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Questioning Gender
A Sociological Exploration
Fourth Edition
- Robyn Ryle - Hanover College
July 2020 | 552 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Questioning Gender: A Sociological Exploration serves as a point-of-departure for productive conversations and questions about gender and as a resource for exploring answers to many of those questions. Rather than providing definitive answers, this book takes a global approach and aims to challenge students’ preconceptions about gender and to demonstrate how gender as a system creates and reinforces inequality. Author Robyn Ryle uses both historical and cross-cultural approaches to help students understand the socially constructed nature of gender. With a focus on contemporary topics, including the #MeToo movement, sexual harassment in the workplace, and the gender wage gap, students will be prompted to think critically about past, present, and future gender-related issues.
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Included with this title:
The password-protected Instructor Resource Site (formally known as SAGE Edge) offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides. Learn more.
Specific Areas of Interest
Preface to the Fourth Edition
About Questioning Gender
PART I. WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO ASK ABOUT GENDER?
Chapter 1. What Is Gender and Why Should We Care About It? Introducing Gender
Chapter 2. What’s the “Sociology” in the Sociology of Gender? Understanding Sociology and Gender
Chapter 3. How Do Disciplines Outside Sociology Study Gender? Some Additional Theoretical Approaches
PART II. HOW ARE OUR LIVES FILLED WITH GENDER?
Chapter 4. How Do We Learn Gender? Gender and Socialization
Chapter 5. How Does Gender Matter for Whom We Want and Desire? The Gender of Sexuality
Chapter 6. How Does Gender Impact the People You Spend Your Time With? The Gender of Friendship and Dating
Chapter 7. How Does Gender Matter for How We Think About Our Bodies? The Gender of Bodies and Health
PART III. HOW IS GENDER AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE WAY OUR SOCIETY WORKS?
Chapter 8. How Does Gender Impact the People We Live Our Lives With? The Gender of Marriage and Families
Chapter 9. How Does Gender Affect the Type of Work We Do and the Rewards We Receive for Our Work? The Gender of Work
Chapter 10. How Does Gender Affect What You Watch, What You Read, and What You Play? The Gender of Media and Popular Culture
Chapter 11. How Does Gender Help Determine Who Has Power and Who Doesn’t? The Gender of Politics and Power
Glossary
Index
About the Author
Supplements
Instructor Resource Site
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edge.sagepub.com/ryle4e
Online resources included with this text
The online resources for your text are available via the password-protected Instructor Resource Site, which offers access to all text-specific resources, including a test bank and editable, chapter-specific PowerPoint® slides.
“This textbook is straightforward and to the point. I love how the questions are included on different pages for students to use in face-to-face or online discussions. I enjoyed the Theory Alert! feature."
Bakersfield College
“The book is extremely comprehensive in its coverage of the area of gender and sexuality. Particularly, noteworthy is the amount of attention and discussion given to transgendered issues.”
Ryerson University & Wilfrid Laurier University
“A comprehensive overview of information, simple but effective explanation of concepts and interesting and relevant examples.”
County College of Morris
“Real strengths are its emphasis on masculinity, focus on sociological theory, and the examples.”
University of Northern Colorado
Great book with rich content and easy to follow for students readings!
Sociology, Kazakhstan Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research (KIMEP)
December 1, 2021
The text emphasized foundations for learning about gender better than any I read and used before. The inclusion of feminist theory made it comprehensive and accessible in relation to how gender is studied and researched. It is an important lens from which to discuss gender and to interrogate students' own precepts coming into the classroom. This is perfect for social sciences in general and supports sociological concepts that may not have been fully addressed in an introductory class.
Communications, Univ Of Connecticut-Stamford
October 27, 2021
