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Sex & gender : an introduction
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- Creator
- Hilary M. Lips
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Fourth edition
- Mountain View, Calif. : Mayfield Pub., [2001]
- ©2001
- Physical Details
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- xvii, 553 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780767416146, 0767416147
- OCLC
- ocm45048534
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Myths, theories, & research. Masculinity & femininity: myths & stereotypes -- Theoretical perspectives on sex & gender -- Researching sex & gender: exploring the whys & hows -- Behavior & experience: female-male similarities & differences. Worlds apart? Gender differences in social behavior & experience -- Biology & environment: the process of becoming female or male -- Perceptual & cognitive abilities: gender similarities & differences -- Sexual lives & orientations -- Hormonal & reproductive connections -- Mental & physical health: stress, change, & adaptations -- Sex & gender in social relationships. Sex & gender & childhood: constructing gender -- Family & friends: attachment, intimacy, & power -- Economic & political life: power, status, & achievement -- Issues in the workplace / by Hilary Lips and Nina Colwill -- Justice, equity, & social change