- Esther R.Greenglass // A world of difference
Gender Roles in Perspective
From making love to doing math, gender roles affect us in everything we do. The differences between men and women, though they have always existed, have never been fully accepted or understood. For centuries, human development has been hampered by restrictive definitions of masculinity and femininity. In this sensitive and penetrating analysis, Dr Greenglass examines gender roles from a feminist perspective, probing their origins and revealing their social and psychological implications. Who is more intelligent? Who is more romantic? How has liberated sex affected women and men? To what extent are differences a function of biology? In answering these questions, the author integrates the most recent psychological and sociological statistics with a vast body of clinical and scholarly research. Among the topics covered are contraceptive use, abortion, cognitive ability, the effect of media on children's gender-role development and androgyny as a model of psychological adjustment.