Gender and Sexuality Arena

Managing the Monstrous Feminine

Regulating the Reproductive Body

• By Jane M. Ussher.
• Series Edited by Jane Ussher.

Published December 2005

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 female body. Jane Ussher examines the ways in which medicine, science, the law and popular culture combine to produce fictions about…
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Body Work

The Social Construction of Women's Body Image

• By Sylvia K. Blood.

Published July 2005

Are scientific 'facts' about body image enough to define conceptions of normality Reassessing Experimental Psychology from a critical perspective, Sylvia Blood demonstrates how its research into Body Image can be misused and prone to misuse. Classifying women who experience distress and anxiety…
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Gender Talk

Feminism, Discourse and Conversation Analysis

• By Susan A. Speer.
• Series Edited by Jane Ussher.

Published July 2005

Gender Talk provides a powerful case for the application of discursive psychology and conversation analysis to feminism, guiding the reader through cutting edge debates and providing valuable evidence of the benefits of fine-grained, discursive methodologies. In particular, the book concentrates on…
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Beauty and Misogyny

Harmful Cultural Practices in the West

• By Sheila Jeffreys.
• Series Edited by Jane Ussher.

Published June 2005

Should western beauty practices, ranging from lipstick to labiaplasty, be included within the United Nations understandings of harmful traditional/cultural practices? By examining the role of common beauty practices in damaging the health of women, creating sexual difference, and enforcing female…
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Notes from the Margins

The Gay Analyst's Subjectivity in the Treatment Setting

• By Eric Sherman.

Published March 2005

Much has been written about the impact of gender and sexual orientation on the intersubjective field. Yet remarkably little has been written about the unique dilemmas faced by gay clinicians who treat patients of different genders and sexual orientations. Given the particularities of growing up gay…
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Gender, Nature, and Nurture

• By Richard A. Lippa.

Published March 2005

This engaging text presents the latest scientific findings on gender differences, similarities, and variations--in sexuality, cognitive abilities, occupational preferences, personality, and social behaviors. The impact of nature and nurture on gender is examined from the perspectives of genetics,…
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Woman's Relationship with Herself

Gender, Foucault and Therapy

• By Helen O'Grady.

Published February 2005

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 Foucault's notion of panoptical power, Helen O'Grady illuminates the link between this kind of…
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Geographies of Girlhood

Identities In-between

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

Published January 2005

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 learning what it means to be a woman and their identities are in-between that of child and adult, girl and woman. It…
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Just Sex?

The Cultural Scaffolding of Rape

• By Nicola Gavey.

Published December 2004

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 Western societies. This shift in perception has revealed the startling frequency of occurrences of date rape, obscuring…
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Sexual Assault in Context

Teaching College Men About Gender

• By Christopher Kilmartin, and Alan D. Berkowitz.

Published November 2004

Most North American colleges have programs that help students understand the harm done to victims of sexual violence and, if prosecuted, the potential consequences of their perpetrators. However, only a few programs also address those aspects of masculine culture that surround sexual assault.…
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