Just as every society has an economic and political structure, so too every society has a gender structure. Barbara Risman's original research on single fathers, married baby boom mothers, and heterosexual egalitarian couples and their children, reported in this intriguing book, weaves together qualitative and quantitative data from surveys, interviews, and observation. Risman shows how gender as a social structure affects individuals, organizes expectations attached to social positions, and becomes an integral part of social institutions. She provides empirical evidence that human beings are...
Just as every society has an economic and political structure, so too every society has a gender structure. Barbara Risman's original research on sing...
A collection of essays by feminist scholars on feminist sociology, reflecting the cultural and historical context in which feminist scholarship has taken place.
A collection of essays by feminist scholars on feminist sociology, reflecting the cultural and historical context in which feminist scholarship has ta...
