Description: *indicates new to this edition Preface Introduction Part I: Status of Women 1: Transforming the Debate on Sexual Inequality: From Biological Difference to Institutionalized Androcentrism, Sandra Lipsitz Bem 2: Who's In and Who's Out: The Results of Oppression, Ruth S. Ostenson 3: Poor Women in a Wealthy Nation Deborah Belle* 4: Gender Dynamic in the Classroom, Susan A. Basow Part II: Women's Bodies 5: Sweating It Out: The Good News and the Bad News about Women and Sport, Ruth L. Hall 6: Women, Weight, and Body Image, Christine Smith 7: The Intersexed and the Transgendered: Rethinking Sex/Gender, Carla Golden 8: PMS as a Culture-Bound Syndrome, Joan C. Chrisler 9: Understanding Emotional Responses after Abortion, Nancy Felipe Russo 10: Women with Disabilities, Rhoda Olkin* Part III: Diversity of Women 11: Asian American Women and Adolescent Girls: Sexuality and Sexual Expression, Connie S. Chan 12: Life as a Lesbian: What Does Gender Have to Do with It?, Linda D. Garnets 13: Appreciating Cultural Difference: On Being an American Jewish Woman, Kayla Miriyam Weiner 14: Gender Issues among Latinas, Donna Castaneda 15: Triple Jeopardy in the Lives of Biracial Black/White Women, Angela M. Gillem 16: Mammy, Jezebel, and Sapphire: Developing an "Oppositional Gaze" Toward the Images of Black Women, Carolyn M. West 17: Crossing the Color Line in Women's Friendships, Suzanna M. Rose Part IV: Violence Against Women 18: Women's Fear of Rape: Causes, Consequences, and Copine, Patrica D. Rozee 19: Women and Pornography: What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us, Britain A. Scott 20: Battered Women: Why Don't They Just Leave?, Geraldine Butts Stahly 21: Sexual Harassment of College Students: Cultural Similarities and Differences, Michele A. Paludi Part V: Women's Mental Health 22: The Politics of Psychology of "False Memory Syndrome", Carolyn Zerbe Enns 23: A Feminist Approach to Agoraphobia: Challenging Traditional Views of Women at Home, Maureen C. McHugh

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