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Thinking About Women, 11th edition

Published by Pearson (April 18, 2019) © 2020

  • Margaret Andersen

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For courses in Sociology of Gender and Sociology of Women.

An interdisciplinary look at women and gender issues

Thinking about Women: Sociological Perspectives on Sex and Gender introduces students to gender and how it operates in society. Author Margaret Andersen provides a clear-headed assessment of how the lives of both women and men have changed over the years. The text explores the social construct of gender, including how it intersects with other social factors: race, class, sexuality, age, religion, nationality and others.

The 11th Edition focuses on gender in major social institutions, including the economy and the criminal justice system.

Hallmark features of this title

  • Discussions of gender intersectionality regarding race, class and more highlight that gender is not experienced in isolation.
  • History Speaks boxed features present historic feminists and their key ideas, and prompt students to apply these ideas to modern issues.
  • Discussion Questions/Projects for Thought are included in every chapter, for in-class learning projects and research assignment prompts.
  • Thinking Further boxed features prompt students to view content in new ways and to think about what insights can be found.
  • Focus on Research boxed features highlight research relating to the content, giving students an understanding of real-life applications.
  • Media Matters boxed features draw students' attention to gender issues and their media portrayal.

New and updated features of this title

  • UPDATED: The text has been revised throughout to better encourage readers to reflect on how gender in society has changed, particularly in light of the reawakening of feminist activism.
    • Photos throughout the text have been updated and replaced to keep current for modern students.
    • Graphic features throughout the text have been updated to appeal to today's generation of visual learners.
    • Graphics features which include data have been updated with the most up-to-date information available.
    • Current and timely research and scholarship have been included throughout the text to shed light on new thinking and discoveries.

PART I: INTRODUCTION

  1. Studying Women: Why Gender Still Matters

PART II: GENDER, SOCIETY, AND SEX

  1. The Social Construction of Gender
  2. Gender, Culture, and the Media
  3. Sexuality and Intimate Relationships

PART III: GENDER AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS

  1. Gender, Work, and the Economy
  2. Gender and Families
  3. Women, Health, and Reproduction
  4. Women and Religion
  5. Women, Crime, and Violence
  6. Gender, Education, and Science
  7. Women, Power, and Politics

PART IV: GENDER AND SOCIAL CHANGE: FRAMEWORKS OF FEMINISM

  1. Liberal Feminism and Social Reform
  2. Contemporary Frameworks in Feminist Theory

About our author

Margaret L. Andersen is the Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Delaware. She is the author of several books, including Race in Society: The Continuing American Dilemma; On Land and On Sea: Women in the Rosenfeld Collection; Living Art: The Life of Paul R. Jones, African American Art Collector and Sociology: The Essentials with coauthor Howard F. Taylor. She has also edited 3 best-selling anthologies: Race, Class, and Gender with coeditor Patricia Hill Collins; Race and Ethnicity in U.S. Society: The Changing Landscape with coeditor Elizabeth Higginbotham and Understanding Society: Readings in Sociology with coeditors Kim Logio and Howard F. Taylor.

She is the former vice president of the American Sociological Association and past-president of the Eastern Sociological Society. Andersen is a recipient of the Jessie Bernard Award given annually by the American Sociological Association for scholarship widening the horizons of sociology to include women, as well as the Robin M. Williams Lecture Award and the Merit Award from the Eastern Sociological Society. She also received the 2004 Sociologists for Women (SWS) Feminist Lecturer Award, given annually to someone in the nation whose work benefits women. Andersen serves on the National Advisory Board of Stanford University's Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and as a faculty coach for the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity Faculty Success Program. She has won 2 teaching awards from the University of Delaware and recently received an Honorary Degree from the University of Delaware in recognition of her many contributions to scholarship, teaching and university service.

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