Selection of over 140 readings in women's studies in fourteen sections: feminist social theory: psychological and psychoanalytic theory: cross-cultural and historical perspectives on women's lives: education and work: marriage and motherhood: sexuality: the law: crime and deviance: politics and the state: science, medicine and reproductive technology: language and gender: feminist literary criticism: representations of women in the media.
Compilation of chapters on various aspects of gender role development and cultural issues, such as a Latin American perspective, mental health, teacher socialization of girls and boys, verbal and non-verbal communication skills, voting patterns, sexual violence, the role of shame, the gender wage-gap, gender-based relationships, and parents' communication of masculinity and femininity to their children.