The Sex Role System

Psychological and Sociological Perspectives
Herausgeber: Chetwynd, Jane; Hartnett, Oonagh

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1978, The Sex Role System traces the phenomenon of sex role stereotyping through many different disciplines and areas of study, showing how presuppositions about sex role expectations can colour our perceptions and radically affect both the theories and the practices underlying our lives today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 138mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032861494
• ISBN-10: 1032861495
• Artikelnr.: 70898663

Autorenporträt

Jane Chetwynd, at the time of the first publication, practiced as a feminist psychologist in Christchurch, New Zealand. Oonagh Hartnett, at the time of the first publication, was Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Wales, Institute of Science and Technology.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Biological explanations of sex
role stereotypes 3. Sex
role socialisation 4. Perspectives in sex
role stereotyping 5. The influence of the school on sex
role stereotyping 6. Sex
role stereotyping in studies of marriage and the family 7. Sex
role stereotyping at work 8. Women and psychiatry 9. Clinical aspects of sex
role stereotyping 10. Sex
role stereotyping in the social security and income tax systems 11. Sex
role stereotyping and social science Epilogue