Feminism and Women's Rights Worldwide 3 volumes : Three Volumes (Women's Psychology)

864 Pages·2009·3.02 MB·English

by  Michele A. Paludi

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Feminism and Women’s
Rights Worldwide
RecentTitlesin
Women’sPsychology
‘‘Intimate’’ViolenceagainstWomen:WhenSpouses,Partners,orLoversAttack
PaulaK.Lundberg-LoveandShellyL.Marmion,editors
DaughtersofMadness:GrowingUpandOlderwithaMentallyIllMother
SusanNathiel
PsychologyofWomen:HandbookofIssuesandTheories,SecondEdition
FlorenceL.DenmarkandMichelePaludi,editors
WomanSoul:TheInnerLifeofWomen’sSpirituality
CaroleA.RayburnandLillianComas-Diaz,editors
The Psychology of Women at Work: Challenges and Solutions for Our Female
Workforce
MicheleA.Paludi,editor
Feminism and Women’s
Rights Worldwide
Volume 1
Heritage, Roles, and Issues
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Feminism andwomen’srights worldwide /MicheleA. Paludi, editor.
v.;cm. —(Women’s psychology)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: The mythofthe man-hating feminist/Melinda Kanner and
KristinJ.Anderson —Genderdifferences : thearguments regarding abilities /
Jennifer L.Martin —Womenineducation : studentsand professorsworldwide
/SusanBasow —In women’svoices /Samantha Smith—Working life asa
house:a tale offloors,walls, andceilings /LeanneFaraday-Brash —Women
asreligious leaders: advancesandstalemates /J.Harold Ellens —The
feminine political persona:Queen Victoria, EllenJohnson Sirleaf, and Michelle
Bachelet/EmilyA.HaddadandWilliamSchweinle—Womeninthemilitary:is
it time to un-gender combat roles? / Breena E. Coates — Sexual minority
women : sources and outcomes of stigmatization / Rhonda M. Schultz, and
Kristin P. Beals — Special issues for women with disabilities / Martha E.
Banks — Body dissatisfaction and disordered eating : the globalization of
western appearance ideals / Jaehee Jung and Gordon B. Forbes — Sexual
violence to girls and women in schools around the world / Susan Strauss.
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Contents
SeriesIntroduction ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction
MicheleA.Paludi xiii
Chapter1: TheMythoftheMan-HatingFeminist
MelindaKannerandKristinJ.Anderson 1
Chapter2: GenderDifferences:TheArgumentsRegardingAbilities
JenniferL.Martin 27
Chapter3: WomeninEducation:StudentsandProfessors
Worldwide
SusanBasow 43
Chapter4: InWomen’sVoices
SamanthaSmith 63
Chapter5: WorkingLifeasaHouse:ATaleofFloors,Walls,and
Ceilings
LeanneFaraday-Brash 65
Chapter6: WomenasReligiousLeaders:AdvancesandStalemates
J.HaroldEllens 85
Chapter7: TheFemininePoliticalPersona:QueenVictoria,Ellen
JohnsonSirleaf,andMichelleBachelet
EmilyA.HaddadandWilliamSchweinle 97
Chapter8: WomenintheMilitary:IsItTimetoUn-GenderCombat
Roles?
BreenaE.Coates 111
viii Contents
Chapter9: SexualMinorityWomen:SourcesandOutcomes
ofStigmatization
RhondaM.SchultzandKristinP.Beals 125
Chapter10: SpecialIssuesforWomenwithDisabilities
MarthaE.Banks 149
Chapter11: BodyDissatisfactionandDisorderedEating:The
GlobalizationofWesternAppearanceIdeals
JaeheeJungandGordonB.Forbes 161
Chapter12: SexualViolencetoGirlsandWomeninSchools
aroundtheWorld
SusanStrauss 187
Appendix: Women’sStudiesProgramsintheUnitedStates
MicheleA.Paludi 233
AbouttheEditorandContributors 249
Index 255