Introduction: Gender and Power
Unit I. Intersections Among Systems of Inequality
1. Multiracial Feminism, Judith Lorber (with excerpts by Maxine Baca-Zinn, Bonnie Thorton Dill, and Patricia Hill Collins)
2. Feminist Consciousness and Black Women, Pauline Terrelonge
3. The Intersections of Race and Gender in White Supremacist Thought, Abby L. Ferber
4. Gender and Power in Native North America, Angela Gonzales and Judy Kert
Unit II. Learning to do Gender
5. Gender and Identity, Judith A. Howard and Ramira Alamilla
6. Children's Experience of Gender: Habitus and Field, Steven Carlton-Ford and Paula Houston
7. Constructing Identities in Gay and Lesbian Communities, Elizabeth Kaminski and Verta Taylor
8. Gender and Education in the United States, Joan Z. Spade
9. When Bodies Are Weapons: Masculinity and Violence in Sport, Michael A. Messner
10. Language and Patriarchy, William O'Barr
11. The Impact of the Media on Gender Images, Cynthia M. Lont
Unit III. Social Structure: Gender in the Family and Intimate Relationships
12. Gender and Demographic Reality, Frances K. Goldscheider and Michelle L. Rogers
13. Twentieth-Century Changes in Economic Work and Family, Sandra E. Godwin and Barbara J. Risman
14. Men, Women, and Housework, Scott Coltrane and Michele Adams
15. Differences in His Marriage and Her Marriage, Terri L. Orbuch and Susan G. Timmer
16. The Challenge of Integrating Work and Family Life, Jennifer Campbell Worley and Dana Vannoy
17. The Legacy of Patriarchy in Today's Russia, Lisa A. Cubbins
18. Equity in Heterosexual and Homosexual Relationships, Pepper Schwartz and Amy E. Singer
19. Gender and Friendship, Stacey J. Oliker
20. Violence Against Women by Intimate Partners, Demie Kurz
21. Divorce Trends and Effects for Women and Men, Beth Anne Shelton and Rebecca E. Deen
Unit IV. Social Structure: Gender in the Economy and the Workplace
22. Sex Segregation in the U.S. Labor Force, Christine E. Bose and Rachel Bridges Whaley
23. Work-Family Conflict: Effects for Job Segregation and Career Perceptions, David J. Maume, Jr.
24. Women, Men, and Engineering, Mary Frank Fox
25. How Sex Gets Into Your Paycheck and How to Get It Out: The Gender Gap in Pay and Comparable Worth, Ronnie J. Steinberg
26. The Gendered Nature of Emotional Labor in the Workplace, Marcia L. Bellas
27. Asian American Women: Immigration, Labor-Force Participation, and Activism, Linda Trinh Vo
28. Rethinking Official Measures of Poverty: Considerations of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender, Angela Gardner Roux
29. Retirement: Golden Years for Whom?, Toni Calasanti
Unit V. Social Structure: Gender in Law and Politics
30. Constitutional Law and Public Policy: Gender Equity, Donna M. Nagy and Aviva Rose Rich
31. Women's Participation in Electoral Politics: Myths and Realities, Alesha Doan and Jan E. Leighley
32. Gender, Sexuality, and the Military, Chris Bourg and Mady Wechsler Segal
33. Gender Politics in Men's Movements, Stephen Whitaker
34. Gender, Power, and Sexual Harassment, Georganne Runblad
35. Gender Violence: Rape and Sexual Assault, Kathryn M. Feltey
36. The Criminal Processing System: Girls and Women as Victims and Offenders, Joanne Belknap
Unit VI. Social Structure: Gender in Religion
37. Women's Status in the Christian Church, Paula Nesbitt, Jeanette Baust, and Emma Bailey
38. Gender and Hebrew Biblical Studies, S. Tamar Kamionkowski and Mychal Rosenbaum
39. Ecofeminism and Healing Ourselves, Healing the Earth, Rosemary Radford Reuther
40. Gender and Judaism, Dawn Robinson Rose
Unit VII. Social Structure: Gender in Health
41. Men and Women: Health and Illness, Mary K. Zimmerman and Lisa Cox Hall
42. Gender Hierarchies in Health Professions, Judith Lorber
43. Choices and Contexts: The Social Construction of Reproduction, Beth Rushing
Unit VIII. Thinking About the Potential for Change
44. The Participation of Women and Men in the U.S. Labor Force: Trends and Future Prospects, Suzanne Bianchi and Jane Lawler Dye
45. Older Men as Invisible Men in Contemporary Society, Edward H. Thompson, Jr.
46. Cuando Fuiste Mujer: Remaking "Woman" in Latino Cultures, Consuelo Lopez-Springfield
47. The International Women's Movement at Century's End, Myra Marx Ferree and Mangala Subramaniam
Conclusions: Collapsing the Walls of Patriarchy and Masculine Hegemony