ABSTRACT
Gender Inequality in Our Changing World: A Comparative Approach focuses on the contemporary United States but places it in historical and global context. Written for sociology of gender courses, this textbook identifies conditions that encourage greater or lesser gender inequality, explains how gender and gender inequality change over time, and explores how gender intersects with other hierarchies, especially those related to race, social class, and sexual identity. The authors integrate historical and international materials as they help students think both theoretically and empirically about the causes and consequences of gender inequality, both in their own lives and in the lives of others worldwide.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |146 pages
Four Core Issues
chapter |36 pages
Work and Its Rewards
chapter |37 pages
Families as the Crucible of Gender Inequality
chapter |35 pages
Gender and Violence
chapter |36 pages
The Control of Sexuality
part |33 pages
Consequences
part |165 pages
Continuity and Change
chapter |34 pages
Learning and Performing Gender in School
chapter |36 pages
Gender, Power, and Politics
chapter |33 pages
Religion and Gender Inequality
chapter |32 pages
Displaying and Constructing Gender in the Media
chapter |28 pages
Acting Out Gender Through Sports
part |12 pages
Looking Toward the Future