Part I: MYTHS, THEORIES, AND RESEARCH

1. Masculinity and Femininity: Myths and Stereotypes
Sex Stereotypes / Sex or Gender: More Than a Question of Terminology? / "Sugar and Spice"? "Snips and Snails"?: The Content of Gender Stereotypes / Beyond Personality Traits: The Many Faces of Gender Stereotypes / Different and Unequal? The Evaluative Aspects of Gender Stereotypes / Gender and Other Stereotypes: Race/Ethnicity, Class, Age, Appearance, Sexual Orientation, Disability / The Process of Stereotyping / How Gender Stereotypes and Prejudice Affect Us / Gender Stereotypes and the Research Process

2. Theoretical Perspectives on Sex and Gender
Early Theories about Sex and Gender / Psychoanalytic/Identification Theories / Social Structure/Cultural Theories of Gender / Evolutionary Theories of Gender / Biosocial Model / Social Learning Theory/Social Cognitive Theory / Cognitive Theories / Social Interaction Process Theories / Perspectives on Difference

3. Researching Sex and Gender: Exploring the Whys and Hows
Asking Questions about Gender: Science and the Search for Truth / What Differences and Similarities Exist: Methods for Comparing the Sexes / Why Gender Differences Exist: Nature, Nurture, and the Interactionist Position / Biases and Pitfalls: Problems Encountered in the Study of Sex and Gender / Science and Androcentrism / A Transformational Psychology of Gender?

Part II: BEHAVIOR AND EXPERIENCE: Female–Male Similarities and Differences

4. Worlds Apart?: Gender Differences in Social Behavior and Experience
Now You See It, Now You Don't: Gender Differences in Context / Gender Differences in Social Behavior: A Sampling of Current Findings / What Happened to the Differences?

5. Biology and Environment: Sex/Gender Categories and How We Get There
The Biological Process of Sexual Differentiation / Do Physical Sex Differences Have Implications for Behavior? / Gender Differences/Similarities in Behavior: Variations in Normal Development / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation

6. Perceptual and Cognitive Abilities: Gender Similarities and Differences
The Greater Male Variability Hypothesis / Gender Differences in Intellectual Performance? / Explaining the Differences

7. Sexual Lives and Orientations
The Double Standard / The Physiology of Sexual Response / Sexual Activity / Explaining Gender Differences in Sexuality / Sexual Orientation / Sexuality and Power: Erotica, Pornography, and Coercive Sexuality

8. Hormonal and Reproductive Connections
The Menstrual Cycle / Hormones and the Male Experience / Pregnancy and Childbirth / Menopause

9. Mental and Physical Health: Stress, Change, and Adaptations
Vulnerability and Strength / Gender and Physical Health / Gender and Mental Illness / Gender and Mental Health

Part III: SEX AND GENDER IN SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

10. Sex and Gender and Childhood: Constructing Gender
"Getting the Word": Sources of Early Gender Learning / Constructing an Identity: The Relational and Individual Self / Friendship / Achievement

11. Family and Friends: Attachment, Intimacy, and Power
Close Relationships in Adulthood / Marriage: The Intimate Economic Partnership / Women and Men as Parents

12. Economic and Political Life: Power, Status, and Achievement
Where We Are Now: A Shortage of Women at the Top / Motivation: The Driving Force? / Defining Achievement and Power / Access to Resources / Resources, Strategies, and Political Power / Power in Organizations and Institutions / Maintaining the Status Quo: How Hierarchies Perpetuate Themselves

13. Issues in the Workplace
Gender and Division of Labor / Sex Discrimination / Two Spheres in Contact: The Interaction of Family and Employment Issues / Work, Sexuality, and Power

14. Justice, Equity, and Social Change
Gender and Conceptions of Justice / Gender and the Law / Social Change: Justice for All?

Epilogue: The Ties That Bind: The Future of Sex and Gender

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