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Subject(s)

• Gender expression [Browse]
• Gender identity [Browse]
• Gender nonconformity [Browse]

Author

• Davis, Benjamin [Browse]

Series

What everyone needs to know. [More in this series]

Source of description

Description based on print version record.

Contents

• Gender 101
• |t How is gender different from sex?
• |t What is gender identity?
• |t What is gender expression?
• |t What are gender roles?
• |t What is the gender binary?
• |t What is gender nonconformity?
• |t What does it mean to be transgender?
• |t What does it mean to be intersex?
• |t Is gender identity based on nature or nurture?
• |t What does gender have to do with sexuality?
• |t The History of Gender
• |t How much do we know about early humans and gender?
• |t What does evolutionary psychology have to say about gender?
• |t What is patriarchy?
• |t What is matriarchy?
• |t What did gender diversity look like in North America during colonization?
• |t How has the history of transgender people in the United States evolved since the country's founding?
• |t What has trans activism looked like in the 21st century?
• |t Gender and Biology
• |t What are the biological differences between male and female bodies?
• |t How similar or different are male and female brains?
• |t What are sex chromosomes?
• |t What does testosterone do?
• |t What does estrogen do?
• |t Why do women live longer than men?
• |t What do we know about sex and gender in nonhuman species?
• |t Gender, Medicine, and Psychology
• |t What does gender development in children look like?
• |t What is gender dysphoria?
• |t How have trans people historically been approached by the medical field?
• |t What are the current controversies about transgender identity within psychiatry?
• |t Why do transgender people have higher rates of mental health concerns?
• |t What do medical and surgical options look like for transgender people?
• |t Can transgender people have biological children?
• |t What role do mental health professionals play in the field of transgender health?
• |t Why is access to care an issue for transgender people?
• |t What role has gender played in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health concerns?
• |t Gender, Society, and Behavior
• |t What is the social construction of gender?
• |t Do some cultures have more than two gender options?
• |t How does language shape the way we think about gender?
• |t How has culture shaped language about gender?
• |t What are gender-neutral titles and pronouns?
• |t How do different major religions understand gender?
• |t What is the history of gender equality under the law in the United States?
• |t What is gender-based violence?
• |t What are the legal protections for transgender people in the United States?
• |t Contextualizing Gender
• |t What are the different "waves" of feminism and how are they distinguished?
• |t What is intersectionality?
• |t What is misogyny?
• |t What is "toxic masculinity"?
• |t What are Women's Studies, Men's Studies, and Gender Studies?
• |t What is queer theory?
• |t What is Trans Studies?
• |t What is transfeminism?
• |t The Future of Gender
• |t How might reproductive technologies revolutionize parenting?
• |t What is gender-neutral parenting?
• |t How might new technologies shape our ability to modify the human body?
• |t What are the current frontiers in gender equality?
• |t Could the future be genderless? Do we want it to be?

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ISBN

• 0-19-764060-5
• 0-19-088005-8

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