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Public and Private Families: An Introduction, 3/e
Andrew J. Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University

Gender and Families

Chapter Outline

Looking Forward

 

The Berdache

The Gestational Construction of Gender

Hormonal Influences

Biosocial Influences

Evolutionary Influences

The Childhood Construction of Gender

Parental Socialization

The Media

Early Peer Groups

Children's Preferences

Later Peer Groups

Unconscious Influences

The Continual Construction
of Gender

Gender and Male Domination

The Sex-Gender System

Gender, Class, and Race

Gender: The Male Point of View

The Contributions
of Gender Studies

Looking Back

Thinking about Families

Key Terms

Families on the Internet

Boxed Features

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