Research Catalog

Title

Masculine/feminine or human? An overview of the sociology of sex roles / Janet Saltzman Chafetz.

Author

Chafetz, Janet Saltzman.

Publication

Itasca, Ill., F.E. Peacock Publishers [1974]

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Details

Description

xii, 242 pages; 22 cm

Subject

• Women > Psychology
• Identification (Psychology)
• Sex (Biology)
• Women
• Women > Social conditions
• Sex role
• Identification, Psychological
• Sex
• Women
• Gender Role
• sex role
• sex (biological characteristic)
• women (female humans)
• Women > Social conditions
• Sex role
• Women > Psychology
• Sex discrimination

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies.

Contents

1. Gender or sex role? : Differentiating gender and sex role ; Speculations on need dispositions ; Margaret Mead: Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum ; Sigmund Freud: biology is destiny - almost ; Lionel Tiger: vive la difference ; Alternative ideas on the origins of patriarchy ; Hormones, chromosomes, and behavior ; Heredity or environment: some conclusions -- 2. Stereotypes and stigmas : Categorical differences ; Prejudgments of contemporary American sex roles ; The media and sex role stereotypes ; Popular songs ; Published media ; Movies and television ; Some individual costs of sex role conformity ; Perceived costs and benefits ; Economic costs and benefits ; Some other costs -- 3. The bringing up of Dick and Jane : The captive audience: childhood ; Language ; Play ; Media ; School ; Adolescence: a time for "adjustment" ; Other bulwarks of sex role stereotypes ; Religion ; Science -- 4. The bringing down of Jane : The female caste ; The economy ; Males in postindustrial economies ; Females in the world of work ; Job discrimination against women ; Room at the top ; Educational institutions ; The law ; Political institutions -- 5. Personal relationships and sex role playing : Theories of human relations ; Interpersonal relations between the genders ; Platonic relationships ; Romantic relationships ; Parents and children ; Mother-child relations ; Father-child relations ; Same-sexed friendships ; Male friendships ; Female friendships ; Sexual "deviance" and sex roles -- 6. Conclusion: Masculine/Feminine or Human? : A brief history lesson ; Decade of upheaval ; The new feminism ; Social institutions and changing sex roles: a glimpse at Utopia ; The family ; The economy ; Political institutions ; To be human.

LCCN

73085770

OCLC

• ocm00866119
• 866119
• SCSB-631270

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library