Gender Studies

Gender studies is a field of interdisciplinary study which analyses race, ethnicity, sexuality and location. In gender studies, the term "gender" is used to refer to the social and cultural constructions of masculinities and femininities.

See also women's studies.
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Love in Exile
Mit Männern leben: Überlegungen zum Pelicot-Prozess
Who’s Afraid of Gender?
Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
Das Ende der Ehe: Für eine Revolution der Liebe
Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption
Réinventer l'amour: Comment le patriarcat sabote les relations hétérosexuelles
Abolish the Family: A Manifesto for Care and Liberation
Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality
Women Without Kids: The Revolutionary Rise of an Unsung Sisterhood
A Short History of Trans Misogyny
Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win
Man Enough: Undefining My Masculinity
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
We Should All Be Feminists
The Second Sex
The Handmaid's Tale
Bad Feminist
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
A Room of One’s Own
The Feminine Mystique
The Beauty Myth
Men Explain Things to Me
The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story
Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics
Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape
Fun Home by Alison BechdelThe Essential Dykes To Watch Out For by Alison BechdelLe bleu est une couleur chaude by Jul MarohAre You My Mother? by Alison BechdelBatwoman by Greg Rucka
Best Lesbian Graphic Novels
249 books — 233 voters
The Forager Chefs Club by Rita Mace WalstonIn and Out of Step by Christine M. KnightCheating to Survive by Christine ArdigoLife Song by Christine M. KnightSong Bird by Christine M. Knight
Memorable Women's Fiction
293 books — 212 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodVox by Christina DalcherThe Grace Year by Kim LiggettThe Stepford Wives by Ira LevinWhen She Woke by Hillary Jordan
Patriarchal Dystopias
125 books — 108 voters

The Ultimate Guide for Gay Dads by Eric RosswoodJourney to Same-Sex Parenthood by Eric RosswoodThe Kid by Dan SavageFun Home by Alison BechdelDoes This Baby Make Me Look Straight? by Dan Bucatinsky
Nonfiction: Gay & Lesbian Parenting
165 books — 83 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Radium Girls by Kate  MooreRejected Princesses by Jason PorathGood Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena FavilliHidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly
The Overlooked Women of History
951 books — 225 voters


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