Gender is one of the most important topics in the field ofsociology, and as a system of social
practices it inspires amultitude of theoretical approaches. The Sociology of Genderoffers an …

During the past three decades, feminist scholars have successfully demonstrated the ubiq
uity and omnirelevance of gender as a sociocultural construction in virtually all human …

As editor, I have chosen to begin this handbook where I believe all sociology should begin:
with a review of the array of theoretical ideas available to, in this case, gender sociologists …

Gender has become, in the last twenty years, part of the everyday language of social
science, largely as a consequence of the feminist movement and the accompanying …

This article has two goals, an intellectual history of gender as a concept and to outline a
framework for moving forward theory and research on gender conceptualized as a structure …

Each of these Handbooks survey the field in a critical manner, evaluating theoretical models
in light of the best available empirical evidence. Distinctively sociological approaches are …

Analyzing Gender is a major synthesis of current social sciences research on gender issues.
This tightly edited collection of articles consolidates the current state of knowledge about the …

Offers a sociological perspective of gender that can be applied to our lives. Focusing on the
most recent research and theory–both in the US and globally–Gender Roles, 6e provides an …

This third edition of this best-selling book confirms the ongoing centrality of feminist
perspectives and research to the sociological enterprise, and introduces students to the …

They say that we come from different planets (men from Mars, women from Venus), that we
have different brain chemistries and hormones, and that we listen, speak, and even define …