Taking sides: Clashing views in mass media and society/
Selected, Edited, and with Introductions by Jacquelyn W. White
- Dubuque, IA : McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., c2007
- xxvii, 396 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Biennial
- McGraw-Hill contemporary learning series. .
PART 1 DEFINITIONS AND CULTURAL BOUNDARIES: A MOVING TARGET ISSUE 1 Is Anatomy Destiny? ISSUE 2 Is Gender Identity Innate? ISSUE 3 Is the motive to Rape Biological?
PART 2 DIFFERENT STROKES: THE QUESTION OF DIFFERENCE ISSUE 4 Do women and men communicate Differently? ISSUE 5 Do women and men Respond Differently to Stress? ISSUE 6 Are Differences in Aggressive Behavior Between women and men due to Gender- related factors?
PART 3 FROM OZZIE TO HARRIET TO MY TWO DADS: GENDER IN CHILDHOOD ISSUE 7 Is fetal sex selection harmful to society? ISSUE 8 Are fathers Essential for Children's Well-Being? ISSUE 9 Should same-sex couples be Able to marry? ISSUE 10 Can Lesbian and Gay couples be Appropriate Parents
PART 4 FROM 9 TO 5: GENDER IN THE WORLD OF WORK ISSUE 11 Do sex differences in careers in mathematics and sciences have a biological basis? ISSUE 12 Is the Gender wage gap justified? ISSUE 13 Are Gender inequalities primarily responsible for the Increased Number of low- wage single-mother families?
PART 5 GENDER AND SEXUALITY: DOUBLE STANDARDS? ISSUE 14 Is female circumcision universally wrong? ISSUE 15 Should"Abstinence-Until-marriage" Be the only message for teens? ISSUE 16 Can women's Sexuality be free from Traditional Gender constraints? ISSUE 17 Are Adult-child sexual relations always harmful?
PART 6 GIRL INTERRUPTED: GENDER AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE 18 Is premenstrual syndrome a Hormonally based disorder? ISSUE 19 Is Reparative therapy effective in changing one's sexual orientations? ISSUE 20 Is Transgenderism a psychological disorder?