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Sex and Gender: A Reference Handbook is a single-volume book that introduces a variety of personal, social, political, and ethical issues of concern to every young adult in the United States today. Written in a style that is accessible and engaging for student readers and researchers, this book examines subjects that are rarely discussed for readers of this age group, providing authoritative information on topics such as gender roles, gender development, and gender inequality; body image; sexual differentiation in humans; the range of human affectional expression; sex education; and LGBT discrimination.
Readers of this reference book will examine a number of important current issues relating to sex and gender, such as transgenderism, gender dysphoria, same-sex attraction, the development of gender roles, the changing perspectives on these topics, and other controversial and unresolved issues in American society today. The book also includes a Data and Documents chapter that contains laws, courts cases, and other primary documents that relate to current issues involving sex and gender.
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Release date
May 12, 2017 -
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9798216143819
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- ISBN: 9798216143819
- File size: 3288 KB
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Languages
- English
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September 15, 2017
Newton's overviews of historical, biological, developmental, legal, medical, and societal issues illustrate the complexity of today's vexed public debates about the very personal matters of sex and gender. Clarifying the distinctions between the two, he summarizes historical roots and the state of contemporary knowledge of this broad topic, giving relatively extended discussion to gender development, transgenderism, gender roles, and affectional orientation. Bibliographies, first-person narratives, selected documents on legal matters, and profiles of significant individuals and organizations complement brief summaries of such topics as body image, LGBT discrimination, sex education, and gender inequality. Discussions of gender dysphoria and transgenderism implicitly conflate them with transsexualism, ignoringperhaps in deference to DSM definitionsthose who consider themselves transgendered but definitely not transsexual (e.g., male-to-female crossdressers). Aside from that, Newton offers a good introduction to issues much discussed in the public arena but not always well understood by discussants.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2017, American Library Association.)
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