Gender and Sexuality Arena

The Science/Fiction of Sex

Feminist Deconstruction and the Vocabularies of Heterosex

• By Annie Potts

What can we learn from exploring the differences in male and female orgasmic experience? Is the penis an entity with a mind of its own?...

Published November 27th 2002 by Routledge.

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The Psychological Development of Girls and Women

Rethinking Change in Time

• By Sheila Greene

In this book, Sheila Greene presents a challenging new perspective on the psychological development of girls and women which emphasises the central role of time...

Published November 21st 2002 by Routledge.

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Gender, Language and Discourse

• By Ann Weatherall

Is language sexist? Do women and men speak different languages?
Gender, Language and Discourse uniquely examines the contribution that psychological research - in particular, discursive psychology...

Published August 1st 2002 by Routledge.

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Peer Prejudice and Discrimination

The Origins of Prejudice

• By Harold D. Fishbein

This award-winning book provides an analysis of the genetic/evolutionary, cultural/historical, and developmental aspects of prejudice and discrimination. It emphasizes how certain genetic/evolutionary mechanisms are utilized...

Published July 1st 2002 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man

• By Jack Drescher

Do the conventional insights of depth psychology have anything to offer the gay patient? Can contemporary psychoanalytic theory be used to make sense of gay...

Published November 1st 2001 by Routledge.

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Social Psychology and Human Sexuality

Key Readings

• Edited by Roy F. Baumeister

In spite of its central importance in human relationships, the study of sexuality has been somewhat neglected by social psychologists. This reader brings together a...

Published March 9th 2001 by Psychology Press.

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Models of Achievement

Reflections of Eminent Women in Psychology, Volume 3

• Edited by Agnes N. O'Connell

This outstanding book contains inspiring stories of late 20th century women who broke new ground in psychological knowledge and its applications. The lives and careers...

Published March 1st 2001 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Gender Construction in Children's Interactions

A Cultural Perspective. A Special Issue of Research on Language and Social Interaction

• Edited by Amy Kyratzis

This special issue examines gender construction by children in some of its rich cultural and contextual complexity and in some of its interactions with power....

Published January 1st 2001 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Gender, Economy and Culture in the European Union

• By Simon Duncan, Birgit Pfau-Effinger

Providing a comprehensive analysis of comparative gender difference in the EU, this book addresses a spectrum of gender issues. From employment and households, to culture,...

Published December 14th 2000 by Routledge.

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Femininity and the Physically Active Woman

• By Precilla Y. L. Choi

The fitness boom of the last two decades has led to many people incorporating exercise into their lifestyles through activities such as jogging and aerobics....

Published August 24th 2000 by Routledge.

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