The SAGE Handbook of Gender and Psychology (2013) is a multi-author synthesis of the literature and research trends in the field of gender psychology.

Exec SummaryGender stereotypes create or reinforce the reality of gender differences. Stereotypes aren’t just descriptive, but prescriptive, applying social pressure on men and women to conform and be ‘good men/women’People exaggerate and over-generalize gender differences, but gender differences are smallEven small effects can b...