The Gendered Society Reader: First Canadian Edition

by michael-s-kimmel

The Gendered Society Reader introduces university students to the various discourses on gender in a wide range of disciplines, including biology, anthropology, psychoanalysis, developmental psychology, and sociology. Going beyond simply categorizing people as male or female, this reader explores the ideas, behaviours, and social relations that we create, regulate, and change.

Genres: Gender, Nonfiction, Feminism, Sociology, Psychology, Gender Studies, Textbooks

432 pages, Paperback

First published November 4, 1999

Reviews

[Brittany (Bentley) · Rating 1 out of 5]

"whereas from a mans perspective there is a pervasive shortage of futile women". "Men ideally want more than 18 sexual partners and women want less". Showcasing how often men assume sex on a first date and how men are more likely not to stick around for a child and how they just want to reproduce with as many fertile women as possible. It's a very bleak read....

[Randy Daugherty · Rating 3 out of 5]

The battle between the sexes has raged on for centuries; however, are men and women really from different planets? In The Gendered Society Reader, Fifth Edition, coeditors Michael Kimmel and Amy Aronson pull together an array of dynamic voices--both male and female, classic and contemporary--to examine various interpretations of gender. These lively, in-depth readings explore gender discourse over a wide range of disciplines, focusing primarily on two central issues: difference and domination. Carefully balanced to reflect the diversity of its subject, this text addresses provocative and fundamental questions including:
* How are males and females different?
* What do these differences mean?
* How do various cultures and religions interpret gender?
* Why do societies continue to differentiate people on the basis of gender?
* Why is it that almost every known society is based on male domination?
New to this Edition
* A new section on politics
* Longer reading introductions
* New selections

[Melody · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent book to spark some very exciting discussions on gender. It is a far more complex topic than we realize. Sex and gender are much more than being distinguished as male or female -- but even that is not an easy task for some people. The articles in the text clearly and intelligently articulate many ways of dealing with gender that we dont even realize that we use. Great reading!

[Ietrio · Rating 1 out of 5]

Intellectual frauds presenting the best way they can the Emprerror's new clothes.

The book opens with a Definitely Maybe statement:

> Anatomy, many of us believe, is destiny.

I have looked for who is "us". "Us" is the propagandist's straw man, as it is not about the reader, not about the intellectual frauds who have worked for this book.

So, many believe, so here's the "true" answer. Wrong!

To quote from Anne Fausto Sterling:

> A closer look at human development suggests that the truth is more complex.

This is essence: "it is more complex". An excuse for some academic paper pushers to fart another book on the market to inflate their "published works" section of the CV.

[lexy !]

book for uni lol

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

The essays in this book (the required reading for my Gender Studies course this semester) were hit and miss. But many of my problems with the text ultimately stemmed from the make-up of the class. It's a very social-science centric book, and my humanities-based professor didn't enjoy teaching from it. We also moved very slowly and skipped around, which I feel left the students without a grounding from which to work. Several of our assigned readings sent me outside of the text to gather a better understanding, and I often read outside of the assigned readings within the book, so it was worthwhile in the end, though the class abandoned the text, and started choosing other essays.

[Lani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read for a SOC:Women and Men in society class. Had some interesting articles but also some really bland ones. Wasn't a bad pick for a Socio course though.