Sex and Gender
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Sex and Gender

A Contemporary Reader

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eBook - ePub

Sex and Gender

A Contemporary Reader

About this book

Sex and Gender: A Contemporary Reader is a much-needed exploration of the relationship between sex, gender and gender identity. Its multidisciplinary approach provides fascinating perspectives from the sciences, social sciences and humanities, as well as biology, neuroscience, medicine, law, sociology and English literature. The 15 chapters are original contributions, authored by scholars who are leaders in their respective fields.

This thought-provoking collection offers significant methodological, theoretical and empirical insights into one of the most fraught debates in contemporary politics and academia. It provides a broad-ranging introduction to the issues central to questions about how and why sex matters from a range of disciplinary perspectives, drawing out the social, political and legal implications.

Questions addressed include:

  • Is sex binary?
  • What is a woman?
  • Why do we need data on sex?

Also discussed are topics widely debated today such as sports, feminism, sex and inequality, sex-based rights, puberty suppression, criminal justice and gender dysphoria.

Sex and Gender: A Contemporary Reader is a timely introduction to contemporary debates on sex and gender. It is an accessible text for both general readers and for students of gender issues across a wide range of disciplines including sociology, education, history, philosophy and gender studies.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781032261201
eBook ISBN
9781000900767
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Gender Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Half Title
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Notes on Contributors
  8. 1 Introduction
  9. 2 Two Sexes
  10. 3 Sex and the Brain: I Still Haven’t Found What I Wasn’t Looking For
  11. 4 Is Womanhood a Social Fact?
  12. 5 The History of Sex: Sex Denial and Gender Identity Ideology
  13. 6 Sex and Gender in Second-Wave Feminism
  14. 7 Why Do We Need Data on Sex?
  15. 8 Sex and Gender in Law
  16. 9 Sex, Gender, and Equality in the United States: Confusion, Conflict, and Consequences
  17. 10 Psychosocial Factors and Gender Dysphoria: Emerging Theories
  18. 11 The Technology of Puberty Suppression
  19. 12 Schools, Feminism and Gender-Identity Theory
  20. 13 The Children Who Wouldn’t Grow Up: Gender in Children’s Literature Over Fifty Years
  21. 14 Sex, Gender Identity and Sport
  22. 15 Sex, Gender, Identity and Criminology
  23. Index