Taking sides. Clashing views in gender / Clashing views in gender. Gender. selected, edited, and with introductions by Jacquelyn W. White. - 4th ed. - New York : McGraw-Hill, c2009. - xxxii, 380 p. ; 24 cm. - Taking sides. .

Is anatomy destiny -- Is gender identity innate? -- Do sex differences in careers and mathematics and sciences have a biological basis? -- Are women and men more similar than different? -- Are different patterns of communication in women and men innately determined? -- Are the fight-or-flight and tend-and-befriend responses to stress gender-based? -- Are expressions of aggression related to gender? -- Gender symmetry : do women and men commit equal levels of violence against intimate partners -- Does pornography reduce the incidence of rape? -- Should same-sex couples be able to marry? -- Can lesbian and gay couples be appropriate parents for children? -- Are fathers essential for children's well-being? -- Is fetal sex selection harmful to society? -- Does the "mommy track" (part-time work) improve wmen's lives? -- Can social policies improve gender inequalities in the workplace? -- Is the gender wage gap justified? -- Are barriers to women's success as leaders due to societal obstacles? -- Is female circumcision universally wrong? -- Should "abstinence-until-marriage" be the only messge to teens? -- Can women's sexuality be free from traditional gender constraints?

ISBN: 9780073515298 0073515299

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Gender identity.
Sex (Psychology)
Sex differences.

Dewey Class. No.: 306.7