Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

by Emily Pain

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This textbook introduces key feminist concepts and frameworks of the interdisciplinary field of Women, Gender, and Sexualities Studies. It unpacks the social construction of gender and sexuality, questions categories of difference and inequality, explores how systems of power are perpetuated in social institutions, and describes how advocates have engaged in efforts to address these inequalities.

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Publisher
Grand Rapids Community College
Subjects
Social Sciences
Licence
CC BY 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. About This Book
  6. Licensing
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Licensing
  9. 1: Introduction to the Field
  10. 2: Identities and Other Terms
  11. 3: Variation in Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
  12. 4: Theorizing Lived Experience
  13. 5: Social Constructionism
  14. 6: Binary Systems
  15. 7: The Sex/Gender/Sexuality System
  16. 8: Sexualities
  17. 9: Systems of Power
  18. 10: Race
  19. 11: Class
  20. 12: Intersectionality
  21. 13: Masculinities and Femininities
  22. 14: Institutions, Culture, and Structures
  23. 15: Family
  24. 16: Media
  25. 17: Medicine
  26. 18: The State
  27. 19: The Welfare State
  28. 20: Work
  29. 21: The Global Economy
  30. 22: Gender and Sexual Violence
  31. 23: Social Movements, Part I
  32. 24: Social Movements, Part II
  33. 25: Social Movements, Part III
  34. References
  35. Back Matter
  36. Index
  37. Glossary
  38. Detailed Licensing