Gender & Sexuality For Beginners.

What does sexual orientation mean if the very categories of gender are in question? How do we measure equality when our society's definitions of "male" and "female" leave out much of the population? There is no consensus on what a "real" man or woman is, where one&...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (Emerson users only)
Full text (Emerson users only)
Main Author: Garbacik, Jaimee
Contributors: Lewis, Jeffrey
Corporate Contributor: ProQuest (Firm) (Distributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newburyport : For Beginners, 2013.
Series:For beginners.
Subjects:
Genre/Form:Electronic books
Local Note:Ebook Library
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Lookong Forward; Resources; Timeline; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; The For Beginners Series; Last Page
  • Who said that?
  • The biology of sex and gender
  • Historical construction of gender roles
  • Feminism
  • Modern construction of gender roles
  • Sexual orientation
  • Gay and lesbian activism
  • Queer theory
  • Transgender contexts and concerns
  • Looking forward.