Research Catalog

Title

Gender : what everyone needs to know / Laura Erickson-Schroth and Benjamin Davis.

Author

Erickson-Schroth, Laura

Publication

• New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

Davis, Benjamin

Description

xiv, 193 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

"Gender is all around us. Beliefs about gender impact our jobs, families, schools, religions, laws, politics, relationships, sports, clothes, and so much more. Gender permeates almost every aspect of our lives as humans. Although this book is part of a series called "What Everyone Needs to Know," it would be impossible to cover everything known about gender in one book, and, since gender is something we all have in common and at the same time all experience differently, a consensus on the "most important" parts of gender differs based on personal experience and interest. In this book we've tried to give you the highlights, so that you can dig deeper on your own if you hit a topic that's interesting to you"--

Series Statement

What everyone needs to know

Uniform Title

What everyone needs to know.

Subjects

• Sex role
• Sex differences
• Gender nonconformity
• Gender identity
• Gender expression

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-179) and index.

Contents

Gender 101 -- How is gender different from sex? -- What is gender identity? -- What is gender expression? -- What are gender roles? -- What is the gender binary? -- What is gender nonconformity? -- What does it mean to be transgender? -- What does it mean to be intersex? -- Is gender identity based on nature or nurture? -- What does gender have to do with sexuality? -- History Of Gender -- How much do we know about early humans and gender? -- What does evolutionary psychology have to say about gender? -- What is patriarchy? -- What is matriarchy? -- What did gender diversity look like in North America during colonization? -- How has the history of transgender people in the United States evolved since the country's founding? -- What has trans activism looked like in the 21st century? -- Gender And Biology -- What are the biological differences between male and female bodies? -- How similar or different are male and female brains? -- What are sex chromosomes? -- What does testosterone do? -- What does estrogen do? -- Why do women live longer than men? -- What do we know about sex and gender in nonhuman species? -- Gender, Medicine, And Psychology -- What does gender development in children look like? -- What is gender dysphoria? -- How have trans people historically been approached by the medical field? -- What are the current controversies about transgender identity within psychiatry? -- Why do transgender people have higher rates of mental health concerns? -- What do medical and surgical options look like for transgender people? -- Can transgender people have biological children? -- What role do mental health professionals play in the field of transgender health? -- Why is access to care an issue for transgender people? -- What role has gender played in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health concerns? -- Gender, Society, And Behavior -- What is the social construction of gender? -- Do some cultures have more than two gender options? -- How does language shape the way we think about gender? -- How has culture shaped language about gender? -- What are gender-neutral titles and pronouns? -- How do different major religions understand gender? -- What is the history of gender equality under the law in the United States? -- What is gender-based violence? -- What are the legal protections for transgender people in the United States? -- Contextualizing Gender -- What are the different "waves" of feminism and how are they distinguished? -- What is intersectionality? -- What is misogyny? -- What is "toxic masculinity"? -- What are Women's Studies, Men's Studies, and Gender Studies? -- What is queer theory? -- What is Trans Studies? -- What is transfeminism? -- Future Of Gender -- How might reproductive technologies revolutionize parenting? -- What is gender-neutral parenting? -- How might new technologies shape our ability to modify the human body? -- What are the current frontiers in gender equality? -- Could the future be genderless? -- Do we want it to be?

Call Number

JFD 21-1629

ISBN

• 9780190880033
• 0190880031
• 9780190880026
• 0190880023

LCCN

• 2020020674
• 40030319424

OCLC

1128196443

Author

Erickson-Schroth, Laura, author.

Title

Gender : what everyone needs to know / Laura Erickson-Schroth and Benjamin Davis.

Publisher

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

What everyone needs to know

What everyone needs to know.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-179) and index.

Added Author

Davis, Benjamin, author.

Other Form:

Online version: Erickson-Schroth, Laura. Gender. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021] 9780190880057 (DLC) 2020020675 (OCoLC)1157769024

Other Standard Identifier

40030319424

Research Call Number

JFD 21-1629