Gender Issues In Contemporary Society

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Sage Publications
Publisher Place: Newbury Park
Publisher Year: 1993
Edition: First Edition

Description: 234 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout. During The Past Two Decades The Study Of How Gender Influences Social Life Has Moved From The Outskirts Of Psychology To The Centre Of Current Research In The Field.

Publishers Description: Heterosexuality is generally taken for granted, seldom explicitly addressed. Rarely has it been the focus of sustained theory. This Reader is a forum for the analysis of heterosexuality as it relates to feminism and psychology. Leading feminists, psychologists and activists explore the personal and political implications of heterosexuality and of heterosexuality as an institution. They consider the extent to which feminism and heterosexuality are compatible and the complex interrelationships between sexual behaviour, categories and identities. Acknowledging the interactions between heterosexism and other oppressions, they point to the contradictions between heterosexual desire and heterosexual coercion, between heterosexual

ISBN: 0803988230