INST 205 – Perspectives on Women in Society
Table of Contents – Readings
Author
Title
Anderson Role of Women in the Media
Anzaldúa  Feminist Women of Color and Their Struggles Within Their Community
Ault & Sandberg Zambian Women
Bart and O’Brien  Stopping Rape:-Effective Avoidance Strategies
Benderly Rape Prone and Rape Free Cultures
Bernard & Schlaffer "The Man in the Street: Why He Harasses"
Caputi & Russell Violence Against Women
Chodorow Family Structure and Feminine Personality
Collins Social Construction of Black Feminist Thought
Connell Hegemonic Masculinity & Emphasized Femininity
Cunningham Barbie Doll Culture
Davis Racism and Class Inequality
Davis & Kennedy Study of the Buffalo Lesbian Community, 1940-1960
Dill Family and Child-rearing
Edin View of Public Welfare Recipients
Fausto & Sterling Women’s Reproductive Systems
Ferree The Two Germanies Since the Fall of Berlin Wall
Frye What Shapes Womens’ Experiences?
Gilligan  Study of Adolescent Girls
Giuffre Comments on Work
Glenn Servitude to Service Work
Gonzalez Westward Expansion
Gunn Allen Modern American Indian Women
Halchi & Reger Strangers -US and Britain
Heilbrun Learning to Read Fictional Representations of Gender Arrangements in Our Culture
Herman The Rape Culture (1989)
Hochschild Comments on Family – Second Shift
Honig Shanghai Sisterhoods
Jones Study of Black Female Tobacco Workers
Kessler Harris Wage Conceived
Leidner Social Construction of Gender at Workplace
Lewin What (Who) is a Lesbian Mother?
Lont Document History of Women’s Music
Lorber  Gender
Lorde Feminist Discussions
Love & Lindsey Politics of Breast Cancer
Martin & Hummer Fraternities at American Colleges as Rape-Prone Contexts
Pogrebin The Secret Fear That Keep Us From Raising Free Children
Reskin  Sex Differentiation
Rich  Lesbian Existence
Richardson Language We Speak
Rubin "The Approach-Avoidance Dance:Men, Women, & Intimacy"
Rupp "Imagine My Surprise: Women’s Relationships in Mid-Twentieth Century America"
Schaef  Women’s Reality and the White Male System
Schneider& Jenness AIDS Epidemic
Segura Motherhood: Chicana/Mexicana Perspective
Shapiro Power of Gender
Shaw Creation of NACW
Simonds Feminism
Solinger  Race and Value
Stacey  Social Protest & Feminist Movement
Taylor & Whitter New Feminist Movement
Tétreault  Rape as a War Crime
Thompson Eating Problems
Thorne Girls & Boys Together…But Mostly Apart
Tolmann Adolescence
Williams Hate Radio – What is the Message?
Yamato  Racism