Psychology of gender Books

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 SynopsisThe Disney Princesses are a billion-dollar industry, known and loved by children across the globe. Robyn Muir provides an exploratory and holistic examination of this worldwide commercial and cultural phenomenon in its key representations: films, merchandising and marketing, and park experiences. Muir highlights the messages and images of femininity found within the Disney Princess canon and provides a rigorous and innovative methodology for analysing gender in media. Including an in-depth examination of each princess film from the last 83 years, the book provides a lens through which to view and understand how Disney Princesses have contributed to the depiction of femininity within popular culture.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Once Upon a Time Part 1: The Films Introducing the Film Analysis Framework 1. ‘Passive Dreamers’: The Beginning of the Disney Princess Phenomenon 2. ‘Lost Dreamers’: A Narrative Shift in the Princess Phenomenon 3. ‘Active Leaders’: Transgressive Princesses 4. ‘Sacrificing Dreamers’: A Regression in the Disney Princess Phenomenon 5. ‘Innovative Leaders’: A Progressive Era of Princesses Part 2: The Consumer Experiences 6. Playing Dress Up: Disney Princess Merchandising and Marketing 7. Playing in the Parks: Meeting ‘Real Life’ Princesses Conclusion: Happily Ever After?

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Book SynopsisFully revised and updated, Body Image 4th Edition provides a comprehensive summary of research on body image in men, women, and children drawing together research findings from the fields of psychology, sociology, and gender studies.The new edition presents all the latest research on body image including work on technology and body image, interventions to reduce body dissatisfaction, and links between body image, BMI, and clothing availability. Including data from interviews and focus groups with men, women, and children who have spoken about body image and its impact on the rest of their lives, the book explores a range of important contemporary issues, including the effects of social media and selfie-taking on body image, the work of activists and academics who are trying to change how the fashion industry presents women's bodies, and new work investigating impacts of whole-body scanning technology and game-play avatars on appearance concern. ReflecTrade Review"Professor Grogan’s skillfully updated book is an excellent, science-grounded source of information and insights on body image. The work considers body image and its consequences within multiple determinative contexts, such as culture, gender, ethnicity, social class, media, and sexuality. I strongly recommend this reader-friendly work to scholars and students alike."Thomas F. Cash, Old Dominion University, USA"In this eagerly-awaited fourth edition, author Sarah Grogan offers a comprehensive, insightful and up-to-the-minute distillation of knowledge about body image in the 2020s. She skilfully summarises the broad and ever-expanding body of research into one thought-provoking but very readable and accessible volume. The accompanying illustrations and quotations serve to make the material come alive for the reader and demonstrate the very real human significance of this contemporary concern."Marika Tiggemann, Flinders University, Australia"What we know about body image is continuously expanding in exciting ways due to the evolving interest and research in this area. In her fourth edition, Professor Sarah Grogan expertly captures and distills this knowledge to create an up-to-date, thoughtful, comprehensive, and accessible text which aptly recognizes that the experience of body image differs based on identities such as gender, age, and culture. This text is certain to be the go-to resource for anyone who would like a deeper and nuanced understanding of the current status of the body image field."Tracy L Tylka, The Ohio State University, USA"Professor Grogan’s skillfully updated book is an excellent, science-grounded source of information and insights on body image. The work considers body image and its consequences within multiple determinative contexts, such as culture, gender, ethnicity, social class, media, and sexuality. I strongly recommend this reader-friendly work to scholars and students alike."Thomas F. Cash, Old Dominion University, USA"In this eagerly-awaited fourth edition, author Sarah Grogan offers a comprehensive, insightful and up-to-the-minute distillation of knowledge about body image in the 2020s. She skillfully summarises the broad and ever-expanding body of research into one thought-provoking but very readable and accessible volume. The accompanying illustrations and quotations serve to make the material come alive for the reader and demonstrate the very real human significance of this contemporary concern."Marika Tiggemann, Flinders University, Australia"What we know about body image is continuously expanding in exciting ways due to the evolving interest and research in this area. In her fourth edition, Professor Sarah Grogan expertly captures and distills this knowledge to create an up-to-date, thoughtful, comprehensive, and accessible text which aptly recognizes that the experience of body image differs based on identities such as gender, age, and culture. This text is certain to be the go-to resource for anyone who would like a deeper and nuanced understanding of the current status of the body image field."Tracy L. Tylka, The Ohio State University, USATable of ContentsList of FiguresPreface to the fourth editionAcknowledgments Introduction History Definitions Theoretical Perspectives Aims and Content of this Text Bibliography Culture and Body Image The Idealization of Slenderness The Basis of Body Shape Ideals The Dieting Industry Summary Bibliography Women and Body Image Assessment of Body Image Behavioral Indicators of Body Dissatisfaction Social Construction of the Feminine Body Summary Bibliography Men and Body Image Assessment of Body Image Behavioral Indicators of Body Dissatisfaction Social Construction of the Masculine Body Summary Bibliography Media Effects Media Portrayal of Women’s Bodies Media Portrayal of Men’s Bodies Surveys Relating Media Exposure to Body Image Studies Investigating Direct Effects of Media Images on Body Image Interview Studies Theories of Media Influence Body Shape Role Models Recent Developments Summary 10. Bibliography Age, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Sexuality Body Image Across the Life Span Ethnicity and Body Image Socioeconomic Status and Body Image Body Shape, Sexual Attractiveness, and Sexuality Summary Bibliography Reducing Body Dissatisfaction and Promoting Positive Body Image Psychological Factors Predicting Body Dissatisfaction General Conclusions and Future Directions Summary Bibliography

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Book SynopsisImages and ideas associated with masculinity are forever in flux. In this book, Donald Moss addresses the never-ending effort of menâregardless of sexual orientationâto shape themselves in relation to the unstable notion of masculinity.Part 1 looks at the lifelong labor faced by boys and men of assessing themselves in relation to an always shifting, always receding, ideal of masculinity. In Part 2, Moss considers a series of nested issues regarding homosexuality, homophobia and psychoanalysis. Part 3 focuses on the interface between the body experienced as a private entity and the body experienced as a public entityâthe body experienced as oneâs own and the body subject to the judgments, regulations and punishments of the external world. The final part looks at men and violence. Men must contend with the entwined problems of regulating aggression and figuring out its proper level, aiming to avoid both excess and insufficiency. This section focuses on excessive aggression and Trade ReviewDonald Moss’s Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Man is undoubtedly one of the most important books of the past decade on the complexities of the development of male gender identity. The book, as reflected in its title, offers no "solutions" to the questions it raises; rather, it examines the problem of gender identity from a number of vantage points, each of which complements, but also complicates, the others. What for me is a particular pleasure in reading this book is the writing itself—writing that is often used to describe some of the author’s own experiences as a boy faced with the daunting task faced by all boys in their efforts to grow up to be a man in one’s own terms. - Thomas Ogden, Personal and Supervising Analyst, Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California Donald Moss has written a brilliant, emotionally unsettling and brave book. The ostensive topic of Moss’ book is a close look at masculinity, but actually this book is an examination of "masculinities" that turn the standard normative forms of gender inside out. In Moss’ project, the canonical has become symptomatic. Through the psychoanalytic lens he deploys so deeply, Moss illuminates how much all our struggles with desire and loss inevitably overwhelm us in the project of forming and becoming selves, with dangerous and destructive consequences. We are all inevitably displacing and expelling those aspects of body and mind that frighten and shame us into the bodies and lives and minds of weaker and more vulnerable people. This is Moss’ original and potent way of thinking through misogyny, homophobia, and the often murderous attitudes toward difference and otherness, including "trans" experience. Moss asks us to see that these refusals and disavowals of our complex humanity have enormous and dangerous consequences individually, collectively, and politically - Adrienne Harris, PhD, New York UniversityFascinating, thought-provoking exploration of the notion of masculinity, written in an intelligent, accessible style - Michael Feldman, Supervising and Training Analyst, British Psychoanalytical Society"The title of this important book echoes both Wallace Stevens' poem Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird and Henry Louis Gates Jr's Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man. Like Stevens and Gates, Donald Moss offers multiple perspectives: being a man is not simply a choice to be more or less like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Liberace. Each man has internalised an ideal based on disavowals and refusals of other male bodies and behaviours. The author combines his childhood reminiscences of illness and classroom embarrassment, deep personal reflection, his father's war stories, theoretical overviews and case studies from his psychoanalytic practice. This way of writing is common to a range of books on masculinity, but the stylistic mix reflects the volatility he seeks to address." – David Kennedy, Times Higher Education"This scholarly yet incisive and accessible book addresses the unstable notion of masculinity and the ways in which both hetero- and homosexual man seek to shape themselves in relation to the precarious nature of being a man. ... The writing is enriched by the author's willingness to share several of his own formative experiences in facing the daunting task of searching for the ways to grow up as a man with a mind of his own." - Michael J. Diamond, Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies"It is not only Moss’s scholarship and the depth of his theoretical and clinical insights that make the book bold; it is also that, in looking at a man in different ways, Moss at times works like a memoirist whouses his own experience to deepen consideration of masculinity." Sidney H. Phillips for The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 2014"This unusual, vital, and in places demanding book is about the contemporary shifting scene of psychoanalytic assessment of "masculinity."...Moss has offered many more than "13 ways" of looking, of profoundly and richly perceiving his own topic, men. The book will be of great interest to psychoanalysts, scholars of gender, and cultural critics.Summing Up: Highly recommended."- R. H. Balsam, Yale University, for CHOICE, January 2013Donald Moss’s Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Man is undoubtedly one of the most important books of the past decade on the complexities of the development of male gender identity. The book, as reflected in its title, offers no "solutions" to the questions it raises; rather, it examines the problem of gender identity from a number of vantage points, each of which complements, but also complicates, the others. What for me is a particular pleasure in reading this book is the writing itself—writing that is often used to describe some of the author’s own experiences as a boy faced with the daunting task faced by all boys in their efforts to grow up to be a man in one’s own terms. - Thomas Ogden, Personal and Supervising Analyst, Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern CaliforniaDonald Moss has written a brilliant, emotionally unsettling and brave book. The ostensive topic of Moss’ book is a close look at masculinity, but actually this book is an examination of "masculinities" that turn the standard normative forms of gender inside out. In Moss’ project, the canonical has become symptomatic. Through the psychoanalytic lens he deploys so deeply, Moss illuminates how much all our struggles with desire and loss inevitably overwhelm us in the project of forming and becoming selves, with dangerous and destructive consequences. We are all inevitably displacing and expelling those aspects of body and mind that frighten and shame us into the bodies and lives and minds of weaker and more vulnerable people. This is Moss’ original and potent way of thinking through misogyny, homophobia, and the often murderous attitudes toward difference and otherness, including "trans" experience. Moss asks us to see that these refusals and disavowals of our complex humanity have enormous and dangerous consequences individually, collectively, and politically - Adrienne Harris, PhD, New York UniversityFascinating, thought-provoking exploration of the notion of masculinity, written in an intelligent, accessible style - Michael Feldman, Supervising and Training Analyst, British Psychoanalytical Society"The title of this important book echoes both Wallace Stevens' poem Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird and Henry Louis Gates Jr's Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man. Like Stevens and Gates, Donald Moss offers multiple perspectives: being a man is not simply a choice to be more or less like Arnold Schwarzenegger or Liberace. Each man has internalised an ideal based on disavowals and refusals of other male bodies and behaviours. The author combines his childhood reminiscences of illness and classroom embarrassment, deep personal reflection, his father's war stories, theoretical overviews and case studies from his psychoanalytic practice. This way of writing is common to a range of books on masculinity, but the stylistic mix reflects the volatility he seeks to address." – David Kennedy, Times Higher Education"This unusual, vital, and in places demanding book is about the contemporary shifting scene of psychoanalytic assessment of "masculinity." Moss is an innovative and politically aware psychoanalyst who has contributed many interesting papers on hetero- and homosexuality, homophobia, gender, violence, and racism to psychoanalytic journals over the years. The present work is both postmodern and highly personal, and is written in a lyrical, poetic style. Parts of the text read like mini-essays in The New Yorker. Moss confronts and undermines the cultural biases involved in thinking about what makes a "man," in his in-depth self-reflections and in the reflections of his patients. Moss has offered many more than "13 ways" of looking, of profoundly and richly perceiving his own topic, men. The book will be of great interest to psychoanalysts, scholars of gender, and cultural critics. Summing Up: Highly recommended." - Rosemary H. Balsam, CHOICE"With his latest publication,…Donald Moss, a refreshing psychoanalytic scholar and ambassador, continues the theoretical and clinical conversation on masculinities in a daring, personal, rigorous manner. At times autobiographical, poetic, historical, scholastic, moving and crystalline, these are less traditional chapters. They are more embodied essays, stories told with an invitation to consider Moss' associations, his very human poignant curves and sideswipes…They hang together brilliantly as a book, yet stand alone as contemporary meditations." - Fort/Da, The Journal of the Northern California Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology"This scholarly yet incisive and accessible book addresses the unstable notion of masculinity and the ways in which both hetero- and homosexual man seek to shape themselves in relation to the precarious nature of being a man. ... The writing is enriched by the author's willingness to share several of his own formative experiences in facing the daunting task of searching for the ways to grow up as a man with a mind of his own." - Michael J. Diamond, Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic StudiesTable of ContentsBass, Foreword. Prologue. Masculinity as Masquerade. Immaculate Attachment vs. Passive Yearning: On Being and Becoming a Man. First Aside: Ted. On Neither Being Nor Becoming a Man. Two Ways of Looking Back. Psychoanalysis and Male Homosexuality/ The Ideal of Neutrality. Internalized Homophobia: Wanting in the First-Person Singular, Hating in the First-Person Plural. On Situating Homophobia. Freud’s "Female Homosexual": One Way of Looking at a Woman. Second Aside: Little Richard. Looking at a Transsexual. War Stories. Epilogue.

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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 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 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 SynopsisThis book analyzes men’s experiences and perceptions regarding their participation in infidelity and offers a glimpse into the inner workings of their most intimate relationships, as well as the ways men negotiate marriages that fall short of their expectations.Using a sample collected from the online dating service Ashley Madison, this book finds that contrary to gendered social scripts, the men in this study described motivations for outside partnerships that were not rooted in the desire for sexual pleasure or variety. Rather, men described those relationships as an outlet to soothe their bruised egos, receive attention and validation from a romantic partner, and to fight their feelings of emasculation. These infidelities thus provide support and praise, and aid in the processing of complex emotions. This in-depth analysis provides a unique insight into men’s experiences of sexuality and masculinity, and will be of keen interest to those seeking to understand male infidelity from a sociological perspective, across gender studies, psychology, counselling, and beyond.Table of ContentsChapter 1 The C-Word (Cheater): Infidelity as the Ultimate Threat Chapter 2 Researcher Seeks Cheating Husbands: Recruiting a Closeted Population Chapter 3 “Men need their egos pumped up regularly”: Primary Partnerships Sow the Seeds of Men’s Doubt Chapter 4 “We need a witness to our lives”: Outside Partners as Outsourced Relational Managers Chapter 5 “If I was a good enough man, she’d be jumping on top of me, right?”: Marital Beds Breed Self-Doubt Chapter 6 “I seek a partner who actually wants me to make up for lost time”: The Girlfriend Experience in Outside Partnerships Helps Reduce FOMO Chapter 7 “Guys who suck in bed are the butt of jokes”: The Pressure to Perform Chapter 8 “It’s my job to make her orgasm”: Women’s Orgasm Provision as Responsibility and Special Skill Chapter 9 So, What Does all of this Mean Anyway?: Making Sense of Men’s Participation in Infidelity

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Book SynopsisMotherhood is the true hero's journey-which is to say that it can be as harrowing as it is joyful, and enlightening as it is exhausting. For Jungian psychoanalyst Lisa Marchiano, this journey is not just an adventure of diaper bags and parent-teacher conferences, but one of intense self-discovery. In Motherhood, Marchiano draws from a deep well of Jungian analysis and symbolic research to present a collection of fairytales, myths, and fables that evoke the spiritual arc of raising a child from infancy through adulthood. After all, this kind of storytelling has always been one of the most important conduits of humanity's collective wisdom-and Marchiano provides each tale alongside keen insights into the timeless archetypes they represent. Divided into three major segments similar to the stages of a hero's initiatory journey, (Descent, Sojourn, and Return), Motherhood charts how events like pregnancy, the calamities of childhood, and the empty-nest experience are all parts of an odyssey to which every mother receives an invitation. Here Marchiano emphasizes that when you take up that invitation, it will lead to an adventure into the wild frontier of your own soul. And once you return from this inner journey, you'll possess the treasured knowledge need to clarify your values, embrace your disowned parts, and claim the mantle of motherhood in the full bloom of your empowerment.

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Book SynopsisIncreasingly adopted by therapists and mental health professionals, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients to cope with social, emotional and mental health issues by using the six core ACT processes: Acceptance, Cognitive Defusion, Being Present, the Self as Context, Values and Committed Action.This is the go-to-guide for evidence-based ACT techniques to be used by professionals to help their transgender, genderqueer, genderfluid, third gender and agender clients. It provides the tools to help these clients develop emotional processing skills they can implement throughout their life, from coping with mental health issues and substance abuse, to navigating prejudice and social pressure, to building a career and developing a family.Trade ReviewAlex Stitt has written a truly delightful, comprehensive, thoughtful, and engaging book about working with trans and nonbinary clients in therapy. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - a mindfulness based approach - provides a meta framework for understanding gender, sexuality, and intersectional identities. I have learned so much from Alex Stitt's perspective, about the complexity of gender, the power of relational therapy, and of course, about ACT - a series of skills and techniques available to all clinicians, regardless of your background and training. The tone is deceptively casual, the language is decidedly queer, and the range of tools is broad and comprehensive. -- Arlene Lev, School of Social Welfare, University of Albany, Choices Counseling and Consulting, Author of Transgender Emergence: Therapeutic Guidelines for Working With Gender Variant People and Their FamiliesAlex Stitt has accomplished something wonderful; they have fully elaborated the relevance of Acceptance & Commitment Therapy to working with gender and gender identity. This book is grounded in cultural awareness of the needs of gender diverse clients with a strong unifying thread of respect for the agency and autonomy of transgender, genderfluid, and non-binary clients. -- Matthew D. Skinta, Ph.D., ABPP, Peer-Reviewed ACT Trainer, Assistant Professor, Roosevelt University, Chicago, ILA courageous volume that leaves no issue unexamined in its goal of modifying and applying ACT to function as a gender affirmative therapy. Never condemning, and yet never avoidant, this book asks practitioners to look deeply within themselves and to embark on a values-based journey to create a space in which the full range of issues in gender identity, expression, and experience can be approached openly, competently, and compassionately. Moving, wise, and effective it rises to the challenge it sets for itself, and invites readers to do likewise.Highly recommended. -- Steven C. Hayes, Ph.D., Foundation Professor of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, Co-developer of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and author of A Liberated MindTable of ContentsIntroduction: Storm Cloud Butterflies. 1. Gender Affirmative ACT. 2 Awareness. 3. Acceptance. 4. Actualization. 5. Adaption: ACT for Transgender Mental Health. 6. Affirmation. 7. Epilogue: Of Moths & Meaning.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn innovative contribution to the cultural history of gender, with literature as a central element, A History of Virility provides a complete and coherent sense of the trajectory of French notions of virility from and across all periods. Readers interested in masculinity or gender more broadly will read with great interest. -- Todd W. Reeser, University of Pittsburgh A sweeping history of masculinity in the tradition of Aries and Duby's A History of Private Life that complements and enriches English-language perspectives on gender and sexuality. -- Lewis Seifert, Brown University Highly recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsTranslator's Note Preface 1. Greek Virilities, by Maurice Sartre 2. Roman Virilities: Vir, Virilitas, Virtus, by Jean-Paul Thuillier 3. Barbarian and Knight The Barbarian World: Hybridity and Transformation of Virility, by Bruno Dumezil The Medieval: Strength and Blood, by Claude Thomasset 4. Absolute Virility in the Early Modern World Modern Virility: Convictions and Questionings, by Georges Vigarello Virility and Its "Others": The Representation of Paradoxical Masculinity, by Lawrence D. Kritzman Examples from Painting, by Nadeije Laneyrie-Dagen 5. The Virile Man and the Savage in the Lands of Exploration, by Georges Vigarello 6. Uneasy Virility in the Age of Enlightenment Common Folks' Virility, by Arlette Farge Men of Fiction, by Michel Delon 7. The Code of Virility: Inculcation The Triumph of Virility in the Nineteenth Century, by Alain Corbin Childhood, or the "Journey Toward Virility," by Ivan Jablonka 8. The Duel and the Defense of Virile Honor, by Francois Guillet 9. The Necessary Manifestation of Sexual Energy, by Alain Corbin 10. Military Virility, by Jean-Paul Bertaud 11. Virility in the Colonial Context, from the Late Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century, by Christelle Taraud 12. The Burden of Virility The Injunction of Virility, Source of Anguish and Anxiety, by Alain Corbin Homosexuality and Virility, by Regis Revenin 13. The Great War and the History of Virility, by Stephane Andoin Rouzeau 14. Origins and Transformations of Male Domination Impossible Virility, by Jean-Jacques Courtine Anthropology of Virility: The Fear of Powerlessness, by Claudine Haroche 15. Virilities on Edge, Violent Virilities, by Fabrice Virgili 16. Virility Through the Looking Glass of Women, by Christine Bard 17. "One Is Not Born Virile, One Becomes So," by Arnaud Bauberot 18. Fascist Virility, by Johann Chapoutot 19. Working-Class Virility, by Thierry Pillon 20. Homosexual Transformations, by Florence Tamagne 21. Exhibitions: Virility Stripped Bare, by Bruno Nassim Aboudar 22. Brawn in Civilization: Virile Myth and Muscular Power, by Jean-Jacques Courtine Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThere are growing numbers of youth who identify as transgender, and as a result, clinicians and counselors are in need of an informed resource that covers the basics of gender identity and expression. This book responds to that need by setting out clear advice and support on working with transgender and non-binary youth with regard to their identity, mental health, personal and family life and their medical and social transition as well as offering additional resources and reading lists.Along with the basic information needed to understand transgender clients, Irwin Krieger applies this general knowledge to work with transgender teens at what can be the most critical and problematic stage in a trans person's life. Specifically, issues of gender identity awareness and expression for youth along with the mental and physical challenges that puberty presents are discussed. This guide will inform counselors and therapists to support transgender teens in their practice, while providing the necessary tools for opening up the conversation on transgender issues in families and schools.Trade ReviewI was delighted to read this truly wonderful book. Krieger's voice is authentic, honest, and personal. He blends his own extensive experience with the voices of trans people and other clinicians to create an informative, easy-to-digest manual appropriate for both new and seasoned therapists. -- Laura Erickson-Schroth, MD, MA, LGBTQ psychiatrist and writer (Trans Bodies Trans Selves / "You're in the Wrong Bathroom!" and 20 Other Myths and Misconceptions About Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People).Irwin Krieger has given us a comprehensive gender GPS for youths' gender discovery. Using his professional wisdom and personal compassion, he has written a volume that should be on the bookshelf of every mental health professional committed to providing youth with every opportunity to be their most authentic gender selves. -- Diane Ehrensaft, Ph.D., Director of Mental Health, Child and Adolescent Gender Center and author of The Gender Creative ChildA remarkably comprehensive and useful book for therapists as well as parents and people who want to learn more about gender diversity and options for transition. Krieger has the ability to take complex issues and make them simple and easy to understand. This is a perfect book for a therapist just beginning work with transgender clients, a more experienced clinician who wants consultation with an experienced colleague, or a teacher looking to assign a book about counseling transgender youth and their families. -- Katherine (Kit) Rachlin, Ph.D. Clinical psychologist/senior gender specialist/co-author, New YorkGiven the growing interest in gender affirmative care for trans and non-binary teens, Irwin Krieger's book arrives right on time. It capably fills a wide gap in the literature for professionals who want to support ethical clinical care for youth and their families. -- Rachel Pepper, LMFT, author of Transitions of the HeartThis book is an absolute must-read for counselors who work with youth. Irwin's inviting style combined with his clinical acumen result in a fantastic and much needed guide for working with trans and non-binary youth, a frequently misunderstood group. -- Colt Keo-Meier, Ph.D, Licensed Psychologist specialising in gender and sexuality, Texas, USA’A timely, useful work for clinicians treating transgender youth or those contemplating transitioning or identifying as non-binary. -- Journal of GLBT Family StudiesTable of ContentsPART I: Introduction. 1. What a Difference a Decade Makes: Rapid Change in the Lives of Transgender Youth. 2. Authenticity and Safety. PART II: Foundations. 3. Four Dimensions of Gender Identity. 4. The Impact of Stigma on Transgender and Non-Binary Youth. 5. Pathways to Transgender Identities. PART III: Assessment. 6. Evaluation of Gender Identity. 7. Transgender Identities and Mental Health. Part IV: Transition. 8. Social Transition. 9. Medical Transition. 10. Referral for Medical Interventions. Part V. Youth in Context. 11. Family Therapy. 12. School and Beyond. 13. Looking Forward. Part VI: Appendix. Glossary. Organizations, Online Resources and Conferences. Sample Referral Letters. References.

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Book SynopsisExploring clinical examples of the lived experiences of trans people across the lifespan, this unique and authoritative book addresses topics such as attending school, puberty, employment issues, suicide, bullying, autism and intersecting identities. Divided into three sections, childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, the book brings the case studies to life and dispels common myths by including short responses from leading professional experts.By enabling a greater knowledge of work with trans people and therefore filling an important gap in available literature, Case Studies in Clinical Practice with Trans and Gender Non-Binary Clients allows mental health providers to understand the nuanced differences of handling clinical concerns for their trans clients.Trade ReviewThis is a great book to help mental health professionals improve their work with transgender and non-binary people. It is written succinctly and without jargon, making it an impactful and accessible read. * Mel Kinross, Therapy Today *lore m. dickey, Ph.D., has completed an amazing feat with this volume. First, he brings to bear his own extensive experience, expertise, and personal reflections on the variety of cases and clinical concerns that may appear over the lifespan for trans individuals. Secondly, Dr. dickey's own observations are commented on, enhanced, and explored by a variety of expert clinicians offering their own unique contexts and observations. This type of person-centered, case-oriented approach to gender affirming care is the book that I wish I had access to as a beginning clinician, and has immediately become the first book I will recommend to colleagues seeking an orientation to what they should know and ideas they must explore to gain competence in this area. Dr. dickey's book is required reading for anyone aspiring to culturally competence care. -- Matthew D. Skinta, Ph.D., ABPP, Assistant Professor, Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL., Author of Contextual Behavior Therapy for Sexual and Gender Minority ClientsAmong the many writers of psychotherapy literature, it is unusual to find an author that is able to achieve a blend of science with an empathic window into the experience of the people with whom we are likely to work. Dr. Lore Dickey has achieved this very thing. This book fills a huge gap in the field, providing comprehensive perspective on the experience of transgender individuals across the lifespan. It belongs on a reachable bookshelf so that it can be accessed easily and often! -- Christopher R. Martell, Ph.D., ABPP, Author of Cognitive and behavioral therapies with lesbian, gay and bisexual clients, Editor of the Clinician’s Digest in the journal Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identitylore's book reads like a novel while teaching essential lessons to professionals, administrators, and others encountering trans/nonbinary individuals. lore portrays realistic and complex life situations masterfully interwoven with applied research, principles of care, and insightful pragmatism in supporting and affirming trans/gender diverse people and their loved ones. (As a transman, practicing psychologist, and educator, I) Thank you, lore, for addressing a wide scope of issues plus varied roles and demands for professionals while illuminating many experiences of intersectionality. -- Ren Massey, Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist, Past President, Georgia Psychological Association, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Faculty, WPATH Global Education Initiativelore dickey brings a multitude of therapy spaces, unique intersectional identities and diverse concerns of transgender and non-binary people to the hands of any provider from the chair of the private practitioner to the community healthcare center. In an unprecedented format, these case studies give a provider access to novel and meaningful clinical experiences when we do not have the luxury of being a proverbial fly on the wall in someone else's therapy room! This book is a direct yet nuanced and honest call to competent clinical care. Truly a desktop resource for years to come! -- Sarah Burgany, PsyD, PhoenixRISE, Denver, COWhat does affirmative counseling really look like? Case Studies in Clinical Practice with Trans and Gender Nonbinary Clients shows us by integrating the most advanced knowledge of our fields with the personal experiences of gender diversity using a brilliant range of clients, mental health professionals, and social locations. Affirmative counseling is rooted in common principles but in practice, it is as varied as our clients-in-context are. dickey and his team of experts are the guides so many mental health professionals and students have been hoping to find to support their work with transgender, nonbinary, and gender diverse clients and their families. By applying core affirmative counseling tenets through a fantastic variety of clinical encounters, dickey's evidence-based and warm approach with the reader makes affirmative therapy feel as possible and practical as it really is. -- Melissa J. Grey, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Monroe County Community College, Staff Psychologist, Integrative Empowerment Group, Saniyah Center, Ypsilanti, MITable of ContentsIntroduction. Part One - Childhood. 1. Early Childhood. 2. Time to go to School. 3. Co-Occurring Concerns in Childhood: Understanding Autism. 4. Mixed Parental Support. Part Two: Adolescence. 5. Puberty, or "Why Is My Body". 6. Co-Occurring Concerns in Adolescence: Cutting and Suicidality. 7. Nonbinary Identities. 8. Bullying. 9. Youth and Social Media. 10. Sexuality Exploration. Part Three - Adulthood. 11. Workplace Issues. 12. Becoming a Trans Parent. 13. Intersecting Identities. 14. Military Members and Veterans. 15. Coming Out to Your Children. 16. Religious Values and Trans Identities. 17. Working with Transgender Partners. 18. Institutions. 19. Advocating for Medical Needs. Summary and Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Awards, Criticism Category"

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Book SynopsisAn essential work for readers seeking compassionate, wise guidance about the powerful relationship between mothers and their sons and daughters.Trade Review"The most intelligent and lucid account I’ve read of human psychology." -- Carol Gilligan"Apter . . . risks the wrath of anyone who romanticizes ‘mother love’ as instinctual and universal by describing, candidly and cogently, the framework in which children experience their most significant attachment." -- Huffington Post"This sound, intelligent book is a good starting point for a self-examination." -- Publishers Weekly"Apter’s advice will help readers make sense of difficult mother-child relationships and develop strategies for reshaping responses and expectations. . . . Anyone with a problematic maternal relationship will find empathy and therapeutic approaches for healing." -- Library Journal

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Book SynopsisJulia Gillard (Author) Julia Gillard was the first woman to serve as Prime Minster of Australia. She received worldwide attention for her October 2012 speech in Parliament on the treatment of women in professional and public life. She is Chair of the Global Institute for Women's Leadership at King's College, London. In April 2021 she became Chair of the Wellcome Institute.Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (Author) Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is an economist and international development expert with over thirty years of experience. She served twice as Nigeria's Finance Minister, and briefly as Foreign Minister, the first woman to hold both positions. From 2015-2020 she was the Chair of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance which improves access to new and underused vaccines for children living in the world's poorest countries. In 2021 she became the Director-General of the World Trade Organization. She is the first woman and the first African to hold the office.Trade ReviewWho better qualified to delve into this topic? * Business Life *

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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 Synopsis‘This book highlights the fact that women are brought up to understand men’s emotional needs but men are not brought up to understand women’s.’ WomanTrade Review‘The old bargain has been shattered. Women want more than a man who makes a good living: they want a man who provides warmth and commitment.’ Vogue ‘It’s a question most women and many men have struggled with…this book comes up with the best answer so far.’ Woman

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Book SynopsisIn an advanced industrial society like the contemporary U. S., where an array of legal, political, institutional, and economic processes work against gender inequality, how does this inequality persist? Are there general social processes through which gender as a principle of social inequality manages to rewrite itself into new forms of social and economic organization? Framed by Gender claims there are, highlighting a powerful contemporary persistence in people''s everyday use of gender as a primary cultural tool for organizing social relations with others. Cecilia L. Ridgeway asserts that widely shared cultural beliefs about gender act as a common knowledge frame that people use to make sense of one another in order to coordinate their interaction. The use of gender as an initial framing device spreads gendered meanings, including assumptions about inequality embedded in those meanings, beyond contexts associated with sex and reproduction to all spheres of social life that are carried out through social relationships. These common knowledge cultural beliefs about gender change more slowly than do material arrangements between men and women, even though these beliefs do respond eventually. As a result of this cultural lag, at sites of innovation where people develop new forms of economic activity or new types of social organization, they confront their new, uncertain circumstances with gender beliefs that are more traditional than those circumstances. They implicitly draw on the too convenient cultural frame of gender to help organize their new ways of doing things. As they do so, they reinscribe trailing cultural assumptions about gender difference and gender inequality into the new activities, procedures, and forms of organization that they create, in effect, reinventing gender inequality for a new era. Ridgeway argues that this persistence dynamic does not make equality unattainable but does mean that progress is likely to be uneven and depend on the continued, concerted efforts of people. Thus, a powerful and original take on the troubling endurance of gender inequality, Framed by Gender makes clear that the path towards equality will not be a long, steady march, but a constant and uneven struggle.The most important book on gender I have read in decades. Why has gender proved so unbending? Ridgeway gives us answers, and paves the way for a new feminist theory that incorporates decades of studies on how gender bias operates at home and at work.--Joan C. Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings College of the LawIn lucid prose, Cecilia Ridgeway describes the social psychological processes that continually reproduce gender inequality. Marshalling research from sociology and psychology, Framed by Gender explains why women have not attained equality and what would be required to reach that goal.--Alice H. Eagly, Professor of Psychology, Northwestern UniversityTrade ReviewImpeccably titled, this meticulous scholarship showcases the richness of social psychology...Ridgeway's conclusion offers added urgency to the twin mandates that work become more family friendly and men become more thoroughly involved in caretaking in order for persisting gender inequalities to be overcome. Highly recommended. * CHOICE *It's rare that one of this generation's leading scientists creates an accessible book that tackles the really big questions. And it is even rarer to have such an important theoretical work, backed by decades of research, written so beautifully. You can use this book in a graduate seminar, or give it to your neighbor to show why treating boys and girls differently perpetuates women's disadvantage. If you only read one book about inequality this decade, make it this one. * Barbara J. Risman, University of Illinois at Chicago *In lucid prose, Cecilia Ridgeway describes the social psychological processes that continually reproduce gender inequality. Marshalling research from sociology and psychology, Framed by Gender explains why women have not attained equality and what would be required to reach that goal. * Alice H. Eagly, Professor of Psychology, Northwestern University *The most important book on gender I have read in decades. Why has gender proved so unbending? Ridgeway gives us answers, and paves the way for a new feminist theory that incorporates decades of studies on how gender bias operates at home and at work. * Joan C. Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings College of the Law *There is much to like about this book. It is clearly written and accessible to a scholarly audience. Ridgeway presents a powerful and convincing account of how gender inequality works and is reproduced in everyday interactions. Her argument that gender lurks in the background, always available as a way of understanding others or anticipating their behavior, fits well with the sort of 'now you see it, now you don't' way that many women experience gender in the workplace. * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; INDEX

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Book SynopsisThe question of exactly what sex differences exist and whether they have a biological foundation has been one of our culture''s favorite enduring discussions. It should. After a baby is born, a parent''s first concern is for its physical health. The next concern is its sex. Only in the most modern societies does sex not virtually guarantee the type of future life a new human being will have. Even in modern societies, one''s sex usually plays a large role in the path a life follows. Scientists have published thousands of papers on the subject, with the general conclusion being that men and women are mostly the same, whatever differences exist have been socialized, and what differences exist have to do with women bearing children and men being physically stronger. In Warriors and Worriers, psychologist Joyce Benenson presents a new theory of sex differences, based on thirty years of research with young children and primates around the world. Her innovative theory focuses on how men and wTrade ReviewI enjoyed the book for its lively style and delightful examples of children's play. * Focus *Warriors and Worriers covers a fascinating array of research studies for interested readers to follow up on. The book is accessible and discussion-provoking well suited for undergraduate courses, or for anyone looking for an alternative (yet complementary) point of view to the usual stance on the evolution of human sex differences. * Kristin Liv Rauch, University of California, The Quarterly Review of Biology *Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: What is the Difference Between a Boy and a Girl? ; Part I Warriors ; Chapter 2. Enemy Fighting: A Man's Basic Instinct ; Chapter 3. Male Friends: Recruiting a Fighting Force ; Chapter 4. Organizing the Military: Groups of Egalitarian Men ; Part II Worriers ; Chapter 5. Protecting Herself: A Woman's Basic Instinct ; Chapter 6. Female Friends: Smile, then Eliminate the Competition ; Chapter 7. Organizing her Family: The Vulnerable and the Assistants ; Epilogue

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the nature of intimacy by revealing how the influence of individual, interpersonal and wider social factors create variations in self-disclosure, intimacy games and relationship habits. It describes how the dynamics of power and control in relationships give rise either to mutual satisfaction or to the unraveling of intimacy.Trade Review'...an essential and indispensable source in the study of close and intimate relationships, not only because of its authoritative critique of Giddens' and Beck and Beck-Gernsheim's renowned theories of modern intimacy, but also because it is an impressive attempt to re-theorise this field of study by considering the dimensions of intimacy and introducing different types of intimate relationships in modernity.' - SociologyTable of ContentsIntroduction Understanding Couple Intimacy The Varieties of Couple Intimacy Psycho-Emotional Needs Intimacy& Interpersonal Control Gender, Intimacy Styles& Skills Arguments, Indirectness& Non-Disclosure Personal Strategies& Repertoires Energy-Draining Games Energising Games The Erosion of Intimacy The Nature of Modern Intimacy Intimacy, Power& Social Domains Bibliography

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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 SynopsisThis book focuses on the social psychological aspects of gay men’s lives and provides a cutting-edge examination of topics including sexual orientation, sexual behavior, identity, relationships, prejudice, and health. The Social Psychology of Gay Men forces us to re-think existing theory and research, much of which has taken heterosexuality for granted. With identity process theory at its heart, this book advocates a social psychology of gay men which incorporates three levels of analysis – the psychological, interpersonal and societal. The book promises not only a deeper understanding of gay men’s lives but also pathways for enhancing wellbeing, intergroup relations and equality in this key population. This illuminating and thought-provoking text is an invaluable resource not only for psychologists, but for students, scholars and practitioners working in the area of gay men’s life. Trade Review Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a feminist psychological analysis of contemporary resistance to sexual harassment in and around #MeToo. It explores how women’s assumed empowerment in postfeminist and neoliberal feminist discourses has shaped understandings of sexual harassment and social responses to it. This exploration is grounded in the trajectories of feminist activism and psychological theory about sexual harassment. Lazard addresses the gendered binary of female victims and male perpetrators in contemporary victim politics and the treatment of perpetrators within postfeminist and neoliberal frames. In doing so, the author unpacks the cultural conditions which support or deny who gets to speak and be heard in #MeToo politics. This book will be a valuable resource not only for scholars and students from within the psychological sciences and gender studies, but for the wider social sciences and anyone interested in the psychological grounding of the #MeToo movement.Trade Review“Lazard effectively demonstrates how entrenched assumptions around normative heterosexuality are, and how extensively neoliberal ideologies and intersecting power relations have shaped our understanding of sexual harassment and victimisation. Accordingly, readers are provided with effective conceptual tools with which to analyse the #MeToo movement and its impact on society. This book is a very welcome addition to the literature on sexual violence and feminist thought and deserves a place on every researcher’s bookshelf.” (Lois Catrin Donnelly, Feminism & Psychology, Vol. 32 (1), 2022)“This book would be of greatest interest to those who want to learn more about feminism, postfeminsm and neoliberal feminism and the approach of each to victimization.” (Renata Miljević-Riđički, International Journal of Emotional Education, Vol. 14 (1), June, 2022)Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction -#MeToo and feminismsChapter 2: Workplace Harassment, Hollywood’s Casting Couch and Neoliberalism Chapter 3: Women, Sexual Harassment and Victim Politics Chapter 4: The Sexual Harassment of Hollywood Men Chapter 5: Sexual Harassment and Sexual Predators in Neoliberal Times Chapter 6: Conclusion - Sexual Harassment and Speaking Rights

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Book SynopsisThis timely volume examines the ways in which queer and trans theory are supported by recent findings from psychological science. In it, Ella Ben Hagai and Eileen Zurbriggen explore foundational ideas from queer thought and transgender theory including the instability of gender, variation in sexualities, intersectional theory, and trans writers’ rejection of the “born in the wrong body” narrative. These key ideas are juxtaposed with innovative empirical psychological research on the fluidity of gender, the proliferation of sexual identities, and transgender affirming medical and psychological care. This book explains the history and politics of key ideas shaping the study of the psychology of gender and sexuality today. It also describes the ways that the queer and trans* revolutions have changed how psychologists understand gender, sexuality, and transgender identities. It will be especially helpful for readers interested in interdisciplinary scholarship.Table of ContentsPreface.-Chapter 1 Introduction: intersections between queer theory and psychological research .- Chapter 2.- The history of queer theory and activist politics.-Chapter 3 The variability of sexualities: intersections between queer theory and psychological research on sexuality- Chapter 4 The instability of gender identity: intersections between queer theory and psychological research on gender.- Chapter 5 Trans* as a space: intersections between transgender theory and psychological research on transgender identity written with Noel R.Lugo.- Chapter 6 Conclusion: cross-disciplinary research and queer solidarity.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction to feminist psychotherapy.- Chapter 2. Exploring mental health professionals’ conceptualizations of feminist therapy: A qualitative research study.-Chapter 3. Cultivating an intersectional stance in practice.- Chapter 4. Feminist therapy to address gender-based violence.- Chapter 5. Feminist therapy at the locus of the self.- Chapter 6. Feminist therapy at the locus of the body.- Chapter 7. Feminist therapy at the locus of intimate partner relationships.- Chapter 8. Feminist therapy at the locus of families.- Chapter 9. Feminist therapy at the locus of work and labour.- Chapter 10. Feminist therapy with men and masculinities.

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Book SynopsisGegenstand Motive bei der Integration von Geschlechtlichkeit und Sexualität bei adoleszenten Männern.- Die Integration von Geschlechtlichkeit und Sexualität.- Begriffsbestimmung  Integration von Sexualität.- Begriffsbestimmung Integration von Geschlechtlichkeit.- Das Konzept der Ko-Konstruktion von Entwicklungsaufgaben und das Entwicklungshandeln.-  Motive.- Forschungsmethoden.- Forschungsmethode Datenauswertung.- Ergebnisse.- Diskussion der Ergebnisse.

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