Assigned : life with gender /
Lisa Wade, Guest Editor, Occidental College, Douglas Hartmann, University of Minnesota, Christopher Uggen, University of Minnesota.
- xxiii, 238 pages ; 18 cm.
- The society pages .
Includes index.
Introduction -- Ideas -- On queer parenting and gender- neutrality / D'LANE COMPTON AND TRISTAN BRIDGES -- Tits (the story of my man- boobs) / MATT CORNELL -- Why breastfeeding in public is taboo / NICKI LISA COLE -- Gay male athletes and discourses of masculinity / MARKUS GERKE -- Feminizing women's sports teams / GWEN SHARP -- Performances -- Masculinity, gender (non)conformity, and queer visibility / TRISTAN BRIDGES AND CJ PASCOE -- What is "winning women talk more like a girl (on Jeopardy!)"? / VIRGINIA RUTTER -- The balancing act of being female / LISA WADE -- Doing gender with wallets and purses / TRISTAN BRIDGES -- Compulsory monogamy in the hunger games / MIMI SCHIPPERS -- High heels and distinction among women / LISA WADE -- Inequalities -- Beyond bossy or brilliant : gender bias in student evaluations / TRISTAN BRIDGES, KJERSTIN GRUYS, CHRISTIN MUNSCH, AND C. J. PASCOE -- Not seeing is still believing / TARA FANNON -- When your (brown) body is a (white) wonderland / TRESSIE MCMILLAN COTTOM -- Violence and masculinity threat / TRISTAN BRIDGES AND CJ PASCOE -- Gender and biased perceptions : scientists rate job applicants / GWEN SHARP -- My two cents on feminism and Miley Cyrus / LISA WADE -- Institutions -- Woman enough to win? / CHERYL COOKY AND SHARI L . DWORKIN -- Our hearts, our selves, our research agenda / TINA WAGERS -- Is the "Mrs." degree dead? / LAURA HAMILTON -- Gender and the sinking floor in the U.S. labor market / ERIN HATTON -- Putting hobby lobby in context : the erratic career of birth control in the United States / CAROLE JOFFE -- The uneven presence of women and minorities in America's state legislatures : and why it matters / BETH REINGOLD -- The future of gender -- Back on track? stall and rebound for gender equality 1977-2012 / DAVID COTTER, JOAN HERMSEN, AND REEVE Vanneman -- Three common complaints about Po Liti Cal correctness (that completely miss the point) / JARUNE UWUJAREN -- Family diversity is the new normal for America's children / PHILIP COHEN -- Lean in and 1% feminism / LINDA BURNHAM -- Shattering the glass ceiling for women in politics / PAMELA O'LEARY AND SHAUNA SHAMES -- Children's gender self- determination : a practical guide / JANE WARD -- Discussion guide and group activities -- About the contributors -- Index.
9780393284454 (pbk.)
2016000658
Sex role. Feminism. Sex discrimination against women. Gender identity.