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• Gender in Transition: A Brave New World?.- I • Gender in Transition: The Androgynous Zone.- 1 • That Old Black Magic of Femininity: Then and Now.- 2 • From John Wayne to Tootsie: The Masculine Struggle with Psychological Integration.- 3 • Preparation for Fatherhood: Dreams of Transition.- 4 • Gender Stereotypes: A New Egalitarian Couple Emerges.- 5 • New Parents in a Changing World: Existential and Interpersonal Dilemmas.- II • New Reproductive Technologies: From Test Tubes to Surrogates.- 6 • A Psychoanalytic Case Study: Infertility, in Vitro Fertilization, and Countertransference.- 7 • Paternity by Proxy: Artificial Insemination with Donor Sperm.- 8 • Psychological Implications of the Anonymous Pregnancy.- 9 • Who Becomes a Surrogate: Personality Characteristics.- 10 • Contemporary Adoption: A Cooperative Enterprise.- 11 • Artificial Insemination by Donor: Yours, Mine, or Theirs?.- 12 • Infertility and the New Reproductive Technologies: Speculations from a Psychodynamic Perspective.- 13 • Amniocentesis: The Experience of Invasion and the Ambivalence of Foreknowledge.- 14 • Gender Selection and Society.- 15 • Woman’s Shifting Sense of Self: The Impact of Reproductive Technology.- III • The 21st Century: Futuristic Patterns, Concerns, and Issues.- 16 • Divided Loyalties: Ongoing Reactions to Baby M.- 17 • Feminist Tensions: Concepts of Motherhood and Reproductive Choice.- 18 • On Surrogacy: Constructing Social Policy.- 19 • The Terror of Surrogate Motherhood: Fantasies, Realities, and Viable Legislation.- 20 • Lesbian Parenting: A Personal Odyssey.- 21 • Bearing the Unbearable: The Psychological Impact of AIDS.- 22 • Toward a Sense of Immortality: Case Studies of Voluntarily Childless Couples.- 23 • 21st Century:Changing Concepts of Masculinity and Femininity.- Overview • Reflections.