Whether in the home or in the public arenas of media, work, sports, politics, art or religion, women often become embroiled as subjects in the political, social, and cultural debates in America. People on all areas of the political landscape see women in diverse and conflicting ways—as either too liberated or not liberated enough, or whether and how gender and sexual roles are rooted in either biology or culture. Battleground: Women, Gender, and Sexuality helps readers navigate contemporary issues and debates pertaining to women's lives in the United States and globally. This work examines how science and culture intertwine to influence how we think about our identities, desires, relationships, and societal roles today.Battleground: Women, Gender, and Sexuality comprises lengthy, in-depth discussions of the most timely issues that are debated in today's culture, such as, birth control, comparable worth, disability and gender, glass ceiling, immigration, plastic surgery, tattooing, and piercing, same-sex marriage, and sexual assault and sexual harrassment Each essay provides a balanced overview of these hot-button topics, and a list of works for Further Reading after each entry serves as a stepping-stone to more in-depth material for students who are writing papers or researching reports.
Author(s): Amy Lind, Stephanie Brzuzy
Series: Battleground Series'', 1 & 2
Publisher: Greenwood
Year: 2007
Language: English
Commentary: 1
Pages: 682
Guide to Related Topics......Page 9
Preface......Page 13
Entries:......Page 5
Abortion......Page 21
Affirmative Action......Page 29
Aging......Page 36
Barbie and the Feminine Ideal of Beauty......Page 43
Beauty Industry......Page 49
Beauty Pageants......Page 51
Birth Control......Page 58
Birthing Practices......Page 65
Bisexuality......Page 74
Breast Cancer......Page 80
Breastfeeding......Page 83
Child Custody and Parental Rights......Page 87
Child Sexual Abuse......Page 93
Childcare......Page 100
Colonialism and Imperialism......Page 107
Comparable Worth......Page 117
Crime and Criminalization......Page 119
Depression......Page 129
Digital Technologies......Page 131
Disability and Gender......Page 134
Disability and Sexuality......Page 144
Eating Disorders......Page 147
Education......Page 154
Environmental Justice......Page 163
Equal Rights Amendment......Page 170
Family Values......Page 173
Fatherhood Initiatives......Page 179
Female Sexuality and Dysfunction......Page 185
Femininities and Masculinities......Page 192
Feminist Art Practices......Page 201
Feminization of Poverty......Page 208
Fetal Rights......Page 214
Fibromyalgia......Page 220
Gender and Globalization: Free Trade Zones......Page 223
Gender and Globalization: Trends and Debates......Page 226
Gender and International Development......Page 238
Gender Identity Disorder......Page 245
Gender Socialization......Page 247
Glass Ceiling......Page 253
Heterosexism and Homophobia......Page 257
HIV/AIDS......Page 265
Homosexual Reparative Therapy......Page 268
Human Rights: International Laws and Policies......Page 271
Immigration: Laws and Policies Concerning Entry into the United States......Page 279
Intersexuality......Page 287
Intimate Partner Violence......Page 293
Kinsey Scale of Sexual Behavior......Page 301
Leftist Armed Struggle......Page 309
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Movements......Page 311
Lesbians and Gays in the Military......Page 319
Mail-Order Brides......Page 327
Media Images of Women: Advertising......Page 333
Media Images of Women: Music......Page 340
Media Images of Women: Television and Film......Page 347
Medicine and Medicalization: Views on Women’s Bodies......Page 354
Menstruation and Menopause......Page 365
Mental Health: Gender Biases in Diagnoses of Women......Page 371
Mexican Female Migrants......Page 378
Militarized Prostitution......Page 385
Military History......Page 387
Nationalism......Page 395
Nature versus Nurture......Page 401
Plastic Surgery, Tattooing, and Piercing......Page 409
Political Parties......Page 415
Politics and Political Ideologies: Leftist Women......Page 422
Politics and Political Ideologies: Right-Wing Women......Page 429
Polygamy......Page 435
Population Policy......Page 441
Pornography......Page 448
Postfeminism......Page 455
Postmodernist and Poststructuralist Feminisms......Page 462
Queer......Page 469
Race and Racism: Social Stratification in the United States......Page 481
Race and Racism: Whiteness and White Supremacy......Page 488
Religion......Page 495
Religious Fundamentalism......Page 507
Right-Wing Women’s Movements......Page 514
Sadomasochism, Domination, and Submission......Page 523
Same-Sex Marriage......Page 525
Second and Third Wave Feminisms......Page 532
Self-Injury and Body Image......Page 541
Sex Reassignment Surgery......Page 547
Sex Trafficking......Page 550
Sex versus Gender......Page 553
Sex Work......Page 560
Sexism in Language......Page 570
Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment......Page 576
Sexual Identity and Orientation......Page 583
Sexual Orientation and the Law......Page 593
Sports: Professional......Page 599
Terrorism and National Security......Page 607
Third Genders......Page 613
Third World and Women of Color Feminisms......Page 616
Title IX and Women’s Sports......Page 627
Transgender and Transsexual Identities......Page 630
Welfare Reform......Page 641
Work: Paid versus Unpaid......Page 647
Bibliography......Page 655
About the Editors and Contributors......Page 659
Index......Page 665
