Gender: Psychological Perspectives

by Linda Brannon

Psychological Perspectives examines the behavior, biology, and social context in which both women and men function.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, School, Gender, Sociology, Feminism

576 pages, Paperback

Published March 12, 2007

Reviews

[Bev]

I am currently reading this book for one of my classes. I like the book I just wish that there were less references in between the readings, hard to get the idea with so much bibliogrophy info in between the facts . It is hard to absorb myself in the information because of all the breaks. While I do understand that plagarism is unacceptable, and this form of referencing is necessary in research, I still wish there was less of it breaking through my train of thought while following the concepts.

[Rose]

I loved this book. As far as textbooks go, it seems to be very thorough and to use a lot of research to back up the information that it presents. I think this is a very good comprehensive text on the psychology of gender. It is also interesting to read and takes diversity issues into account along with gender issues.

[Carolyn]

Interesting, relatively neutral discussion of the over-polarization of the male and female stereotypical characters. However, the author perpetuates the idea of gender as a binary concept, delivering a blow to the efforts to accurately depict modern concepts of gender.