Kessler and McKenna convincingly argue that gender is not a reflection of biological reality but rather a social construct that varies across cultures. Valuable for its insights into gender, its extensive treatment of transsexualism, and its ethnomethodological approach, Gender reviews and critiques data from biology, anthropology, sociology, and psychology.
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Suzanne J. Kessler is professor of psychology at the State University of New York, Purchase. Wendy McKenna is an adjunct associate professor of psychology at Barnard College.
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gender attribution process, egg cell carriers, sperm cell carriers, female gender attributions, children without penises, secondary gender characteristics, gender chromosomes, genital attribution, attributing gender, berdache phenomenon, overlay study, incorrigible propositions, genital awareness, pubertal hormones, female cues, gender hormones, gender cues, prenatal androgens, prenatal hormones, external reproductive organs, seeing gender, gender role behaviors, gender assignment, constructing gender, female gender identity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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gender attribution process, egg cell carriers, sperm cell carriers, female gender attributions, children without penises, secondary gender characteristics, gender chromosomes, genital attribution, attributing gender, berdache phenomenon, overlay study, incorrigible propositions, genital awareness, pubertal hormones, female cues, gender hormones, gender cues, prenatal androgens, prenatal hormones, external reproductive organs, seeing gender, gender role behaviors, gender assignment, constructing gender, female gender identity Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Social Psychology (Hodder Arnold Publication) by Donald C. Pennington in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Philosophical Investigations (3rd Edition) by Ludwig Wittgenstein in Back Matter
- Anthropological Research: The Structure of Inquiry by Pertti J. Pelto in Back Matter
- The Crow Indians (Second Edition) by Robert H. Lowie in Back Matter
- Social Psychology in the '90s by Kay Deaux in Back Matter
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