Table of Contents

Introduction - Myra Marx Ferree and Beth B Hess
PART ONE: GENDER AND IDEOLOGY
Evolutionary Perspectives on Gender Hierarchy - Christine Ward Gailey
Science, Sexual Difference, and Feminism - Janet Sayers
Thinking About Gender - Kay Deaux and Mary E Kite
PART TWO: SOCIAL CONTROL OF FEMALE SEXUALITY
Female Sexuality - Beth E Schneider and Meredith Gould
Looking Back Into the Future
Reproduction - Barbara Katz Rothman
Sexual Terrrorism - Carole J Sheffield
The Social Control of Women
Popular Culture and the Portrayal of Women - Muriel G Cantor
Content and Control
PART THREE: GENDER STRATIFICATION
Gender, Work, and World Capitalism - Susan Tiano
Third World Women′s Role in Development
Gender and the GNP - Penelope Ciancanelli and Bettina Berch
Dual Spheres - Christine E Bose
Gender Inequality in Paid Employment - Paula England and Lori McCreary
PART FOUR: GENDERED WORLDS
She Works Hard for a Living - Myra Marx Ferree
Gender and Class on the Job
Reconstructing the Family - Evelyn Nakano Glenn
Contemporary Family Roles in Life Course Perspective - Helena Z Lopata
Women and Religion - Sheila Briggs
The Women′s Health Movement - Mary K Zimmerman
A Critique of Medical Enterprise and the Position of Women
PART FIVE: GENDER AND THE STATE
Feminist Legal Strategies - Ava Baron
The Powers of Difference
Gender and Political Life - Irene Diamond and Martha Ackelsberg
New Directions in Political Science
Feminist Thinking About War, Militarism, and Peace - Cynthia H Enloe