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Mujer, esposa, madre, a cargo de las tareas domésticas. Hombre, sostén del hogar, trabajador de tiempo completo fuera de su casa. En la intimidad, la diosa sexy y el macho siempre dispuesto. En pleno siglo XXI, atravesamos una época de cambios en la que muchos estereotipos sobre los géneros y la sexualidad parecen en entredicho. Sin embargo, lejos de haberse evaporado, siguen ahí: se activan cada vez que algo no encaja con nuestras ideas de "lo...
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This collection represents years of struggle in both transgender, gender variant, and queer liberation movements, and the movement against the prison industrial complex. The first of its kind, not simply a bridge, but a space for discourse about the linkages between these struggles. A vital look at how gender and sexuality are lived under the crushing weight of corporal captivity.
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From dour old women to buzzkills who can't take a joke, the stereotype of the humorless feminist has repeatedly been deployed to derail and delegitimize the women's rights movement. This collection skips the tired debates that ask whether feminists can be funny, we know the answer to this already to, instead investigate contemporary expressions and functions of humor within international feminist movements and communities. This interdisciplinary volume...
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Brill, who largely introduced psychoanalysis to America, published in volume in 1921. Drawn from his lectures, but designed for the general reader and student, the book employs straightforward prose to cover subjects such as the cathartic method, the psychology of forgetting, wit, dreams and their types, insanity, the only child, fairy tales, art, and the psychopathology of everyday life.
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Written by a social worker, popular educator, and transgender man, this well-rounded resource combines an accessible portrait of transgenderism with a rich history of transgender life and unique experiences of discrimination. The first guide to treat transgenderism as a distinct topic of study, this text moves beyond mere anecdote and recommendations for clinical practice to legitimatize transgenderism in society and culture. Chapters introduce transgenderism...
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A discussion of pop culture messages about masculinity, their impact on boys, and the benefits of introducing more gender balance to boys lives.When most people think about gender stereotypes and children, they envision princesses, dolls, and pink clothing. Few consider the warriors, muscle-bound action figures, and T-shirts covered in graffiti and skulls that are assumed to signify masculinity. The pop culture environment that surrounds boys introduces...
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This accessible guide provides readers with an introduction to the key concepts and main developments in gender studies. Presenting definitions, explanations and policy implications through discussion of case studies, this book shows how gender intersects with different dimensions of diversity and demonstrates the connections between sex and gender. Using a range of pedagogical features and highlighting the importance of gender in the contemporary...
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Despite economic growth, decreasing fertility rates, and rising education levels, women in Asia are on average 70% less likely than men to be in the labor force, with the country-to-country percentage varying anywhere from 3% to 80%. Results of a new simulation model suggest that closing the gender gap could generate a 30% increase in the per capita income of a hypothetical average Asian economy in one generation. This report discusses the reasons...
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El libro Las mujeres-espera de la migracin indgena en Nayarit rescata nuevas situaciones e intersecciones de los movimientos de personas en la bsqueda por abrir horizontes entre sujetos olvidados en las sociedades actuales: mujeres indgenas de comunidades de la montaa, mujeres que paciente o impacientemente esperan a quienes se fueron: padres, esposos, hermanos o hijos. Mujeres que sostienen en vilo la esperanza mientras sus hombres intentan empujar...
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Ser mujer negra, lesbiana, gitana, transgénero o diversa funcional implica que el cuerpo sea sometido mediante políticas de intervención social. Estas técnicas nos agreden, pero también nos silencian. Nuestro dolor, físico o mental, se banaliza, se convierte en quejas sin fundamento, en aquello que llaman cuentitis. Por eso, ya no solo la rebelión, la performatividad o la disidencia ha de ser nuestra única forma de lucha al respecto de la...
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La ideología de género tiene tantos defensores como detractores. ¿Qué es y cómo se define? ¿Es dañina cuanto más se fija en cuestiones ideológicas que biológicas? ¿Qué pesa más en la construcción sexual de un ser humano, lo biológico o lo social?
El objetivo fundamental de este libro es desenmascarar la "Ideología de Género", como una seudo teoría científica, y producto de un experimento de desconstrucción social e identificar...
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Este estudio, riguroso y audaz, hace balance de las cristologías feministas y de sus principales modelos; al mismo tiempo, se adentra en terrenos inexplorados, ofreciendo hipótesis innovadoras. Este doble enfoque evita dos riesgos: la ingenuidad de escribir sobre el tema como si se fuera el primero en hacerlo y, por otro lado, el agotamiento en reconstrucciones y bibliografías como si no se pudiera avanzar ni un paso más. Las dos autoras, trabajando...
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As new forms of family and "non-traditional" families grow in number, there is a need to understand these 'new' arrangements and models of parenthood. This ground-breaking book discusses, using a comparative and a sociological perspective, examples of the relationship between changing gender identities and processes of family formation in the Western experience. It aims to show that, in the 21st century, it is possible to form a family without sex,...
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Women's economic empowerment is essential for more inclusive growth in Cambodia. This study takes stock of major gender issues in the Cambodian economy seen through the lens of women's participation, benefit, and agency---the three prerequisites for a fairer distribution of growth benefits. It examines labor market trends and obstacles to women's economic empowerment---particularly in agriculture, business development, and wage employment. Labor migration...
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This anthology takes an international and cross-cultural approach to discussions about friendship by curating a set of diverse contributions situated in a transnational context. These interdisciplinary contributions take friendship seriously as a subject of feminist and legal study and hone in specifically on polyamory, polygamy, and Platonic affinities, considering the sexual and non-sexual ties of affect and affinity that link a diverse range of...
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This is a book about speech and the silencing of speech; about who gets to speak and who does not; about who is listened to and who is ignored. In this down-to-earth analysis of the democratic principle of freedom of speech, Betty McLellan insists that, if this prized democratic principle is to have any continuing credibility, free speech must be free for all. Written from the perspective of feminist ethics, Unspeakable focuses on how women are silenced...
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Mead's anthropological examination of seven Pacific island tribes analyzes the dynamics of primitive cultures to explore the evolving meaning of "male" and "female" in modern American society. On its publication in 1949, the New York Times declared, "Dr. Mead's book has come to grips with the cold war between the sexes and has shown the basis of a lasting sexual peace." This edition, prepared for the centennial of Mead's birth, features introductions...
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