expectancies, Values, and Career Paths

High-Achieving Women

Putting It All Together: Work and Family

What Are the Costs of the Balancing Act?

What Are the Benefits of the Balancing Act?

Making A Difference: Women, Work, and Social Policy

Exploring Further

 

 

Chapter 11 The Second Half: Midlife and Aging

 

Not Just a Number: The Social Meanings of Age

Is There a Double Standard of Aging?

Ageism

Cross-Cultural Differences

Self-Identity and Social Identity

Images of Older Women

Invisibility

Grannies and Witches: Images and Stereotypes of Older Women

The Effects of Age Stereotypes

In an Aging Woman’s Body

Physical Health in Middle and Later Life

Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy

The Medicalization of Menopause

Constructing the Object of Desire

Exercise and Fitness

Sexuality in Middle and Later Life

Relationships: Continuity and Change

Friends and Family

Becoming a Grandmother

Caregiving: Its Costs and Rewards

Loss of a Life Partner

Work and Achievement

Women in Their Prime

Retirement

Poverty in Later Life

Making a Difference

Transforming Society: Elder Activism

Transforming Social Interaction: Taking Charge of the Second Half

Transforming Ourselves: Resisting Ageism

Exploring Further

 

 

PART 5 Gender and Well-Being

 

Chapter 12 Violence against Women

 

Violence against Girls and Women: A Global Perspective

The Gender System and Violence

Rape-Prone Societies

'Honor'-based Violence

Sex Trafficking

Violence and the Media

Language about Violence

Gender Violence as Entertainment

Violence and Social Media

Pornography

Violence against Children

Child Sexual Abuse 382

How Can Abuse of Children Be Ended?

Violence in Intimate Relationships

Dating Violence

Stalking

Violence in Long-Term Relationships

How Can Relationship Violence Be Ended?

Violence in Later Life

Elder Abuse

Widow Abuse

How Can Elder Abuse Be Ended?

Making a Difference

A Multifaceted Approach to Interventions

Women’s Rights Are Human Rights

Exploring Further

 

 

Chapter 13 Psychological Disorders, Therapy, and Women’s Well-Being

 

Sexist Bias in Defining Disorders

The Social Construction of Abnormality

Women’s Behavior as Abnormal

Blaming Women for Distress and Disorders

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM)

Gender-Linked Psychological Disorders

Why Are There Gender Related Differences in the Rates of Some Disorders?

Which Disorders Are Diagnosed More Frequently in Women?

Sexist Bias in the Treatment of Psychological Disorders

Institutionalizing Women

Medicating Women

Traditional Psychotherapy

Feminist Therapy

Conducting Feminist Therapy

Intersectionality and Feminist Therapy

Evaluating Feminist Therapy

Making a Difference

Transforming Ourselves: Finding (or Becoming) a Feminist Therapist

Transforming Social Relations: Challenging the “Crazy Woman” Stereotype

Transforming Society: Promoting Women’s Psychological Well-Being

Exploring Further

 

 

Chapter 14 Making a Difference: Toward a Better Future for Women

 

Contemporary Feminism

Imagery and Attitudes

Negative Images and Stereotypes of Feminists

Attitudes toward Feminism

Feminist Psychology and Social Change

The Changing Face of Psychology

Imagine a World . . .

What Can One Student Do?

 

 

References

Credits

Name Index

Subject Index

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About the Author

Mary Crawford

Mary Crawford is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Women’s Studies Program at the University of Connecticut. She has taught the psychology of women and gender for twenty-five years, most of that time at West Chester University of Pennsylvania, where she earned the Trustee’s Achievement Award for lifetime professional accomplishment. She has also held the Jane W. Irwin Chair in Women’s Studies at Hamilton College, served as Distinguished Visiting Teacher/Scholar at Trenton State College at The College of New Jersey, and directed the graduate program in women’s studies at the University of South Carolina. She received her Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the University of Delaware. Professor Crawford is a consulting editor of Psychology of Women Quarterly, an associate editor of Feminism and Psychology, and a Fellow of both the American Psychological Society and the American Psychological Association. Mary Crawford has spoken and written about women’s studies issues for audiences as diverse as the British Psychological Society, Ms. Magazine, and the Oprah Winfrey show. Works she has authored or edited include: Gender and Thought: Psychological Perspectives (1989); Talking Difference: On Gender and Language (1995); Gender Differences and Human Cognition (1997); Coming Into Her Own: Education Successes in Girls and Women (1999) and a special double issue of Psychology of Women Quarterly (1999) on innovative methods for feminist research.

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