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The Gendered Society Reader
Are men and women really from different planets? How are they different? And what do these differences mean? Why is it that every society distinguishes people on the basis of gender? Why is it that virtually every known society is also based on male domination? These are questions that have
captivated social scientists for generations and these are the questions that The Gendered Society Reader, 2/e , attempts to answer. This reader provides students with a sense of the various discourses on gender that have been produced by a wide range of disciplines including the biological sciences,
anthropology, psychoanalysis, developmental psychology, and sociology. Designed as a companion volume to Kimmel's textbook, The Gendered Society , this second edition features thirteen new readings, both classic and contemporary. It focuses on the two major issues in gender studies-gender difference
and male domination.
Mirroring the overall structure of The Gendered Society , the first sections of the reader are organized by discipline, collecting classic statements of different theoretical perspectives and research inquiries. The final sections address various substantive issues such as work, education, the
family, and love and sex. Contributors include Margaret Mead, Peggy Reeves Sanday, Joan Acker, Robert M. Sapolsky, Scott Coltrate, Judith Lorber, James Garbarino, and many more. In its focus on both empirical and theoretical issues as well as its broad interdisciplinary perspective, The Gendered
Society Reader, 2/e , is informative and entertaining for scholars, students, and general readers.
captivated social scientists for generations and these are the questions that The Gendered Society Reader, 2/e , attempts to answer. This reader provides students with a sense of the various discourses on gender that have been produced by a wide range of disciplines including the biological sciences,
anthropology, psychoanalysis, developmental psychology, and sociology. Designed as a companion volume to Kimmel's textbook, The Gendered Society , this second edition features thirteen new readings, both classic and contemporary. It focuses on the two major issues in gender studies-gender difference
and male domination.
Mirroring the overall structure of The Gendered Society , the first sections of the reader are organized by discipline, collecting classic statements of different theoretical perspectives and research inquiries. The final sections address various substantive issues such as work, education, the
family, and love and sex. Contributors include Margaret Mead, Peggy Reeves Sanday, Joan Acker, Robert M. Sapolsky, Scott Coltrate, Judith Lorber, James Garbarino, and many more. In its focus on both empirical and theoretical issues as well as its broad interdisciplinary perspective, The Gendered
Society Reader, 2/e , is informative and entertaining for scholars, students, and general readers.
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First published November 4, 1999
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About the author
Michael S. Kimmel
63 books196 followersMichael Scott Kimmel is an American sociologist, specializing in gender studies. He is among the leading researchers and writers on men and masculinity in the world today. The author or editor of more than twenty volumes, his books include The Politics of Manhood, and The History of Men (2005).
His documentary history, "Against the Tide: Pro-Feminist Men in the United States, 1776-1990" (Beacon, 1992), chronicled men who supported women’s equality since the founding of the country. His book, Manhood in America: A Cultural History (1996) was hailed as the definitive work on the subject. Reviewers called the book "wide-ranging, level headed, human and deeply interesting," "superb...thorough, impressive and fascinating."
His most recent book, Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (2008) is a best-selling investigation of young people’s lives today, based on interviews with more than 400 young men, ages 16-26. Feminist icon Gloria Steinem said that "Michael Kimmel's Guyland could save the humanity of many young men – and the sanity of their friends and parents."
Kimmel holds the position of Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in New York, and is a spokesperson of NOMAS (The National Organization For Men Against Sexism).
He lives in Brooklyn, New York with his family.
His documentary history, "Against the Tide: Pro-Feminist Men in the United States, 1776-1990" (Beacon, 1992), chronicled men who supported women’s equality since the founding of the country. His book, Manhood in America: A Cultural History (1996) was hailed as the definitive work on the subject. Reviewers called the book "wide-ranging, level headed, human and deeply interesting," "superb...thorough, impressive and fascinating."
His most recent book, Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (2008) is a best-selling investigation of young people’s lives today, based on interviews with more than 400 young men, ages 16-26. Feminist icon Gloria Steinem said that "Michael Kimmel's Guyland could save the humanity of many young men – and the sanity of their friends and parents."
Kimmel holds the position of Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in New York, and is a spokesperson of NOMAS (The National Organization For Men Against Sexism).
He lives in Brooklyn, New York with his family.
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March 15, 2018
"whereas from a mans perspective there is a pervasive shortage of futile women". "Men ideally want more than 18 sexual partners and women want less". Showcasing how often men assume sex on a first date and how men are more likely not to stick around for a child and how they just want to reproduce with as many fertile women as possible. It's a very bleak read....
December 16, 2021
The battle between the sexes has raged on for centuries; however, are men and women really from different planets? In The Gendered Society Reader, Fifth 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 do 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?
New to this Edition
* A new section on politics
* Longer reading introductions
* New selections
* How are males and females different?
* What do these differences mean?
* How do 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?
New to this Edition
* A new section on politics
* Longer reading introductions
* New selections
October 1, 2007
This is an excellent book to spark some very exciting discussions on gender. It is a far more complex topic than we realize. Sex and gender are much more than being distinguished as male or female -- but even that is not an easy task for some people. The articles in the text clearly and intelligently articulate many ways of dealing with gender that we dont even realize that we use. Great reading!
October 16, 2018
Intellectual frauds presenting the best way they can the Emprerror's new clothes.
The book opens with a Definitely Maybe statement:
> Anatomy, many of us believe, is destiny.
I have looked for who is "us". "Us" is the propagandist's straw man, as it is not about the reader, not about the intellectual frauds who have worked for this book.
So, many believe, so here's the "true" answer. Wrong!
To quote from Anne Fausto Sterling:
> A closer look at human development suggests that the truth is more complex.
This is essence: "it is more complex". An excuse for some academic paper pushers to fart another book on the market to inflate their "published works" section of the CV.
The book opens with a Definitely Maybe statement:
> Anatomy, many of us believe, is destiny.
I have looked for who is "us". "Us" is the propagandist's straw man, as it is not about the reader, not about the intellectual frauds who have worked for this book.
So, many believe, so here's the "true" answer. Wrong!
To quote from Anne Fausto Sterling:
> A closer look at human development suggests that the truth is more complex.
This is essence: "it is more complex". An excuse for some academic paper pushers to fart another book on the market to inflate their "published works" section of the CV.
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May 14, 2013
The essays in this book (the required reading for my Gender Studies course this semester) were hit and miss. But many of my problems with the text ultimately stemmed from the make-up of the class. It's a very social-science centric book, and my humanities-based professor didn't enjoy teaching from it. We also moved very slowly and skipped around, which I feel left the students without a grounding from which to work. Several of our assigned readings sent me outside of the text to gather a better understanding, and I often read outside of the assigned readings within the book, so it was worthwhile in the end, though the class abandoned the text, and started choosing other essays.
August 5, 2016
Read for a SOC:Women and Men in society class. Had some interesting articles but also some really bland ones. Wasn't a bad pick for a Socio course though.
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