The sociology of gender : an introduction to theory and research / Amy S. Wharton.

1 Introduction to the Sociology of Gender

Chapter Objectives
Introduction
Sociological Vantage Points
A Brief History of the Sociological Study of Gender
What is Gender
Three Frameworks for Understanding Gender
etc

Part I Conceptual Approaches

2 The Gender Person
Chapter Objectives
Sex and Gender
The Gender Person
Gender as Traits, Abilities, or Behavioural Dispositions
Becoming Gendered
etc

3 Gender in Interactions and Institutions
Chapter Objectives
Interactionist Views of Gender
Gendered Organizations/ Gendered Institution
Toward a Multilayered Conception of Gender
Chapter Summary
etc

Part II Geneder in Context
4 Work and Family as Gendered Institutions
Chapter Objectives
The Division of Labor
Gender, Work, and Family in Historical Perspective
The Post-Industrial Era: Married Women's Rising Labor-force Participation
Portraits of Family and Work
etc

5 Gender, Childhood, and Family Life

Chapter Objectives
'' Is it a boy or a girl'' Gender Construction in Children
The Household Division of Labor and Family
Marriage, Families, and Their Consequences for Women and Men
Chapter Summary
Further Reading
etc

6 Gendered Jobs and Gendered Workers

Chapter Objectives
Explaining the Sex Segregation of Jobs and Occupations
Gender-Typing of Jobs, Occupations and Hierarchies
The wage of Gender
Chapter Summary
Further Reading
Part III Epilogue
etc

7 Deconstructing Gender Differences and Inequalities
Chapter Objectives
Gender Distinctions and Inequalities
The Reproduction of Gender Inequality
Challenging Gender Inequality
Making Gender Matter Less
etc

Bibliography : p. 235- 252 . _ Index : p. 253 -261