Thinking About Women: Sociological Perspectives on Sex and Gender (8th Edition)

Thinking about Women introducesreaders to how gender operates in societyinfluencing women’s and men’s self-concepts, relationships with others, life opportunities, and experiences of inequality.

This text examines howgender and the differences it makes still permeate women’s and men’s lives. Also, the text discusses how gender is socially constructed—that is, formed through early learning patterns that are continuously reinforced throughout all social institutions. Also, the textshows howgender intersects with other social factors, especially race and class, but also sexual orientation, age, religion, and nationality, among others.