Gender and Sexuality Arena

The Single Woman

A Discursive Investigation

• By Jill Reynolds

The increase in numbers of single people has been described as one of the greatest social phenomena of western society. Most women will spend periods...

Published April 25th 2008 by Routledge.

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Media, Gender and Identity

An introduction

• By David Gauntlett

Popular media present a vast array of stories about women and men. What impact do these images and ideas have on people’s identities?

The new edition...

Published March 18th 2008 by Routledge.

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Accounting for Rape

Psychology, Feminism and Discourse Analysis in the Study of Sexual Violence

• By Irina Anderson, Kathy DohertyJane Ussher
• Series Editor: Jane Ussher

Accounting for Rape presents an original perspective on the subject of rape, focusing on both female and male sexual violence. The authors investigate everyday beliefs...

Published November 29th 2007 by Routledge.

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The Caveman Mystique

Pop-Darwinism and the Debates Over Sex, Violence, and Science

• By Martha McCaughey

Has evolution made men promiscuous skirt chasers? Pop-Darwinian claims about men's irrepressible heterosexuality have become increasingly common, and increasingly common excuses for men's sexual aggression. The...

Published October 19th 2007 by Routledge.

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Body Image

Understanding Body Dissatisfaction in Men, Women, and Children

• By Sarah Grogan

Body Image: Understanding Body Dissatisfaction in Men, Women and Children presents a review of what is presently known and the results of some new research...

Published July 20th 2007 by Routledge.

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Sanctioning Pregnancy

A Psychological Perspective on the Paradoxes and Culture of Research

• By Harriet Gross, Helen Pattison

Pregnancy provides a very public, visual confirmation of femininity. It is a time of rapid physical and psychological adjustment for women and is surrounded by...

Published April 26th 2007 by Routledge.

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Men's Violence Against Women

Theory, Research, and Activism

• By Christopher Kilmartin, Julie Allison

This text offers a balance of clinical and social psychological theory and research, as well as prevention and intervention techniques with the purpose of understanding...

Published March 28th 2007 by Psychology Press (formerly published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates).

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Sexuality in Adolescence

Current Trends

• By Susan Moore, Doreen Rosenthal

Sexuality in Adolescence: Current Trends considers the latest theory and research on adolescent development, focusing on sexuality as a vital aspect of normal, healthy maturation....

Published October 26th 2006 by Routledge.

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The Capacity to Care

Gender and Ethical Subjectivity

• By Wendy Hollway
• Series Editor: Jane Ussher

Wendy Hollway explores a subject that is largely absent from the topical literature on care. Humans are not born with a capacity to care, and...

Published October 5th 2006 by Routledge.

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Gender in the Classroom

Foundations, Skills, Methods, and Strategies Across the Curriculum

• Edited by David Sadker, Ellen S. Silber

What’s missing from your teacher education program? According to research studies, one glaring omission is gender. Tomorrow’s teachers receive little instruction or training on the...

Published September 8th 2006 by Routledge.

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Managing the Monstrous Feminine

Regulating the Reproductive Body

• By Jane M. Ussher
• Series Editor: Jane Ussher

Managing the Monstrous Feminine takes a unique approach to the study of the material and discursive practices associated with the construction and regulation of the...

Published December 15th 2005 by Routledge.

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The End of Gender

A Psychological Autopsy

• By Shari L. Thurer

Gender isn't what it used to be. Categories are collapsing. What was deviant for baby boomers has become mainstream for their offspring: like the coed...

Published June 14th 2005 by Routledge.

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Woman's Relationship with Herself

Gender, Foucault and Therapy

• By Helen O'Grady

Woman's Relationship with Herself explores the relationship women have with themselves and demonstrates how this relationship is often dominated by debilitating practices of self-surveillance. Employing...

Published February 7th 2005 by Routledge.

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Geographies of Girlhood

Identities In-between

• Edited by Pamela J. Bettis, Natalie G. Adams

Geographies of Girlhood: Identities In-Between explores how adolescent girls come to understand themselves as female in this culture, particularly during a time when they are...

Published February 1st 2005 by Routledge.

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Just Sex?

The Cultural Scaffolding of Rape

• By NICOLA GAVEY

Winner of the Association for Women In Psychology 2006 Distinguished Publication Award!

The past two decades have witnessed a significant shift in how rape is understood in...

Published December 9th 2004 by Routledge.

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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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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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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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Understanding Depression

Feminist Social Constructionist Approaches

• By Janet Stoppard

Women are particularly vulnerable to depression. Understanding Depression provides an in-depth critical examination of mainstream approaches to understanding and treating depression from a feminist perspective....

Published November 11th 1999 by Routledge.

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Revolutions of the Heart

Gender, Power and the Delusions of Love

• By Wendy Langford

This book looks at how heterosexual relationships really work. Author?? argues that the process of falling in love is just a brief holiday from the...

Published May 13th 1999 by Routledge.

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Women and Aging

Transcending the Myths

• By Linda R. Gannon

Aging in women has traditionally been defined by the menopause, however it is often social and economic changes which are more important to women.
In Aging...

Published April 15th 1999 by Routledge.

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Being Married, Doing Gender

A Critical Analysis of Gender Relationships in Marriage

• By Caroline Dryden

In one of the first psychological studies of women in heterosexual relationships, Caroline Dryden examines the social context of their experiences and emotional struggles. Unlike...

Published December 10th 1998 by Routledge.

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Queer Theory in Education

• Edited by William F. Pinar

Theoretical studies in curriculum have begun to move into cultural studies--one vibrant and increasingly visible sector of which is queer theory. Queer Theory in Education...

Published September 1st 1998 by Routledge.

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Post-Natal Depression

Psychology, Science and the Transition to Motherhood

• By Paula Nicolson

Post-Natal Depression challenges the expectation that it is normal to be a 'happy mother'. It provides a radical critique of the traditional medical and social...

Published June 18th 1998 by Routledge.

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Gender and Social Psychology

• By Vivien Burr

Explaining theory and research in an accessible but thorough manner, Gender and Social Psychology critically evaluates the contribution that psychology has made to the study...

Published April 2nd 1998 by Routledge.

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Being An Older Woman

A Study in the Social Production of Identity

• By Isabella Paoletti

The study presented in this volume examines how older women's identities are socially constructed and, in particular, how they can be influenced by institutional intervention....

Published December 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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The Thin Woman

Feminism, Post-structuralism and the Social Psychology of Anorexia Nervosa

• By Helen Malson

The Thin Woman provides an in-depth discussion of anorexia nervosa from a feminist social psychological standpoint. Medicine, psychiatry and psychology have all presented us with...

Published November 13th 1997 by Routledge.

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Re-thinking Abortion

Psychology, Gender and the Law

• By Mary Boyle

Women have been able to have abortions legally for over 30 years. Yet few books have considered it as anything other...

Published November 6th 1997 by Routledge.

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The Menstrual Cycle

• By Anne Walker

Anne Walker shows that women are neither the victims of raging hormonal fluctuations nor entirely unaffected by them. Unlike most previous publications that focus on...

Published July 31st 1997 by Routledge.

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Gender Equity Right From the Start

• By Jo Sanders, Janice Koch, Josephine Urso

What makes girls avoid math, science, and technology in school? And what can teacher educators do to help new teachers keep this from happening so...

Published July 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Gender Equity Sources and Resources for Education Students

• By Jo Sanders, Janice Koch, Josephine Urso

What makes girls avoid math, science, and technology in school? And what can teacher educators do to help new teachers keep this from happening so...

Published July 1st 1997 by Routledge.

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Beyond the Masks

Race, Gender and Subjectivity

• By Mama

Psychology has had a number of things to say about black and coloured people, none of them favourable, and most of which have reinforced stereotyped...

Published August 10th 1995 by Routledge.

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Gender Tales

Tensions in the Schools

• Edited by Judith S. Kleinfeld, Suzanne Yerian

A book of "real world" cases, this text introduces "flashpoint" issues related to gender equity in the schools. It immerses readers in the human dilemmas...

Published May 1st 1995 by Routledge.

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Gender, Sex and Sexuality

Contemporary Psychological Perspectives

• By Gerda Siann

For some time sex has been defined as the biological difference between men and women, and gender as the manner in which culture defines and...

Published July 14th 1994 by Taylor and Francis.

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