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

Gender and Families

Preview Questions

The following questions will be addressed in this chapter.

1.

How might biological influences affect the behavior of women and men?

2.

How do sociologists distinguish between the concepts of "sex" and "gender"?

3.

How do children learn the gender roles of women and men?

4.

How does everyday life reinforce gender differences?

5.

Are gender differences built into the structure of society?

6.

What have been the contributions of gender studies to our understanding of the family?