Gender & Society articles from June 1998

Gender & Society archives from June 1998

The limits of "the male sex role": an analysis of the men's liberation and men's rights movements' discourse.
June 1, 1998... Male liberation seeks to aid in destroying the sex role stereotypes that regard "being a man" and "being a woman" as statuses that must be achieved through proper behavior... If men cannot play freely, neither can they ...

The fighting spirit: women's self-defense training and the discourse of sexed embodiment.
June 1, 1998... INTRODUCTION: DOING DISCOURSE THEORY KICKING AND SCREAMING Before studying women's self-defense culture, my engagement with sexual assault education and prevention revolved around raising consciousness about the abused, violated, and...

The impact of male work environments and organizational policies on women's experiences of sexual harassment.
June 1, 1998... Since the first comprehensive analyses of sexual harassment over a decade and a half ago (Canadian Human Rights Commission [CHRC] 1983; U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board [USMSPB] 1981), researchers have developed an increasingly sophisticated...

Consequences of women's formal and informal job search methods for employment in female-dominated jobs.
June 1, 1998... Do men and women use different job search methods? What is the extent to which job search methods affect gender composition in the resulting job? One possible explanation for the predominance of women in female-dominated jobs is the job search...

Women above the glass ceiling: perceptions on corporate mobility and strategies for success.
June 1, 1998... In recent decades women have increasingly entered managerial and professional occupations. In 1994, 29 percent of all working women were employed in executive, managerial, or professional positions, which exceeded the comparable figure for men...

Gendered Situations, Gendered Selves: A Gender Lens on Social Psychology.
June 1, 1998... By Judith A. Howard and Jocelyn Hollander. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1997, 209 pp., $45.00 (cloth), $18.95 (paper). This volume, viewing social psychology through a gender lens, is part of the Sage Gender Lens Series intended to introduce...

Gender, Lineage, and Ethnicity in Southern Africa.
June 1, 1998... By Jean Davison. Boulder, CO: Westview, 1997, 276 pp., $63.00 (cloth), $19.95 (paper). With this book Davison makes a significant contribution to the literature by first carefully defining the concepts gender, lineage ideology, clan, and...

Lesbian Lifestyles: Women's Work and the Politics of Sexuality.
June 1, 1998... By Gillian A. Dunne. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997, 258 pp., $50.00 (cloth), $18.95 (paper). Sex and Sensibility and Lesbian Lifestyles are valuable contributions to the growing research literature on lesbians. Specifically,...

Sex and Sensibility: Stories of a Lesbian Generation.
June 1, 1998... By Arlene Stein. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997, 266 pp., $45.00 (cloth), $16.95 (paper). Sex and Sensibility and Lesbian Lifestyles are valuable contributions to the growing research literature on lesbians. Specifically,...

White Lies: Race, Class, Gender, ans Sexuality in White Supremacist Discourse.
June 1, 1998... By Jessie Daniels. New York: Routledge, 1997, 171 pp., $55.00 (cloth), $15.95 (paper). At a recent sociology conference, I was asked why I study white supremacists. I answered that white supremacists teach us a great deal about American...

Women's Health Complexities and Differences.
June 1, 1998... Edited by Sheryl Burt Ruzek, Virginia L. Olesen, and Adele E. Clarke. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1997, $49.95 (cloth), $19.95 (paper). This book is an edited collection, organized in seven sections. The organization and emphases...

Perspectives in Mexican American Studies: Mexican American Women Changing Images.
June 1, 1998... Edited by Juan R. Garcia. Vol. 5. Tucson: University of Arizona Mexican American Studies & Research Center, 1995, 195 pp., $15.00 (paper). Perspectives in Mexican American Studies focuses on often overlooked sites where Chicanas and...

Machos, Mistresses, Madonnas: Contesting the Power of Latin American Gender Imagery.
June 1, 1998... Edited by Marit Melhuus and Kristianne Stolen. Critical Studies in Latin American and Iberian Cultures. London: Verso, 1996, 272 pp., $19.00 (paper). Perspectives in Mexican American Studies focuses on often overlooked sites where Chicanas...