Psychology of gender Books

Book SynopsisDid you know that the male brain is a lean, mean problem-solving machine that uses analytical brain structures, not emotional ones, to find solutions. This guide follows the male brain from infancy to adulthood. It unlocks many secrets and offers insights into a range of subjects, including emotional intimacy, anger, agression, and winning.Trade ReviewDr Louann Brizendine's lucid, lively, and always fascinating discussion of how the male brain works (and why) has enlightened me in more ways than I can count. * Jane Fonda, actress and writer *Dr Louann Brizendine brings the latest in state-of-the-art science in helping us to understand the most ancient and primal of male passions and desires ... Highly recommended. * Dr Dean Ornish, author of The Spectrum and Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCLA. *The book uses the latest research to follow the male brain from infanthood to old age, with fascinating results. * Daily Telegraph *A fascinating read... you will pick up some valuable tips to help you understand, appreciate and connect with the men in your life. * Helen Fisher, author of Why Him? Why Her? *

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Book SynopsisApplies Deleuze''s philosophical ideas, such as the body-machine and becoming, to sex. These 12 new essays develop a fresh philosophical approach to the study of sex and sexuality as practice. The contributors pursue the restricting as well as the liberating force of sex in relation to a spread of themes and subjects including the limits of the human, bacteria, death, disability and animality.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction-What is Sex: An Introduction to the Sexual Philosophy of Gilles Deleuze, Frida Beckman; 1. Alien Sex: Octavia Butler and Deleuze and Guattari's Polysexuality, Ronald Bogue; 2. Heterotica: The 1000 Tiny Sexes of Anais Nin, Anna Powell; 3. Haemosexuality, Gretchen Riordan; 4. Disability, Deleuze, and Sex, Daniel Goodley and Rebecca Lawthom; 5. Tongue and Trigger: Deleuze's Erotics of the Uncanny (Images and Statement), Cara Judea Alhadeff; 6. (Hetero)sexing the child: Hans, Alice and the repressive hypothesis Catherine Driscoll, Carina Garland and Anna Hickey-Moody; 7. The 'Non-Human Sex' in Sexuality: 'What are Your Special Desiring-Machines, Gregg Lambert; 8. Deleuze and Selfless Sex: Undoing Kant's Copernican Revolution, Jeffrey A. Bell; 9. A Preface to Pornotheology: Spinoza, Deleuze, and the Sexing of Angels, Charlie Blake; 10. Encounters of Ecstasy, Patricia MacCormack; 11. Beyond Sexuality: of Love, Failure and Revolutions, Aislinn O'Donnell; Notes on the Contributors; Index.

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Book SynopsisApplies Deleuze''s philosophical ideas, such as the body-machine and becoming, to sex. These 12 new essays develop a fresh philosophical approach to the study of sex and sexuality as practice. The contributors pursue the restricting as well as the liberating force of sex in relation to a spread of themes and subjects including the limits of the human, bacteria, death, disability and animality.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction-What is Sex: An Introduction to the Sexual Philosophy of Gilles Deleuze, Frida Beckman; 1. Alien Sex: Octavia Butler and Deleuze and Guattari's Polysexuality, Ronald Bogue; 2. Heterotica: The 1000 Tiny Sexes of Anais Nin, Anna Powell; 3. Haemosexuality, Gretchen Riordan; 4. Disability, Deleuze, and Sex, Daniel Goodley and Rebecca Lawthom; 5. Tongue and Trigger: Deleuze's Erotics of the Uncanny (Images and Statement), Cara Judea Alhadeff; 6. (Hetero)sexing the child: Hans, Alice and the repressive hypothesis Catherine Driscoll, Carina Garland and Anna Hickey-Moody; 7. The 'Non-Human Sex' in Sexuality: 'What are Your Special Desiring-Machines, Gregg Lambert; 8. Deleuze and Selfless Sex: Undoing Kant's Copernican Revolution, Jeffrey A. Bell; 9. A Preface to Pornotheology: Spinoza, Deleuze, and the Sexing of Angels, Charlie Blake; 10. Encounters of Ecstasy, Patricia MacCormack; 11. Beyond Sexuality: of Love, Failure and Revolutions, Aislinn O'Donnell; Notes on the Contributors; Index.

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Book SynopsisWomen at the Wheel shows how stereotypes of women as uninterested in automobiles and, more perniciously, as poor drivers, has little basis in historical reality. However, Katherine J. Parkin argues that in American culture women are still considered imposters when they are at the wheel.Trade ReviewWomen at the Wheel is a remarkable tour de force. The book sweeps through the twentieth century and into current times to examine how American women have been associated with the car. The scale of the coverage is awesome, and the sources are both numerous and diverse . . . Katherine Parkin has combined the traditional diligence of the historian digging through archives and libraries with the technology of the internet to create an analysis which should appeal not only to academics, but to a much wider audience. * The Journal of Transport History *[T]ranscends historical narration, offering a meditation on gender roles and power relations . . . Women at the Wheel does a wonderful job of analyzing the relationship of women to automobiles. * Business History Review *Parkin challenges many of our historical notions about women and driving, especially in the early period, and her work adds greatly to the ongoing conversation about automobility in the United States . . . Woman at the Wheel adds depth to well-known stories and brings a fresh perspective to the table. * Technology and Culture *Now I understand why I so often end up in the passenger seat! Katherine Parkin has convinced me that driving-and all that surrounds it-is one of the most gendered experiences in American history. Women at the Wheel reads like a romp through American popular culture, but Parkin's claims are well worth taking seriously. * Beth Bailey, author of Sex in the Heartland *Buying, driving, and fixing cars has always been a highly gendered experience, as Katherine Parkin shows in this engaging and richly researched narrative. But when the focus is shifted from an experience overwhelmingly understood to be male to what it was like for women at the wheel, a deeper meaning is revealed: the ongoing power imbalance between women and men. * Susan Ware, author of Game, Set, Match: Billie Jean King and the Revolution in Women's Sports *If you've ever wondered just what it was that drove Thelma and Louise over a cliff, you need to read this book. In her fascinating work of historical scholarship, Katherine Parkin uses twentieth-century popular culture-from lowbrow to high, from the front pages of newspapers to the poetry of e.e. cummings, from an interview with Newt Gingrich to the fiction in magazines-to demonstrate how American men tried to stop American women from discovering the empowerment possibilities that lay 'behind the wheel.' * Ruth Schwartz Cowan, author of More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave *Women at the Wheel takes a novel approach to exploring-and debunking-the tired but persistent clichés about women's ineptitude behind the wheel. Katherine Parkin's examination of archival and popular sources reveals how both cars and drivers have been gendered in fascinating and provocative ways. * Jennifer Scanlon, author of Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown *

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Book SynopsisDo the conventional insights of depth psychology have anything to offer the gay patient?  Can contemporary psychoanalytic theory be used to make sense of gay identities in ways that are helpful rather than hurtful, respectful rather than retraumatizing?  In Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man Jack Drescher addresses these very questions as he outlines a therapeutic approach to issues of sexual identity that is informed by traditional therapeutic goals (such as psychological integration and more authentic living) while still respecting, even honoring, variations in sexual orientation.     Drescher''s exploration of the subjectivities of gay men in psychoanalytic psychotherapy is more than a long-overdue corrective to the inadequate and often pathologizing tomes of traditional psychoanalytic writers.  It is a vitally human testament to the richly varied inner experiences of gay men.  Drescher does not assume that sexual orientatTable of ContentsIntroduction. Defining a Gay Identity. Theories of the Etiology of Homosexuality. Therapeutic Meanings of Antihomosexuality. Psychoanalytic Theories of Homosexual Development. Reparative Therapies. The Therapist's Stance. Developmental Narratives of Gay Men. The Closet. Coming Out.

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Book SynopsisSexology: The Basics is the contemporary manual of human sexuality, eroticism, and intimate relationships. It takes you to every corner of the human erotic mind and physiological arousal response for a thorough understanding of all the functional parts of our sexualities, including how we bond, love and have sex from a broad perspective of diversities in sex, gender, and relationships, from monogamy to polyamory, Vanilla to Kink. This book bridges the gaps in our knowledge of sex education. It is the ultimate guide to answering all the questions you never dared to ask, whether you are a student or a professional, or want to make sense of our often confusing erotic world.Trade Review'Sexology: The Basics is a wonderful introduction to what we know about sex from research, theory, and therapeutic practice. Packed full of interesting facts, thoughtful reflection, and real-world examples, Silva has done a brilliant job of gathering together current knowledge and presenting it in a super accessible and engaging form. Each chapter ends with helpful questions we can ask ourselves, and signposts for how we can find out more. An inclusive and entertaining read, that highlights the diversity of sexual identities, desires, practices, and more.'Meg-John Barker, author of Sexuality: A Graphic Guide'This book is a positive, normalising and informative contribution to us all learning more about sexology. Silva clearly explains the biopsychosocial approach to sexology with all of the moving parts that contribute to our sexual wellness. It offers context, both historical and current, explaining the current sexual and relationship landscape we live in today. Silva asks us to consider our own biases and position as a reader, in order to be more informed as professionals.'Kate Moyle, EFS & ESSM Certified Psycho-Sexologist & Host of Podcast: The Sexual Wellness Sessions 'This book is an absolute triumph! Silva shares his clinical expertise in a way that feels so accessible, there's a rich array of information, all presented with kindness and enthusiasm. He covers a broad range of topics to provide foundational information about his field, as well as looking at the ways in which sex and relationships can play out in the wider context of our lives. A must read for everyone interested in the world of sexology.'Ruby Rare, author of Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults'Not to be pigeonholed into one area of clinical sexology (his book on compulsive sexual behaviour is a best seller and core text on many courses), but he has produced another fine book within a year of publication. I loved the breadth of content and the clarity and ease of approaching contemporary sexology. Still, most of all, I enjoyed the case vignettes which beautifully illustrate his key concepts.'Dominic Davies, Psychotherapist, Sexologist and Founder, Pink TherapyTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. What Is Sexology? 2. Sex and Gender 3. Sexuality 4. Eroticism 5 The Basic Physiology of Sex 6. Sexual Behaviours 7. Pornography 8. Relationships 9. Sexual Offending 10. Sex Is an Important Part of Overall Health

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive text explores the relationship between identity, subjectivity and digital communication, providing a strong starting point for understanding how fast-changing communication technologies, platforms, applications and practices have an impact on how we perceive ourselves, others, relationships and bodies. Drawing on critical studies of identity, behaviour and representation, Identity and Digital Communication demonstrates how identity is shaped and understood in the context of significant and ongoing shifts in online communication. Chapters cover a range of topics including advances in social networking, the development of deepfake videos, intimacies of everyday communication, the emergence of cultures based on algorithms, the authenticities of TikTok and online communicationâs setting as a site for hostility and hate speech. Throughout the text, author Rob Cover shows how the formation and curation of self-identity is increasingly performed and Table of Contents1. Identities: subjectivity and selfhood in a digital world 2. Interactivities: performativity, social media and online participation 3. Bodies: digital corporeality and identity 4. Simulacras: the evolution of the deepfake 5. Geographies: globalisation and re-nationalisation of digital communication 6. Hostilities: trolling, hate speech and exclusion in digital settings 7. Agencies: algorithms, choices and artificial decision-making 8. Authenticities: TikTok and the perception of authentic identities 9. Futures: the self in development

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Book SynopsisThis sensitive guide for carers and professionals working with children and young people explains the serious issues of sexual content and harm that children face online. Covering technologies used by children aged two through to adulthood, it offers clear, evidence-based information about sexual-based online harm, its effects and what adults can do to support children should they see, hear or bear witness to these events online. Catherine Knibbs, specialist advisor in the field, explains the issues involved when using online platforms and devices in family, social and educational settings. The guide offers an accessible explanation of how online harm impacts developmental, neurological and social development, as well as young people's mental health and well-being. Examined in as non-traumatising away as possible, the book covers key topics, including consent, pornography, online grooming, sexting, live streaming, revenge porn, ASD sexuality and gender, and vigilantismTrade Review"How can we mobilise our society to protect our children, our future, from a threat and a trauma that is so intimately disturbing that we can hardly name it, in extenso sexual abuse against children ? Cath Knibbs knows too well that there is a strong urgency to act now, and that this type of abuse and the resulting trauma is among the hardest to address properly. It needs courage, straightforwardness, competence to speak up and educate society, parents and professionals. Cath Knibbs has all of that, and this is why we must pay attention."Jean-Christophe Le Toquin, co-founder, Trust & Safety Forum"Cath Knibbs does not beat around the bush when tackling the complex issue of CSAEM. She is direct and provides great examples to easily understand how the issue is intertwined with other big issues in protecting children in our society. She brings the topic to practitioners that allows them to provide the best assistance to victims and survivors." Caroline Humer, Global Protection Expert, HMC Group LLCTable of ContentsOnline Harms and Setting the SceneChapter 1 : CommunicationChapter 2 : Online HarmsChapter 3 : Setting the sceneChapter 4 : ParentingChapter 5 : No sex please, we’re British!Online Sexual IssuesChapter 6 : ConsentChapter 7 : Pornography Viewing in Children and Young PeopleChapter 8 : Online Grooming and Exploitation Chapter 9 : Coerced and Sexually Explicit Content in Children and Young People Chapter 10 : Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation MaterialChapter 11 : Revenge-Based Sharing of Intimate Imagery and AbuseChapter 12 : Autism, Vulnerabilities and Sexual Issues

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Book SynopsisThis seminal work utilizes the principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA) to understand people's actions. It provides a framework for the study of social injustices that moves beyond just condemning others for their oppressive behaviors, outlining solutions that help work towards a more socially just society.Divided across three main sections, the book outlines the basic principles of applied behavior analysis, considers key tenets of social justice work, and examines how social justice work can be carried out on an individual and a wider institutional level. The first section focuses on the principles of behavior and how it expounds on the causes, reasons, and purposes behind one's actions. The subsequent sections pay particular attention to how prejudice, stereotypes, and bias play out in society, and how prejudices and biases make us more likely to participate in social injustices. The third section provides a behavioral description of various -isms and discusses the di

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Book Synopsis1. Introduction.- 2.Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Sexuality.- 3.Law, Policy and Practice: National and International Dimension.- 4.The Age of Consent.- 5.Constructing and Managing Risk: The Example of Teenage Pregnancy.- 6.Sexualisation of Childhood.- 7.Diversity and Difference.- 8.Schooling Sexuality.- 9.Sexual Literacy.- 9.Sex, Sexuality and Social Media: A New and Pressing Danger.- 10.Conclusion: Reconciling Childhood and Sexuality.Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Sexuality.- 3. Law, Policy and Practice: National and International Dimension.- 4. The Age of Consent.- 5. Constructing and Managing Risk: The Example of Teenage Pregnancy.- 6. Sexualisation of Childhood.- 7. Diversity and Difference.- 8. Schooling Sexuality.- 9. Sexual Literacy.- 9. Sex, Sexuality and Social Media: A New and Pressing Danger.- 10. Conclusion: Reconciling Childhood and Sexuality.

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Book SynopsisWe live in a time of uncertainty about relationships. We search for The One but find ourselves staying single because nobody measures up. We long for a happily-ever-after but break-up after break-up leave us bruised and confused. Rewriting the Rules: An Anti Self-Help Guide to Love, Sex and Relationships is a friendly guide through the complicated - and often contradictory - advice that's given about sex and gender, monogamy and conflict, break-up and commitment. It asks questions about the rules of love, such as which to choose from all the rules on offer? Do we stick to the old rules we learnt growing up, or do we try something new and risk being out on our own? And what about the times when the rules we love by seem to make things worse, rather than better? This new edition, updated throughout, considers how the rules are being 'rewritten' in various ways - for example in monogamish and polyamorous relationships, different ways of understanding sex and gender, and new ideas for managing commitment and break-up where economics, communities, or child-care make complete separation impossible. This book considers how the rules are being ârewrittenâ in various ways, giving you the power to find an approach that best fits your situation.Trade Review"Who gets to write the rules about love and sex and relationships? Meg John Barker tells us that you do. Each of you. Each of us. And then goes on to show us a wide variety of choices of how you might choose to connect with others. Your choices. Whatever choices you have made so far in your life, you have to read this book. Then you can quit questioning yourself and take on the freedom - and responsibility - of living by your own vision, with those you love, as entirely your self."Dossie Easton, Marriage & Family Therapist, Co-author of The Ethical Slut"To tackle the dos and don'ts that flood intimate relationships advice, Meg Barker's sharp, insightful, open-minded and friendly guide is here to help you navigate the mazes of modern love. Meg's pen is like a benevolent friend who's hand you don't want to let go. Hold on to Rewriting the Rules."Esther Perel, Author of Mating in CaptivityTable of ContentsContentsList of illustrations ?Preface: Rewriting Rewriting the Rules ?1 Rewriting the rules ?2 Rewriting the rules of yourself ?3 Rewriting the rules of love ?4 Rewriting the rules of sex ?5 Rewriting the rules of gender ?6 Rewriting the rules of monogamy ?7 Rewriting the rules of conflict ?8 Rewriting the rules of break-up ?9 Rewriting the rules of commitment ?10 Rewriting your rules ?Notes ?Index ?

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Book SynopsisThis book explains what pregnancy loss involves with an emphasis on the emotional impact miscarriage can have.This is an invaluable resource for anyone who has experienced a miscarriage, as well as healthcare staff that offer miscarriage care.Trade Review'A deeply useful, practical and sympathetic resource that will be invaluable for anyone affected. It can be difficult to find the right words when it comes to pregnancy loss, but Petra Boynton has done just that.' - Justine Roberts, Founder and CEO of Mumsnet‘Pregnancy loss can be devastating, and for some it’s a life-changing experience. It’s a time of shock, sadness and grief, but also one of questions and confusion. It’s times like this you really need a sympathetic ear, a shoulder to cry on, or someone that can support and guide you through. This book is the companion that everyone needs. Not only is it packed with expert information and advice, Petra’s empathy and compassion shine through on every page. From understanding why loss occurs, to how partners can be affected, to getting help and support, this is an invaluable resource.’ - Dr Ranj Singh, NHS Doctor & TV Presenter‘Petra Boynton’s book is a very welcome addition to the existing literature on pregnancy loss. It provides a helpful and thoughtful overview of the factual, practical and emotional issues that feature time after time on our helpline and forums – and some that rarely get mentioned at all. It is understanding and inclusive, beautifully illustrated and designed, clear and accessible. It’s a book that will bring comfort and understanding to many.’ - Ruth Bender Atik, National Director, The Miscarriage Association‘Petra Boynton has written an empowering book that promotes agency and healing. Loaded with practical advice and suggested solutions, the book is a source of both informational and emotional support for those coping with pregnancy loss. Boynton leaves no stone unturned attending to issues relevant to partners, diversity, sex, and navigating social issues and the healthcare system. She lets the reader know what to expect, and how and what to ask for throughout this challenging journey. Her straightforward, no nonsense writing style and the inclusion of quotations gives the sense that one is being guided by a knowledgeable and supportive friend who’s been there.’ - Pamela A. Geller, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, Research Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, and Co-Founder/Co-Director of Mother Baby Connections, Drexel University; Philadelphia, PA; Chair of Exam Development Committee for the Certification in Perinatal Loss Care, Hospice and Palliative Credentialing CenterTable of Contents1. Welcome2. Facts, figures, and symptoms of pregnancy loss3. How to manage your loss4. What to expect from healthcare5. Your emotions during and after pregnancy loss6. Making sense of what has happened7. The needs and feelings of partners8. Taking care of you9. Looking out for your relationship10. Moving forward11. Deciding to try again (or not)12. Pregnant after loss13. RememberingSources of Support

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Book SynopsisIn the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts themselves present career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, and their major practical theoretical contributions. In this fascinating volume, Harry Reis reflects on a career that has earned him an international reputation as an eminent scholar and pioneer in the field of relationship science, through a selection of papers that illustrate the foundational theme of his research career: the importance of relationships for human well-being. The book charts the development of research in social psychology and relationship science through three key themes; from the relationship context of human behaviour, through to the value of studying behaviour in its natural context, and finally intimacy and responsiveness in close relationships.Also featuring a newly written introduction by the author contextualizingTable of ContentsTheme 1. The relationship context of human behaviorReis, H. T., Collins, W. A., & Berscheid, E. (2000). The relationship context of human behavior and development. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 844-872.Reis, H. T. (2008). Reinvigorating the concept of situation in social psychology. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 12, 311-329.King, K. B., & Reis, H. T. (2012). Marriage and long-term survival after coronary artery bypass grafting. Health Psychology, 31, 55-62. Caprariello, P. A., & Reis, H. T. (2013). To do, to have, or to share? Valuing experiences over material possessions depends on the involvement of others. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104, 199-215.Theme 2: The value of studying behavior in its natural contextReis, H. T., Wheeler, L., Spiegel, N., Kernis, M., Nezlek, J., & Perri, M. (1982). Physical attractiveness in social interaction, II: Why does appearance affect social experience? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 43, 979-996.Wheeler, L., Reis, H. T., & Nezlek, J. (1983). Loneliness, social interaction, and sex roles. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 45, 943-953.Reis, H. T., Sheldon, K. M., Gable, S. L., Roscoe, J., & Ryan, R. M. (2000). Daily well-being: The role of autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 419-435.Reis, H. T. (2012). Why researchers should think "real-world": A conceptual rationale. In M. R. Mehl & T. S. Connor (Eds.), Handbook of research methods for studying daily life (pp. 3-21). New York: Guilford.Carothers, B. J., & Reis, H. T. (2013). Men and women are from Earth: Examining the latent structure of gender. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 104, 385-407.Theme 3. Intimacy and responsivenessReis, H. T., & Shaver, P. (1988). Intimacy as an interpersonal process. In S. W. Duck (Ed.), Handbook of personal relationships (pp. 367-389). John Wiley & Sons Ltd.Reis, H. T., Clark, M. S., & Holmes, J. G. (2004). Perceived partner responsiveness as an organizing construct in the study of intimacy and closeness. In D. Mashek & A. Aron (Eds.), The handbook of closeness and intimacy (pp. 201-225). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.Gable, S. L., Reis, H. T., Impett, E. A., & Asher, E. R. (2004). What do you do when things go right?: The intrapersonal and interpersonal benefits of sharing positive events. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 87, 228-245.Gable, S. L., & Reis, H. T. (2010). Good news! Capitalizing on positive events in an interpersonal context. In M. P. Zanna (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (vol. 42, pp. 195-257). San Diego, CA: Elsevier Academic Press. Reis, H. T., Maniaci, M. R., & Roger, R. D. (2014). The expression of compassionate love in everyday compassionate acts. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 31, 652-677. Birnbaum, G. E., Reis, H. T., Mizrahi, M., Kanat-Maymon, Y., Sass, O., & Granovski-Milner, C. (2016). Intimately connected: The importance of partner responsiveness for experiencing sexual desire. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 111, 530-546.

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Book SynopsisThis historical interdisciplinary book contextualises the Rorschach ink blot test and embeds it within feminist action and queer liberation. What do you see when you look at an ink blot? The Rorschach ink blot test is one of the most famous psychological tests and it has a surprisingly queer history. In mapping this history, this book explores how this test, once used to detect and diagnose homosexuality', was later used by some psychologists and activists to fight for gay liberation. In this book the author uses the test in yet another way, as a lens through which we can reveal a queer feminist history of Psychology. By looking closely at the lives and work of some women psychologists and activists it becomes clear that their work was influenced by their own, often queer, lives. By tracing the lives and actions of women who used, were tested with, or influenced by, the Rorschach, a new kind of understanding of gay and lesbian history in Britain is revealed.Table of ContentsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Queer Signs on the RorschachChapter 3: Queer Approaches to Depathologisation Chapter 4: Queer Signs in the Projective PsychologistsChapter 5: Queer Research and Lesbian LiberationChapter 6: Queer Activism and Academia Chapter 7: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Clinical Sexuality for Mental Health Professionals, 3rd Edition, builds on the authors' authoritative first person voice on sexual matters of the previous editions. The work reflects the field''s growing sophistication about sexual disorders and their therapies. The scope has been expanded to keep pace with new literature and research in the field, and eight additional chapters have been added. New topics include the politics of diagnosis, persistent genital arousal, asexuality, post orgasm illness, scientific findings concerning origin of orientation, and partnering with the pharmaceutical industry. Easily accessible, the Handbook is divided into sections that touch on fundamental knowledge and skills; treatment; men's major sexual concerns; women's major sexual concerns; problems common to both genders; the diversity of sexual lives; and future and trending topics. Written in a personal, supervisory style, the book will help new therapistTrade ReviewJust when the previous editions could not have gotten any better, Levine, Risen, and Althof have outdone themselves with the 3rd edition of their book. The uniquely first-person voice allows the reader to feel as though these experts are guiding them through the complexities of managing sex-related concerns. With updated DSM-5 diagnoses and hot-off-the-press scientific data woven throughout the 34 chapters, I’ve cleared my bookshelf to make room for this outstanding and essential book.—Lori A. Brotto, is associate professor in the Department of Ob/Gyn at the University of British ColumbiaThis 3rd edition builds upon the strength of the two previous editions and gets better and better. It contains chapters by the world's leading experts. It is an amazing collection of thoughtful, practical, and evidence-based approaches to the treatment of sexual problems. If you do not have this book on your desk, you need to get it now.—Eli Coleman, PhD, is professor and director as well as the Academic Chair in Sexual Health in the Program in Human Sexuality in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Minnesota Medical School.This is a unique book for a special audience. Most sex therapy books are written specifically for sex therapists—this book is written specifically for mental health professional who are not sex therapists. Integrating sexual interventions into individual and couple therapy is crucial, and this handbook is the best resource to help general clinicians do this. The third edition builds on the strengths of the previous editions and is a wonderful resource for mental health clinicians.—Barry McCarthy, PhD, is the author of Rekindling Desire and professor of psychology at American University. Table of ContentsPreface to 1st edition Preface to 2nd edition Preface to 3rd edition Section One: Fundamental Knowledge And Skills Introduction 1. Grasping the Intuitive Ideal: Why Sex Is Important Stephen B. Levine, MD 2. The Sexual Narrative: A Story Waiting to be Told Candace B. Risen, LISW-S 3. Boundary Crossings in Clinical Practice Candace B. Risen, LISW-S 4. The Rich Ambiguity of Our Key Concepts: Making Distinctions Stephen B. Levine, MD Section Two: Treatment Part A: Women’s Major Sexual Concerns 5. Clinical Challenges of Sexual Desire in Younger Women Rosemary Basson, MD FRCP (UK) 6. Problems with Orgasm Karen Donahey, PhD 7. Painful Sex Sophie Bergeron, PhD, Natalie Rosen, PhD andSerena Corsini-Munt, MA 8. Sexuality and Menopause Sheryl Kingsberg, PhD and Michael Krychman, MD Part B: Men’s Major Sexual Concerns 9. Low Sexual Desire Stanley E. Althof, PhD 10. The Sexual Challenges for Adolescent Boys and Young Men Derek Polonsky, MD 11. Erection Problems of Married and Divorced Men Stephen B. Levine, MD 12. Premature Ejaculation Marcel D. Waldinger, MD, Ph.D 13. Delayed Ejaculation Michael A. Perelman, PhD, Daniel N. Watter Ed.D 14. Problematic Sexual Behaviors I. David Marcus, PhD Part C: Problems Common To Both Genders 15. Sexual Concerns and Dysfunction Related to Past Sexual Trauma Christine A. Courtois, Ph.D 16. Sexual Problems during Disrupted Reproduction and Pregnancy Linda Hammer-Burns, Ph.D 17. Infidelity Douglas K. Snyder, Ph.D, Donald H. Baucom, Ph.D, and Kristina Coop Gordon Ph.D 18. Transitions: Single Again, Partnered Again Lin Myers Jovanovic, Ph.D 19. Challenges of Sexual Life After Breast and Prostate Cancer Lisa M. Anllo, Ph.D 20 Helping Those with Intellectual Disabilities Deborah A Richards, MA, CHMH, and J. Paul Fedoroff, MD 21.Sexual Function and States of Depression Anita Clayton, MD ND Veronica Harsh, MD 22. Recognizing and Reversing Sexual Side Effects of Medication Taylor Segraves, MD, Ph.D and Richard Balon, MD Section Three The Diversity Of Sexual Lives 23. Studies of the Biological Basis of Homosexual Orientations Qazi Rahman, Ph.D 24. The Gay Male David L. Scott, MD 25. Unique Clinical Issues among Lesbians Dina L. Miller, Ph.D, PCC-S 26. Optimal Erotic Intimacy: Lessons from Great Lovers Peggy J. Kleinplatz Ph.D 27. Transgender Phenomena Peggy T. Cohen-Kettenis, Ph.D 28. Managing vs. Successfully Treating Paraphilic Disorders: The Paradigm is Changing J. Paul Fedoroff, MD 29. The Science and Politics of Diagnosis: Reflections on the DSM-5 Workgroup on Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders Kenneth J. Zucker, Ph.D. Section Four: The Future 30. Partnering with the Pharmaceutical Industry: Cutting Edge Work Stanley E. Althof, PhD and Tara Symonds, Ph.D 31. Persistent Genital Arousal Syndrome David Goldmeier, MD 32. Post-Orgasmic Illness Syndrome Marcel D. Waldinger, MD, Ph.D 33. Asexuality as an Orientation Tony F. Bogaert, PhD 34. Social Trends and Their Impact on Sexuality Kathryn S. K. Hall PhD Index

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Book SynopsisOnline Matchmaking examines the joys, fears, and disappointments of hooking up with people in cyberspace. Unlike many other books in the field, this collection includes studies by experts from a range of disciplines including Communications, Cultural Studies, Health, Journalism, Psychology, Rhetoric, and Sociology.Table of ContentsList of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Notes On Contributors Introduction; M.T.Whitty PART 1: DEFINING ONLINE MATCHMAKING From the BBS to the Web: Tracing the Spaces of Online Romance; D.N.DeVoss Cyborgasms: Ten Years On and Not Enough Learned; R.Hamman Scripting the Rules for Mars and Venus: Advice Literature and Online Dating; S.Paasonen PART 2: PRESENTATION OF SELF TO ATTRACT LOVERS The Art of Selling One's 'Self' on an Online Dating Site: The BAR Approach; M.T.Whitty Examining Personal Ads and Job Ads; A.Horning How Do I Love Thee and Thee and Thee: Self-presentation, Deception, and Multiple Relationships Online; J.M.Albright PART 3: ONLINE DATING PROGRESSION TO FACE-TO-FACE: SUCCESS OR FAILURE? Expressing Emotion in Text: Email Communication of Online Couples; A.J.Baker A Progressive Affair: Online Dating to Real World Mating; K.Y.A.McKenna PART 4: DARKER SIDES OF ONLINE DATING Cyber-Stalking as (Mis)Matchmaking; B.H.Spitzberg & W.R.Cupach Cyber-Victimization and Online Dating; R.A.Jerin & B.Dolinsky PART 5: ONLINE DATING SUB-GROUPS Sexual Orientation Moderates Online Sexual Activities; R.M.Mathy Whips and Chains? Fact or Fiction?: Content Analysis of Sadomasochism in Internet Personal Advertisements; D.K.Wysocki & J.Thalken Conclusion: M.T.Whitty Author Index Subject Index

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Book SynopsisCheri Carr is Associate Professor of Philosophy at LaGuardia College, New York, USA.Janae Sholtz is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Alvernia University, USA.Trade ReviewSholtz and Carr’s agressive feminist alliance with Deleuze and Guattari’s schizoanalysis dares to engage intensively with many issues contemporary feminist scholars wish to confront including sexism and white privilege, the perceptibility and imperceptibility of women as subjects, the turn to materialism, the investments of desire and the restraints of epistemic, political, and sexual normativity, the positing of economic futures, as well as aesthetic, literary, and media transformations. In doing this it problematizes; it seeks out the unconscious cultural and individual resistances embedded in each of these situations and directly confronts the differences that are typically overlooked and which have undermined the creation of original if difficult solutions to feminist critiques. As such, it speaks the work of disruption, interrogation, deterritorialization, transformation, and praxis, always focused on the question of “what works?,” “what deoedipalizes?,” “what connects us to the cosmos?,” difficult questions critical to the task of forming an alliance with schizoanalysis. * Dorothea E. Olkowski, Professor of Philosophy, University of Colorado, USA *Proving the formidable force of alliances – between Deleuze and Guattari, between Deleuze and Guattari and feminist thought, between editors, and between a broad spectrum of contributors and topics – Deleuze and the Schizoanalysis of Feminism makes me wonder if schizoanalysis could be the new wave of feminism. * Frida Beckman, Professor of Comparative Literature, Stockholm University, Sweden *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Alliances and Allies Janae Sholtz (Alvernia University, USA) and Cheri Lynne Carr (LaGuardia College, New York, USA) Part I: Re-aligning Methodology Chapter 1: White Analogy, Transcendental Becoming Woman and the Fragilities of Race and Gender Claire Colebrook (Penn State University, USA) Chapter 2: Deleuzian Notion of Becoming Imperceptible and New Postfeminist Strategies Audrone Žukauskaite (Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, Lithuania) Chapter 3: Undoing the Subject: Feminist and Schizoanalytic Contributions to Political Desubjectification Erinn Gilson (Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY) Part II: Re-thinking Sexuality and Subjectivity Chapter 4: Schizoanalyzing Anoedipal Alliance Tamsin Lorraine (Swarthmore College, USA) Chapter 5: The Alliance Between Materialist Feminism and Schizoanalysis: Towards a Materialist Theory of Sexed Subjectivity Katja Cicigoj (Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany) Chapter 6: To Have Done with Sexuality: Schizoanalysis and the Problem of Queer-Feminist Alliance Nir Kedem (Sapir Academic College, Israel) Chapter 7: Deleuze and Transfeminism Hannah Stark (University of Tasmania, Australia) and Timothy Laurie (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia) Part III: De-territorializing Feminist Praxes Chapter 8: Schizoanalysis and the Deterritorializations of Transnational Feminism Janae Sholtz Chapter 9: Microrevolutions in Feminist Economics: A Schizoanalytic Response to 'Third Way' Identity Production Heidi Samuelson (Independent scholar) Chapter 10: Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara as a Symbol for the Posthuman Future in the Anthropocene Amy Kit Sze Chan (Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Hong Kong) Chapter 11: Writing Difference: Towards a Becoming Minoritarian Chrysanthi Nigianni (Goldsmiths University, London) Part IV: Re-drawing Aesthetic Alliances Chapter 12: Affective Alliances: A Feminist Schizoanalysis of Feminine Anxiety, Dis/orientation, and Affect Aliens Celiese Lypka (University of Calgary, Canada) Chapter 13: Alice in Wonderwater: Hysteria, Femininity, and Alliance in Clinical Aesthetics Fernanda Negrete (State University of New York at Buffalo, USA) Chapter 14: Asceticism and Spiritual Aversion from Schizoanalysis to Kris Kraus Austin Sarfan (Duke University, US) Chapter 15: A Schizo-Revolutionary Labial Theory of Artistic Practice Hollie Mackenzie (University of Kent, UK)

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Book SynopsisIs trauma a transhistorical, transnational phenomenon? Gender and Trauma challenges the standard history that has led to our contemporary understanding of psychological trauma to answer this question, and to explore the impact of gender in the experience and understanding of emotional distress. Bringing together eleven case studies from all over the world, it draws on methods from history, gender and communication studies to consider how trauma has been understood over the 20th and 21st centuries. Encompassing histories from Australia, Britain, Indonesia, Italy, the Soviet Union, Timor Leste, the United States and Vietnam, these examples demonstrate how gender and trauma are inextricably linked, and how the term trauma' has evolved over time. With chapters on war, political repression, displacement, rape and childbirth, the cases showcased in this volume highlight two pivotal transformations across the 20th century. First, the transformation of the trauma sufferer from perpetratTrade ReviewThis book transforms our understanding of the history of psychological trauma. By placing gender at the centre of its inquiry, this powerful study probes the traumatic dimensions of war, survival, displacement, sexual violence, childbirth, and mental illness. Tracking the gender lines of trauma and its socio-cultural history, the essays in this volume offer some of the most innovative considerations of emotional and mental distress, traumatic memory and the long term, devastating, impacts of war and sexual violence. In doing so, these scholars collectively disrupt the dominant and linear master narrative, which has considered trauma as a masculine journey travelled through war, from the shell shock of World War I through the neurosis of World War II, to the discovery of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder post the Vietnam War. In this book, trauma is neither linear, gender normative, nor geographically contingent, rather it is a complex fluid phenomenon with collective and personal dimensions that intersect with gender, power, place and time * Lindsey Earner-Byrne, Chair in Irish Gender History at University College Cork, Ireland *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements 1. Gender and Trauma since 1900. Paula A. Michaels and Christina Twomey, 2. Trauma in Post-WWI Italy: Experiences, Erasures, and Denials. Martina Salvante 3. Trauma, child refugees, and humanitarians in the Spanish Civil War and World War II: A Case Study of Esme Odgers. Joy Damousi 4. Servitude, Displacement, and Trauma: Jewish Refugee Domestics in Great Britain 1938-45. Jennifer Craig-Norton 5. ‘Combat Exhaustion’ vs. ‘Psychoneurosis’: American Psychiatrists and the Terminology of War Trauma during World War II. Rebecca Jo Plant 6. POWs into Citizens: Repatriation, Gender and the Civilian Resettlement Units in Great Britain. Elizabeth Roberts-Pedersen 7. Soviet Maternity Care and Competing Narratives of Trauma. Paula A. Michaels 8. Trauma and sexual violence: narratives and cases in late-twentieth century Australia. Lisa Featherstone 9. Psychological, Embodied and Gendered Trauma in Militarized Kampala (Uganda). Benjamin Twagira 10. ‘The Missing Ones’: Vietnamese Diasporic Memory and Women’s Narratives of Loss. Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen 11. Refiguring ‘Trauma’: Women’s Narratives of Suffering in Post-Conflict Timor-Leste. Hannah Loney 12. Changing the Story: women and trauma in Australian narratives of mental illness. Katie Holmes Consolidated Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn the last thirty years, there has been a tremendous growth in the academic inquiry to understand men in their experiences as men. This growth is largely due to growing awareness of the problems that people face in trying to understand what it means to be masculine.Trade Review"In sum, I found this text to be a highly valuable, nuanced, and comprehensive addition to the men's studies literature, taking its place alongside the previous works of Doyle (3994) and Kilmartin (2007), as well as the narrower psychological analysis of masculinity by Levant and Pollack (1995). I highly recommend it for all readers, particularly those seeking a work embedded with feminist and social constructionist perspectives." (Psychology of Women Quarterly, August 2010) "This book has many strengths and it fulfils its aim of being a useful introductory text." (Notre Dame European Journal of Women's Studies, 2010) "The book is definitely a very open discussion and presentation of the field, urging the reader to question all aspects of research. For that reason alone I found it a very useful introduction to research into any discipline - I don't think this book should stop at being recommended to students wishing to explore the theme of masculinities, it would form a good basis into any social sciences research." (Psych-Talk, September 2010) "Jack Kahn's introduction to Masculinities is an extraordinary work of scholarship, both because it is uncommon and exceeds the ordinary. . . I found this text to be highly valuable, nuanced and comprehensive addition to the men's studies l literature". (Psychology of Women Quarterly, Autumn 2010) "This would be an excellent primer for people interested in learning more about masculinities, as it does a very good job of pointing the reader to useful further resources." (Sexual and Relationship Therapy, April 2010) "Our much-needed and long overdue textbook has arrived. ... This book is more than an introduction to the field; it is a warm invitation to anyone wishing to explore it." (Sex Roles, January 2010) "[A] timely and a welcome addition for those undergraduate courses that aim to begin a discussion about masculinities. ... An excellent option for introductory courses within women's studies, men's studies, psychology, sociology, humanities, and special topics courses. It is thus a welcome tool to those of us who are dedicated to nurturing this fledgling field." (PsycCRITIQUES, January 2010) "Kahn engagingly introduces biological, psychological and constructionist approaches to different understandings of masculinity, juxtaposing the different perspectives in ways that promote critical thinking." (Psychologist, December 2009) Table of ContentsPreface xi Acknowledgments xvii 1 Overview 1 2 Social Context and Masculinities 21 3 Difficulties of Definitions and Masculinity as a Social Construct 47 4 Psychological and Interactive Models of Masculinity 73 5 Origins and Locations of Masculinities: Social Models 95 6 Origins and Locations of Masculinities: Psychological Models 117 7 Origins and Locations of Masculinities: Interactive and Social Constructionist Models 141 8 Men in Crisis 165 9 The Crisis in Masculinity: Essentialist Perspective 193 10 The Crisis in Masculinity: Psychosocial Perspective 209 11 The Crisis in Masculinity: Social Constructionist Perspective 231 12 Putting it All Together: Next Steps for Masculinities 261 Masculinities Terms 269 References 297 Author Index 367 Subject Index 385

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding how your brain works is an essential step in gaining control over your healthTrade ReviewThe neuroscientist looks at the workings of the female brain, with relation to our hormones in particular. Fascinating * PSYCHOLOGIES *A great insight into how different life stages and hormones affect our brains * WOMAN'S OWN *Reassuring reading * MSLEXIA *Debunks some of the enduring myths about the female mind * DAILY MAIL *Demystifying the Female Brain by neuroscientist Dr Sarah McKay sheds light on exactly how your mind works * WOMEN'S HEALTH *

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Book SynopsisIn this volume, scholars in developmental psychology, education, and neuroscience examine the ways in which children's toys often reflect and promote gender stereotypes, as well as the long-term consequences of gender-typed play.Table of ContentsContents Contributors IntroductionErica S. Weisgram and Lisa M. DinellaPart I: Toy Preferences and Gender Chapter 1: Gender Typing of Toys in Historical and Contemporary ContextsErica S. Weisgram Chapter 2: Research Methods in Studying Gender and Toy PreferencesLisa M. Dinella Chapter 3: Gender-Typed Toy Preferences Among Infants and ToddlersKristina M. Zosuls and Diane N. Ruble Chapter 4: Characteristics of Masculine and Feminine Toys and Gender-Differentiated PlayIsabelle D. CherneyPart II: Causes of Children’s Gender-Typed Toy Play Chapter 5: Sex Hormones and Children’s Gender-Typed Toy PlayMelissa Hines and Jacqueline Davis Chapter 6: Environmental and Social Contributions to Children’s Gender-Typed Toy Play: The Role of Family, Peers, and MediaChristia Spears Brown and Ellen A. Stone Chapter 7: Cognitive Perspectives on Children’s Toy ChoicesCarol Lynn Martin and Rachel E. CookPart III: Consequences of Gender-Typed Toy Play Chapter 8: Impact of Gender-Typed Toys on Children’s Neurological DevelopmentLise Eliot Chapter 9: Fashion or Action? Gender-Stereotyped Toys and Social BehaviorSarah K. Murnen Chapter 10: Cognitive Consequences of Gendered Toy PlayLynn S. Liben, Kingsley M. Schroeder, Giulia A. Borriello, and Erica S. Weisgram Chapter 11: Working at Play: Gender-Typed Play and Children’s Visions of Future Work and Family RolesMegan Fulcher and Emily F. Coyle Chapter 12: Societal Causes and Consequences of Gender Typing of Children’s ToysCampbell Leaper and Rebecca S. Bigler Chapter 13: Conclusion: Toward a Greater Understanding of Children’s Gender-Typed Toy PlayErica S. Weisgram and Lisa M. Dinella Index About the Editors

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a conceptual framework for working with men­—the Deepening framework—along with practical guidance for conducting group therapy with men. In Deepening group psychotherapy, men discover their hopes, fears, losses, frustrations, and traumas, aided by a clinician who uses attentiveness to language and the therapeutic relationship to engage and intervene. Traditional therapy, with its emphasis on vulnerable face-to-face sharing, presents challenges for men socialized to keep their emotional lives private. This book helps clinicians find ways to break down the barriers that keep many men from seeking help, and shows them how to explore men’s inner psychological workings. Through detailed therapy dialogues that illustrate moment-to-moment and session-to-session interventions, readers will learn how to connect with men in group settings around issues such as relationships, fear of being dependent on others, grief and loss, Table of ContentsForewordSam V. Chochran Acknowledgments Introduction: Masculinities in TransitionPart I: Individual and Group Psychotherapy With Men Chapter 1: The Deepening Psychotherapy With Men Model: Identifying the Conflict Zones Chapter 2: Making Psychotherapy Work for Men Chapter 3: Group Therapy: The Why and How Chapter 4: Making Group Psychotherapy Work for MenPart II: Stories Men Bring to Group Therapy Chapter 5: Excavating the Dark Passages Chapter 6: Questioning Identities Chapter 7: The Perils of Addiction Chapter 8: The Body Talks Chapter 9: Dealing With LossPart III: Doing Group Therapy With Men Chapter 10: Building Trust: Scenes From the Early Stages of the Men's Group Chapter 11: Deepening the Connections: Scenes From the Middle Stage of the Men's Group Chapter 12: Integrating Learning and Letting Go: Scenes From the Later Stage of the Men's Group Chapter 13: Starting a Deepening Psychotherapy Group in Your Practice References Index About the Author

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Book SynopsisThis book explains how transnational approaches to women's psychology can address a range of topics including human trafficking, sexuality, migration, human rights, healing, empowerment, domestic violence, education, and work.Trade Review“The complex conceptualization of transnational feminist psychology, as posited in this volume, advocates for a paradigm shift in the ways psychology approaches the intersectional and international psychology of women. Emerging from multiple disciplines, including sociology, political science, economics, history, and women’s studies, transnational feminist psychology makes visible the voices and experiences of the ‘Global Majority,’ roughly 85 percent of the world’s non-Western population.” —Choice * Choice *Table of ContentsContributors Series ForewordMary Wyer Acknowledgments IntroductionLynn H. Collins, Sayaka Machizawa, and Joy K. Rice Chapter 1. Transnational Psychology of WomenLynn H. Collins, Sayaka Machizawa, and Joy K. Rice Chapter 2. The Transnational Turn: Looking Back and Looking AheadJanet M. Conway Chapter 3. Strategies and Considerations for Transnational Feminist Research: Reflections From Research in UgandaJennifer J. Mootz and Sally D. Stabb Chapter 4. Transnational Psychological Perspectives on Assessment and InterventionLynn H. Collins Chapter 5. A Transnational Feminist Perspective on the Psychology of MigrationOliva M. Espín and Andrea L. Dottolo Chapter 6. Transnational Feminist Perspectives on Women's Education, Work, and LeadershipEdwina Pio Chapter 7. Using Transnational Feminist Theory to Expand Domestic Violence UnderstandingsAlisha Guthery, Nicole Jeffrey, Sara Crann, and Elizabeth Schwab Chapter 8. Toward a Transnational Feminist Psychology of Women's Reproductive ExperiencesJeanne Marecek Chapter 9. Transnational Feminist Perspectives on Human Trafficking: Centering Structures, Institutions, and SubjectsJulietta Hua and Jessica Tjiu Chapter 10. Transnational Psychology in the Classroom: A Pluralistic ApproachLynn H. Collins, Jennifer J. Mootz, Jeanne Marecek, Alisha Guthery, Sayaka Machizawa, Oliva M. Espin, Andrea L. Dottolo, Julietta Hua, Sara Crann, Nicole Jeffrey, and Elizabeth Schwab Chapter 11. Toward an Inclusive, Affirmative Transnational PsychologyJoy K. Rice and Shelly Grabe Glossary Index About the Editors

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Book SynopsisNow in a third edition, the authoritative classic text Male, Female evaluates both foundational and recent scholarship on the evolution of human sex differences, including how males and females differ in modern contexts.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents research on older women's experiences in the workplace, exploring personal and career identity, social roles, and quality of life concerns for women age 65 and over.Trade ReviewChock-full of practical and academic insights, this accessible work is a must-have for collections of all levels. * Choice *Table of ContentsContributors Series Foreword Mary WyerForewordBonnie R. StricklandAcknowledgments Introduction Ellen Cole and Lisa Hollis-Sawyer Part I: Personal and Career Identities for Older Women 1. From Striving to Thriving: How Facing Adversity Across the Lifespan Can Foster Workplace Resilience Ashley M. Stripling and Jodie Maccarrone 2. The Aging Woman Worker in a Lifespan Developmental Context Valory Mitchell 3. Shifting Values and Late Course Adjustments in the Careers of Older Women Lorraine Mangione, Kathi A. Borden, and Elizabeth Fuss 4. Work-Related Choice and Identity in Older Women Nicky J. Newton and Katherine M. Ottley 5. Plenty More at the Factory Gate: An Autoethnography of a Precarious Work (Life) in ProgressJackie Goode Part II: Societal Roles of Aging Women Workers 6. The Secret Poor Among Us: Older Women Who Work to Make Ends Meet Mary Gergen and Ellen Cole 7. Work-Life Balance and the Older Working Woman H. Lorraine Radtke and Janneke van Mens-Verhulst 8. What, Retire? Not Now--Maybe Not Ever Patricia A. O’Connor 9. "You're Too Young/Old for This": The Intersection of Ageism and Sexism in the Workplace Ruth V. Walker and Alexandria I. Zelin Part III: Diversity and Personal Grit in the Workplace and Beyond 10. Appalachian Grit: Women and Work in West VirginiaJulie Hicks Patrick, Abigail M. Nehrkorn-Bailey, Michaela S. Clark, and Madeline M. Marello 11. Missions Continued: Contextualizing Older Women's Work Pursuits and Passions in Lifelong Journeys Niva Piran 12. Older Immigrant Women Who Work: Building Resilience, Changing Perceptions and Policies Jasmin Tahmaseb McConatha and Frauke Schnell 13. Use It or Lose It: Older Women and Civic Engagement Lisa Hollis-Sawyer Appendix: Employment Resources for Older Women Index About the Editors

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Book SynopsisHow did the Civil War, emancipation, and Reconstruction shape the masculinity of white Confederate veterans? Drawing on personal letters and diaries, James Broomall argues that the crisis of defeat ultimately necessitated new forms of expression between veterans and among men and women.

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Book Synopsis''Rae McDaniel is a leader in their generation, matching compassion with clear-sighted vision for a sex-positive future'' Emily Nagoski, PhD, author of Come As You Are and BurnoutTaking everything they know from more than a decade of working with the queer and trans community, their personal journey of gender exploration, and clinical best practices, licensed therapist, coach and speaker Rae McDaniel created the Gender Freedom Model. A uniquely supportive narrative for gender exploration and transition grounded in queer joy, their nine-pillar model has helped thousands of transgender and nonbinary individuals explore gender through play, pleasure and freedom. And now, it can help you too.Whether you''re transgender, non-binary, cisgender or still exploring, this compassionate and practical guide will help you experience your gender in new, expansive ways by teaching: How to move from anxiety, self-doubt, and fear to a confident, proactTrade ReviewRae McDaniel is a leader in their generation, matching compassion with clear-sighted vision for a sex-positive future. Emily Nagoski, PhD, author of Come As You Are and BurnoutForegrounding agency and joy without glossing over real challenges, nonbinary therapist Rae McDaniel weaves research, clinical wisdom, their own and their clients' lived experience, and powerful love magic into a book that will debunk toxic nonsense and unlock gender euphoria. Carol Queen, PhD, Co-Founder of the Center for Sex & Culture, author and activistGender Magic reroutes the hero's journey by insisting that all bodies are sites of profound creativity and pleasure, ever generating innovative meanings. A cutting-edge triumph that will likely save lives on its way to illuminating new stories to live by. Lidia Yuknavich, critically acclaimed author of The Chronology of WaterIn a culture that frames being trans as either suffering or surviving, Rae McDaniel provides a travelogue of the potential, the pleasure and the possibility of living gender with deliberate cultivated joy. From mapping your complex gender galaxy to examining hopes, fears, anxieties, even regrets, Gender Magic is an able companion for anyone seeking better self-esteem, better sex and better relations with others. Dr Tey Meadow, associate professor of sociology at The Institute for the Study of Gender & Sexuality, Columbia UniversityRae McDaniel offers a hopeful path forward for gender explorers and those who love them, teaching folks how to find joy and meaning in the journey towards authenticity. Gender Magic is full of valuable guidance that honours and prepares people for the complexities within this particular life journey. Dr. Scott Mosser, surgeon and founder of the Gender Confirmation CenterGender Magic is a masterclass in authenticity, worthiness and letting your full self be seen-written from the lens of gender freedom. It's a must read for anyone on a journey to joyfully break out of confining gender 'boxes' and live their biggest, best life. Rachel Rodgers, bestselling author of We Should All Be MillionairesThe Gender Freedom Model will be a life-changing guide to help folks navigate their gender journey from a place of strength and help them live their very best life. Truly magical! Neil 'Nelly' Cannon, PhD, LMFT, CST, AASECT-certified sex therapist and supervisor, clinical director, the Cannon InstituteGender Magic is a fresh and audacious guide to gender freedom, helping readers find the courage and momentum they need to confidently be themselves in the world. Andrea Owen, author of How to Stop Feeling like Sh*t, global keynote speaker, and professional certified life coachRae has written an as-promised magical book that takes you by the heart and leads you through both their own and your own journey from gender-surviving to gender-thriving. A must-read for anyone with a gender worth celebrating (that means you!). Yana Tallon-Hicks, LMFT, sex therapist and author of Hot and UnbotheredGender Magic is a bold and accessible look at gender diversity that had me screaming, 'Yes!' all the way through. This book is a celebration of gender freedom for all of us and provides a powerful and hopeful vision of a world where each of us gets to live without shame as our true selves. Susan Hyatt, Master certified life coach and bestselling author of BareGender Magic is fascinating; it is joyful, and it will change you. Lauren F. Streicher, MD, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern UniversityThis gem of a book should be required reading for all humans. Rae McDaniel is a masterful and delightful genius and this book is a gift to us all. Get it and then get another because you'll end up giving your dogeared copy away, with love. Jennifer Pastiloff, bestselling author of On Being Human

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Book SynopsisThe Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine Book Club Pick''Every once in a while, I read a book that opens my eyes in a way I never expected'' Reese Witherspoon (Reese''s Book Club x Hello Sunshine book pick)''It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me think'' Liane Moriarty, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little LiesThis is how a family keeps a secret...and how that secret ends up keeping them.This is how a family lives happily ever after...until happily ever after becomes complicated.This is how children change...and then change the world.This is Claude. He''s five years old, the youngest of five brothers, and loves peanut butter sandwiches. He also loves wearing a dress, and dreams of being a princess.When he grows up, Claude says, he wants to be a girl.Rosie and Penn want Claude to be whoever Claude wTrade ReviewI was lucky enough to receive an advance reading copy of this very special book about a family with a secret. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me think. -- Liane Moriarty, bestselling author of THE HUSBAND'S SECRET and TRUE LITTLE LIESAn astonishing balance of humour, complexity, and above all, kindness -- Ruth Ozeki, bestselling author of A TALE FOR THE TIME BEINGHuge heart, humour and compassion. A sparkling tale about the power of secrets, loyalty and love, this novel is wonderfully engaging, gorgeously written and has characters that will captivate you * Sunday Mirror *Heart-warming and funny... I found this both unputdownable and enlightening. I'm so glad I've read it - I know so much more about life now -- Katie FfordeA lively and fascinating story of a thoroughly modern family and the giant, multifaceted love that binds them. THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS sparkles with wit and wisdom -- Maria Semple, bestselling author of WHERE'D YOU GO, BERNADETTEAn intelligent, life-affirming, emotionally charged story. This is a very relevant read for today's world - it'll make you laugh and cry * Prima *Wonderful, magical * Red *Thought-provoking and topical * Woman & Home *Written with wry humour and compassion, this is a personal story of parenting, love and understanding * Sunday Express *A touching novel * Good Housekeeping *This wise and often funny novel is a compassionate lesson in discovering and welcoming what makes each of us unique * Redbook *With emotional acuity, admirable bravery, utter compassion, and complete understanding, [Frankel has] created a family attempting to forge a path through one of life's most mystifying challenges: how to define what it is that makes your child who he or she is: unique, beloved, and whole. This is a novel everyone should read. It's brilliant. It's bold. And it's time -- Elizabeth George, bestselling author of A BANQUET OF CONSEQUENCESA beautiful, thought-provoking novel that will make you think differently about the world -- Adele ParksA beguiling tale of a sprawling, loving, ever-changing, unconventional and yet completely typical modern family... Wonderfully moving -- Garth Stein, author of THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAINA fresh new voice * Glamour *Deeply satisfying...An intimate family story...Day-to-day parenting dilemmas are where Frankel shines * New York Times Book Review *Sharp and surprising. This is a wonderfully contradictory story - heartwarming and generous, yet written with a wry sensibility * Publishers Weekly *This big-hearted novel about a family with a transgender child is in the lead for the most sensitively and sincerely told story of 2017... Frankel's portrayal of even the most open-hearted parents' doubts and fears around a child's gender identity elevates this novel * People, 'Book of the Week' *A tender, endearingly human piece of work * Straits Times *A heart-warming and bittersweet story of identity and family * Irish Country Magazine *Brave, complicated, occasionally horrifying and frequently very funny...Frankel is a first-rate storyteller * Seattle Times *

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Book Synopsis“An invaluable resource for both new and veteran allies…obvious and necessary” (Library Journal, starred review) information for everyone who wants to learn more about how to navigate gender diversity in today’s families, communities, and workplaces.The days of two genders—male, female; boy, girl; blue, pink—are over, if they ever existed at all. Gender is now a global conversation, and one that is constantly evolving. More people than ever before are openly living their lives as transgender men or women, and many transgender people are coming out as neither men nor women, instead living outside of the binary. Gender is changing, and this change is gaining momentum. We all want to do and say the right things in relation to gender diversity—whether at a job interview, at parent/teacher night, and around the table at family dinners. But where do we begin? From the differences among gender identity, gender expression, and sex, to the use of gender-neutral pronouns like singular they/them, to thinking about your own participation in gender, Gender: Your Guide serves as “a warm, inviting guide to a complicated area” (The Globe and Mail, Toronto). Professor and gender diversity advocate Lee Airton, PhD, explains how gender works in everyday life; how to use accurate terminology to refer to transgender, non-binary, and/or gender non-conforming individuals; and how to ask when you aren’t sure what to do or say. It provides the information you need to talk confidently and compassionately about gender diversity, whether simply having a conversation or going to bat as an advocate. Just like gender itself, being gender-friendly is a process for all of us. As revolutionary a resource as Our Bodies, Ourselves, Gender: Your Guide is “greatly needed…an impactful tool for creating a world more supportive of people of all genders” (INTO! Magazine).Trade Review"This guide is unlike anything else available today, and an obvious and necessary item for collections of all kinds." —Library Journal (starred review)"Lee Airton’s book ‘Gender: Your Guide’ is a vital resource toward understanding and inclusiveness.... A must-have for everyone, and not only those who are trans, gender non-conforming or non-binary—or who have someone trans in their life." —The Washington Post"What I like most about how the author writes is how they combine their knowledge about gender, language and identity with a warm and caring tone. I feel like Airton is both my smartest and best friend on this subject matter." —TED"A helpful primer for those who need help negotiating gender situation and issue at work, in a social situation, and within their families. … The book may just change your thinking and the way you deal with gender diversity." —The Advice Sisters“A wealth of information useful for creating safe and welcoming space for all gender expressions.” —TD Magazine

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Book SynopsisWomen and Psychology introduces students to the myriad challenges facing women today as well as the psychological effects these challenges can perpetuate. The anthology outlines key issues both within the United States and abroad to provide readers with a global overview of select female experiences. The collection provides valuable insight into behaviors and practices that cultivate gender discrimination, pulls back the curtain on topics rarely explored by the general public, and empowers students to stand up for justice for women.The text begins with chapters that explore the history of women at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the identity economics of female genital mutilation. Additional chapters address sex differences in emotional communication, the psychological costs of terminating a pregnancy, endometriosis, and the consequences of infertility in developing countries. Students read articles on the emotional and behavioral health of college-aged women, human trafficking, violence against women, and the balance of women and work. The anthology closes with a reading about the importance of feminism in contemporary society.Meant to serve as a supplementary text, Women and Psychology is well-suited for any course that explores the intersection of women and psychology.

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Book Synopsis'A treatise on empathy and grace in extraordinary circumstances' Jojo MoyesWhat does it mean to be a woman? To live in a woman's body?Alexandra Heminsley thought she knew, but then her world turned inside out. Having just resurfaced from fertility issues, childbirth and early parenthood, she was told her then-husband was going to transition.Some Body to Love is Alex's profoundly open-hearted memoir about losing a partner but gaining a best friend, and together bringing up a baby in a changing world. By baring her own unique scars, Heminsley makes a vital manifesto on the unifying resilience that can be found in modern motherhood. ______________________Praise for Some Body to Love: 'Insightful and wise, generous and kind' David Nicholls'A brave, thoughtful and timely book' Naomi Alderman'A testament to how family and love can be whatever shape we want them to be' Red'It took my breath away' Bryony Gordon'A book with a wild, deep, joyous, tender love of people at its heart' Emma Jane UnsworthTrade ReviewJaw-dropping... This is an extraordinary, kind, and generous book about what it means to live in a woman's body and the questions you ask yourself along the way. * Independent, *Books of the Year* *Staggering... Heminsley is unflinching in her exploration of her feelings. -- Daisy Goodwin * Sunday Times *Heartbreak and happiness sit in tandem in Alexandra Heminsley's wise and generous book. -- Eithne Farry * Daily Mirror *Generous, calm and thoughtful... Some Body to Love argues cogently for greater openness and understanding towards different gender expressions...also page-turningly compelling -- Holly Williams * Observer *A vital call for compassion and awareness...a hugely hopeful and deftly written book - and one that might encourage greater empathy in how we respond to all kinds of difference -- Gwendolyn Smith * i *

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Book SynopsisThe killing took place outside a busy coffee bar in Naples in broad daylight. Pupetta was eighteen years old and six months pregnant when she pulled the gun from her bag.The victim?A man known as Big Tony who had ordered the hit on her husband just months earlier...In this unputdownable exposé of women in the Mafia, investigative journalist Barbie Latza Nadeau tells the stories of the women who have risen to prominence in the Italian mob, beginning with the first documented female boss, the infamous Pupetta Maresca. Through personal interviews and groundbreaking research, Nadeau gives us a jaw-dropping 360-degree view of the dark underbelly of Italian society, taking us deeper into the Mafia and its complex realities than ever before.'Takes the reader into the little-known role of the women that underpin Italy's most ruthless mob families' Sara Gay Forden, author of House of Gucci'An unflinching portrait of one the original divas of organised crime' Clare Longrigg, author of Mafia Women'A must for true-crime fans' Publishers WeeklyTrade ReviewMeet 'Lady Camorra', one of the first female mafia bosses, as she sips coffee and drums her black-lacquered fingernails on her kitchen table. The Godmother takes the reader into the little-known role of the women that underpin Italy's most ruthless mob families and are forced to reckon with the social and sexual codes governing the violent reality of mafioso rule * Sara Gay Forden, author HOUSE OF GUCCI *An unflinching portrait of one the original divas of organised crime * Clare Longrigg, author of Mafia Women *Nuanced and skillfully reported, Barbie Latza Nadeau's work brilliantly reveals the unique prism of gender that both disenfranchises and facilitates women in the mafia * Koa Beck, author of White Feminism *

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Book SynopsisAn affirming and sex-positive guide to working with sex workers: uncovering clinical biases, creating safe spaces, and dismantling the whorearchy.Despite the wide range of sex work--from street-based to OnlyFans--clinicians too often focus on what they think sex workers need, instead of building trust, developing rapport, and really doing the work to understand the unique stressors that make quality mental health care essential for sex worker communities.     Sex-positive therapists Theodore Burnes and Jamila Dawson break down everything that mental health providers need to know to work effectively with sex workers, while dispeling the tired, pervasive myths that continue to impact treatment today. Readers will learn about:Who sex workers are; different types of sex work; and sex workers’ specific therapy needsHow outdated research methodology results in bad data and poor careThe whorearchy--the sex-work hierarchy--and why we need to dismantle it How to recognize and move beyond personal biasesHow to provide effective, affirming, and better clinical careWhat words not to use--and what they reveal about the sexism, racism, misogyny, and transphobia embedded in our society (and our practices)    As sex work changes and evolves, encompassing everything from brothels to cam work, clinical care needs to catch up. This book shows you how.

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Book SynopsisIn this book, the authors discuss the stereotypes and myths, psychology and role of culture in masculinity and femininity gender issues. Topics include student teachers'' changing perceptions of gender advantages and disadvantages in the New Zealand primary school environment; the performance of black masculinity in Michael Jackson''s "Bad" video; masculinity among Latino men in the wake of Arizona''s 1070 Senate bill; changing masculinity norms in China and India from advertising-based observations; "Mulan" and western military mothers; gendered attitudes, beliefs and behaviors of Latino and Caucasian men; the effect of culture and gender on the relationship between justice and organizational outcomes in Korea and Malaysia; measuring gender myths and gender-sensitive research in experimental psychology; and the influence of perceived masculinity upon college males'' health and wellness.

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Book SynopsisWe trust our sciences to operate on a plane of objectivity and fact in a world of subjectivity and cultural ideologies, but should we? In The Age of Scientific Sexism, philosopher Mari Ruti offers a sharp critique of the gender profiling tendencies of evolutionary psychology, untangling the insidious threads of various gender mythologies that have infiltrated—or perhaps even define—this faux-science. Selling stereotypes as scientific facts, evolutionary psychology continually brings retrograde models of sexuality into mainstream culture: it insists that men and women live in two completely different psychological, emotional, and sexual universes, and that they will consequently always be locked in a vicious battle of the sexes. Among these regressive arguments is the assumption that men’s sexuality is urgent and indiscriminate, whereas women are “naturally” reluctant, reticent, and choosy—a concept constructed to justify masculine behavior, such as cheating, that women have historically found painful. On its most basic level, The Age of Scientific Sexism explores our impulse to “explain” romantic behavior through science: in the increasingly egalitarian gender landscape of our society, why are we so eager to embrace the rampant gender profiling that evolutionary psychology promotes? Perhaps these simplistic gender caricatures owe their popularity, at least in part, to our overly pragmatic society pragmatic society, which encourages us to search for easy answers to complex questions.Trade ReviewWith wit and directness, Ruti (philosophy, Univ. of Toronto) deconstructs popular accounts of evolutionary psychology regarding sex and gender. Being an outsider to the field of evolutionary psychology (her field is critical theory), Ruti positions herself as a nonspecialist reader and analyzes understandings of sex and gender as developed in literature targeting that group of nonspecialists. In the first two chapters, she outlines the standard narrative of sexuality and gender, as delivered in popular work on evolutionary psychology, by examining the work of Robert Wright and David Buss. In chapters 3 and 4, she uses the work of Geoffrey Miller and of Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá to outline some of the contemporary modifications of the standard narrative. In the last chapter Ruti proposes that current evolutionary arguments promote the mainstream understanding of mating behavior as a pillar for heteronormativity in terms of both reproduction and marriage. The author is insightful and clever in delineating the ideological implications of the logical and empirical limitations of evolutionary psychology, especially as presented to the general public. Interesting and intellectually stimulating, this book is a must read for everyone interested in psychology, gender, and sexuality studies. Summing Up: Essential. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, researchers, faculty, and professionals. -- I. I. Katzarska-Miller, Transylvania University, USA * CHOICE *[Evolutionary Psychology] advocates and researchers claim that the ways in which (straight) men and women relate, pair off, mate, and pass on their genes have their roots in ahistorical, static traits supposedly shared with cavemen and cavewomen … As Ruti explains, when the “strength” of certain traits also happens to line up with gender stereotypes that would have been right at home in the 1950s, things seem a little too pat, often to the point of this “science” fitting neatly into status-quo, retrograde ideas about how men and women act when it comes to love and sex … reading Ruti’s takedown of evo psych is akin to listening to the world’s most delightful gender-studies tour guide … The Age of Scientific Sexism manages to be informative, entertaining, and persuasive in its exploration of a “science” that is anything but. -- Anna Hamilton * Bitch Media *The Age of Scientific Sexism tracks the insidious migration of social Darwinism from a largely discredited academic sub-discipline to a mass-marketed area of pop psychology. Passionate and personal in tone, the book exposes the antiquated gender scripts and lazy science that flourish in the field of evolutionary psychology—and why it’s important to resist its patriarchal seductions. * Janice Haaken, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Portland State University, USA *The Age of Scientific Sexism sneaks up on you: it starts with an important critique of evolutionary psychology—one that every Introductory Psychology student should read—and subtly opens to a robust queering of straight sex and an unabashed treatise on the truth of humanity’s wide-spectrum sexuality. Mari Ruti’s reflections unmask the empirical and logical shortcomings of evolutionary psychology, particularly in their popularized guise, showing how we have instantiated shame yet again in current discourses of sex. This is a feminist issue, a psychological issue, but also one concerned with an ethics of love, desire, and passion, with which every person lives with immediately and concretely. This book makes you think. I thank Mari Ruti for it. * Kareen R. Malone, Professor of Psychology, University of West Georgia, USA, and member of the Après Coup Psychoanalytic Association, New York, USA *A bold, fresh take on gender with a dagger straight to the heart of the societal scripts that promise happiness but too often undermine it. This book is a brilliant read that will leave you feeling smarter and more emboldened to lead your best and most passionate life. * Bella DePaulo, author of Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After and Project Scientist in Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA *Evolutionary psychology has offered a way of thinking about gender differences in sex, desire, and romance that has been tremendously influential. The standard narrative has infiltrated some of the most popular self-help books (such as John Gray’s Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus) and has been perpetrated so relentlessly that it has become part of the conventional wisdom of our time. Mari Ruti, a professor of critical theory at the University of Toronto, isn’t buying it. ... She blows giant holes in some of the most influential studies academics cite in support of the standard narrative. ... She shows readers what is exaggerated in the standard narrative and what is marginalized or ignored. ... In a bravura analysis, Ruti shows how the stereotyping and stigmatizing of single people (including single parents) is part of the package of evolutionary psychology and its standard narrative. So is the glorifying of traditional marriage. ... The Age of Scientific Sexism is a smart, compelling, thoughtful read. -- Bella DePaulo * PsychCentral *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Myopia of Men versus Women 2. The Ideology of Gender Difference 3. The Arrogance of the Backlash 4. The Downfall of the Coy Female 5. The Cruelty of Optimism Conclusion

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Book SynopsisPast research on gender and LGBTQ issues in K-12 and teacher education has primarily focused on identifying ways of fostering inclusive and affirmative school communities for non-cis and/or queer students and enabling learning contexts to promote academic learning. Much of this work has attended to theorizing pedagogies and curricula conducive towards such an aim. Yet, despite legal advances for gender equity and LGBTQ rights in diverse global contexts and the increased visibility of LGBTQ issues in mainstream media, non-cis and queer individuals (especially those of color) continue to experience violence, face housing discrimination, employment discrimination, and the denial of service in public businesses.In light of the numerous growing conservative movements to not only roll back legal advances for LGBTQ individuals, but to also promote a culture of homophobia and transphobia, scholars must attend to the myriad ways in which members of the school community can counter such efforts, and how the multiple facets of the educative experience can be conceptualized beyond a paradigm that continues to marginalize gender diverse and LGBTQ individuals. This volume, Exploring Gender and LGBTQ Issues in K12 and Teacher Education: A Rainbow Assemblage, edited by Adrian D. Martin and Kathryn J. Strom, provides examples of empirical inquiries and theorizations that explore how schools can function as more than safe academic environments for gender diverse and LGBTQ students. The contributing authors attend to classrooms and educative contexts as spaces that promote the affirmative inclusion of not only LGBTQ students, but other education stakeholders as well with the aim to dismantle homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, and other hate-based ideologies. The volume serves as an insightful and useful resource for educators, teacher educators, and education researchers engaged in inquiry and pedagogy towards systems of schooling unencumbered by heteronormativity other hate-based ideologies with implications for future professional practice.

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Book SynopsisPast research on gender and LGBTQ issues in K-12 and teacher education has primarily focused on identifying ways of fostering inclusive and affirmative school communities for non-cis and/or queer students and enabling learning contexts to promote academic learning. Much of this work has attended to theorizing pedagogies and curricula conducive towards such an aim. Yet, despite legal advances for gender equity and LGBTQ rights in diverse global contexts and the increased visibility of LGBTQ issues in mainstream media, non-cis and queer individuals (especially those of color) continue to experience violence, face housing discrimination, employment discrimination, and the denial of service in public businesses.In light of the numerous growing conservative movements to not only roll back legal advances for LGBTQ individuals, but to also promote a culture of homophobia and transphobia, scholars must attend to the myriad ways in which members of the school community can counter such efforts, and how the multiple facets of the educative experience can be conceptualized beyond a paradigm that continues to marginalize gender diverse and LGBTQ individuals. This volume, Exploring Gender and LGBTQ Issues in K12 and Teacher Education: A Rainbow Assemblage, edited by Adrian D. Martin and Kathryn J. Strom, provides examples of empirical inquiries and theorizations that explore how schools can function as more than safe academic environments for gender diverse and LGBTQ students. The contributing authors attend to classrooms and educative contexts as spaces that promote the affirmative inclusion of not only LGBTQ students, but other education stakeholders as well with the aim to dismantle homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, and other hate-based ideologies. The volume serves as an insightful and useful resource for educators, teacher educators, and education researchers engaged in inquiry and pedagogy towards systems of schooling unencumbered by heteronormativity other hate-based ideologies with implications for future professional practice.

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Book SynopsisCan a boy be “trapped” in a girl’s body? Can modern medicine “reassign” sex? Is our sex “assigned” to us in the first place? What is the most loving response to a person experiencing a conflicted sense of gender? What should our law say on matters of “gender identity”? When Harry Became Sally provides thoughtful answers to questions arising from our transgender moment. Drawing on the best insights from biology, psychology, and philosophy, Ryan Anderson offers a nuanced view of human embodiment, a balanced approach to public policy on gender identity, and a sober assessment of the human costs of getting human nature wrong. This book exposes the contrast between the media’s sunny depiction of gender fluidity and the often sad reality of living with gender dysphoria. It gives a voice to people who tried to “transition” by changing their bodies, and found themselves no better off. Especially troubling are the stories told by adults who were encouraged to transition as children but later regretted subjecting themselves to those drastic procedures. As Anderson shows, the most beneficial therapies focus on helping people accept themselves and live in harmony with their bodies. This understanding is vital for parents with children in schools where counselors may steer a child toward transitioning behind their backs. Everyone has something at stake in the controversies over transgender ideology, when misguided “antidiscrimination” policies allow biological men into women’s restrooms and penalize Americans who hold to the truth about human nature. Anderson offers a strategy for pushing back with principle and prudence, compassion and grace.

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Book SynopsisBecoming Men is the story of 32 boys from Alexandra, one of Johannesburg's largest townships, over a period of twelve seminal years in which they negotiate manhood and masculinity. Psychologist and academic Malose Langa documents in close detail what it means to be a young black man in contemporary South Africa.The boys discuss a range of topics including the impact of absent fathers, relationships with mothers, siblings and girls, school violence, academic performance, homophobia, gangsterism, unemployment and, in one case, prison life.Deep ambivalence, self-doubt and hesitation emerge in their approach to alternative masculinities premised on non-violent, non-sexist and non-risk-taking behaviour. Many of the boys appear simultaneously to comply with and oppose the prevalent norms, thereby exposing the difficulties of negotiating the multiple voices of masculinity.Providing a rich interpretation of how emotional processes affect black adolescent males, Langa suggests interventions and services to support and assist them, especially in reducing high-risk behaviours generally associated with hegemonic masculinity. This is essential reading for students, researchers and scholars of gender studies who wish to understand manhood and masculinity in South Africa. Psychologists, youth workers, lay counsellors and teachers who work with adolescent boys will also find it invaluable.Table of Contents Acknowledgements Chapter 1 What makes a man a man? Chapter 2 Reshaping masculinities - Understanding the lives of adolescent boys Chapter 3 Backdrop to Alex - South African townships and stories in context Chapter 4 Absent fathers, present mothers Chapter 5 Pressures to perform - Tsotsi boys vs academic achievement Chapter 6 Double standards - Dating, sex and girls Chapter 7 Defying homophobia: 'This is who I am, finish and klaar' Chapter 8 Young fathers and the world of work Chapter 9 'Im still hopeful, still positive' - Holding onto a dream Chapter 10 Safe spaces - Listening, hearing, action Bibliography Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThis book seeks to imagine the possibility of a more loving masculinity in a society where structural violence, failures of government and economic inequality underpin much of the violent behaviour that men display. Enriched with personal reflections on his own experiences as a partner, father, psychologist and researcher in the field of men and masculinities, Why Men Hurt Women and Other Reflections on Love, Violence and Masculinity is Kopano Ratele’s meditation on love and violence, and the way these forces shape the emotional lives of boys and men. Blending academic substance and rigour in a readable narrative style, Ratele illuminates the complex nuances of gender, intimacy and power in the context of the human need for love and care. While unsparing in its analysis of men’s inner lives, Ratele lays out a path for addressing the hunger for love in boys and men. He argues that just as the beliefs and practices relating to gender, sexuality and the nature of love are constantly being challenged and revised, so our ideas about masculinity, and men’s and boys’ capacity to show genuine loving care for each other and for women, can evolve. Table of Contents Foreword by Raewyn Connell Part 1: Love 1 Why do women love men? 2 One ear turned inward and the other outward 3 Love needs 4 We can change how we love, but not without changing how we fight 5 Love hunger shows itself in many acts, and violence may be one of them 6 Why there is no love in the Plan 7 I love you, but I wish to hurt you 8 To love is to receive and to give 9 Talking matters 10 Listening carefully is an articulate act of love in action 11 Must love hurt? 12 The world is not yet ready for loving black boys 13 Producing and embodying the loving images we want of ourselves 14 If women stopped caring for men Part 2: Violence 15 ‘I am more scared of them’ 16 Men who speak with fists 17 Violence wears many faces 18 ‘Brothers, check yourselves!’ 19 ‘I have never raped anyone’ is not an achievement 20 Why is there violence where we expect to find love? 21 Really nice guys 22 ‘There was nothing suspicious about him’ 23 They don’t teach about sexual consent at university or at home 24 Jeanne and Emmanuel 25 Is the lesbian an alibi for an untenable model of masculinity? 26 Will we reduce rates of rape of women and children when we cannot face prison rape? Part 3: Masculinity 27 Trying to transform men is not a futile exercise, but it is slow and difficult work 28 A few key ideas to consider when thinking about men and changing masculinity 29 The politician told students you can’t ask for money from somebody who raped you 30 ‘Dad, look at me’ 31 ‘I have never hit a woman’ gets you no loving man award 32 Before death, before conception, in the many in-between moments, then repeat 33 Baldwin was a full man 34 The masculinity of a man who is a boy 35 Mr President, end patriarchy? 36 When work gets in the way of emotional connections 37 Love cannot escape power 38 What’s up with all this attention given to boys? 39 The fact of lovelessness in why men hurt others 40 Inheriting and passing down a loving masculinity Acknowledgements Index

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Book SynopsisA dynamic guide to owning your ambition and striving for success in an ever-changing world, while helping others along the way.'Practical and big-hearted... the New Testament for the sisterhood.' Cathy Newman'A soul-stirring self-help guide.' RED__________Part self-help guide, part master class in survival skills for life and work, Lift As You Climb examines what sisterhood looks like today, asks what you can do to make things better for other women and considers how to do that without disadvantaging yourself.It's the ultimate confidence bible for women planning careers in an ever-changing and uncertain world. And it addresses one of the biggest issues women face in the workplace - how to be ambitious without losing your sense of self. It must be possible, right?Full of brilliant tips and invaluable insights, it's everything you need to know about making life better for yourself - without making it worse for others. __________Readers love Lift As You Climb:***** 'Inspires and provokes thoughts about how you can move forward in your career.'***** 'Supportive and reassuring.'***** 'Uplifting and full of hope, and of course written with a great deal of humour.'Trade ReviewA soul-stirring self-help guide to planning, focusing and achieving your career goals... without leaving your sisters behind. * Red - 'The non-fiction books you'll love in 2020' *An invaluable manual to getting on, getting ahead - and taking the rest of the sisterhood with you. * Cathy Newman *For every woman at any stage of her career, this brilliantly inspirational read explores how sisterhood intersects with ambition. * Good Housekeeping *A vital handbook for your working life. * Mary Portas *Full of excellent practical advice that works for every woman regardless of age, job, country, position or background. Lifting others as you climb is the surest way to climb the highest. * Miriam Gonzalez Durantez *A book to have at your side for any situation. * Mishal Husain *Warm and wickedly smart. * Porter magazine *Necessary reading - whether you're an ambitious woman or not. * Anne-Marie Imafidon *An invaluable manual to getting on, getting ahead - and taking the rest of the sisterhood with you. * Cathy Newman *

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Book SynopsisThe terms gender, careers and inequalities were chosen to delineate the conceptual framework of this book - the second volume of a new series focussed on equality, diversity and inclusion issues. Each of the concepts adds to a different and unique dimension to the study of medicine and medical education. Gender allows for a reading of power and exclusion of women in medicine and medical education. Careers and inequalities draw attention to the multiplicity of factors that influence women's participation in the medical profession including the interconnectedness of gender, race, ethnicity, age, sexuality, creed and disability in the workplace. Scholars bring insights from across disciplines of social sciences, including sociology, medical anthropology, psychology, and human resources management and have been encouraged to provide cross-national and multi-dimensional insights through comparative analysis.Table of ContentsMedical Knowledge, Medical Education, and the Career Choices of Women Doctors C.1860–1920: An Edinburgh Case Study. Researching Gender, Careers, and Inequalities in Medicine/Medical Education: A Timely Endeavour. Gender, Mentoring and Social Capital in the National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland, UK. Women and Leadership in Medicine and Medical Education: International Perspectives. Drafting Intersections in the Career of Female Medical Doctors. Young Specialists’ Career Choices and Work Expectations. Women Doctors in France: A Feminization That Is Mere Window Dressing?. Imagining a Future in the Medical Profession: Gender and Young Sardinians’ Narratives of a Career in Medicine. About the Authors. Copyright page. Gender, Careers and Inequalities in Medicine and Medical Education: International Perspectives. List of Contributors. International Perspectives on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. Gender, Careers and Inequalities in Medicine and Medical Education: International Perspectives.

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