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Includes bibliographical references

Part I. Status of Women Chapter 1: Transforming the Debate on Sexual Inequality: From Biological Difference to Institutionalized Androcentrism-- Sandra Lipsitz Bem Chapter 2: Who's In and Who's Out: The Results of Oppression--Ruth S. Ostenson Chapter 3: Global Connections: The Significance of Women's Poverty--Bernice Lott Chapter 4: Gender Dynamics in the Classroom--Susan Basow* Part II. Women's Bodies Chapter 5: Sweating It Out: The Good News and the Bad News about Women and Sport--Ruth L. Hall Chapter 6: Women, Weight, and Body Image--Christine A. Smith Chapter 7: The Intersexed and the Transgendered: Rethinking Sex/Gender--Carla Golden* Chapter 8: PMS as a Culture-Bound Syndrome--Joan C. Chrisler Chapter 9: Understanding Emotional Responses after Abortion--Nancy Felipe Russo Chapter 10: From Postpartum Depression to the Empty Nest Syndrome: The Motherhood Mystique Revisited-Ingrid Johnston-Robledo* Part III. Diversity of Women Chapter 11: Asian American Women and Adolescent Girls: Sexuality and Sexual Expression--Connie S. Chan Chapter 12: Life as a Lesbian: What Does Gender Have to Do with It?--Linda D. Garnets Chapter 13: Appreciating Cultural Difference: On Being an American Jewish Woman--Kayla Miriyam Weiner Chapter 14: Gender Issues among Latinas--Donna Castaneda Chapter 15: Beyond Double Jeopardy: Female, Biracial, and Perceived to Be Black--Angela R. Gillem Chapter 16: Developing an "Oppositional Gaze" Toward Images of Black Women--Carolyn M. West* Chapter 17: Crossing the Color Line in Women's Friendships--Suzanna Rose Part IV. Violence Against Women Chapter 18: Freedom from Fear of Rape: The Missing Link in Women's Freedom--Patricia D. Rozee Chapter 19: Women and Pornography: What We Don't Know Can Hurt Us--Britain A. Scott* Chapter 20: Battered Women: Why Don't They Just Leave?--Geraldine Butts Stahly Chapter 21: Sexual Harassment of College Students--Michele A. Paludi Part V. Women's Mental Health Chapter 22: The Politics and Psychology of False Memory Syndrome--Carolyn Zerbe Enns* Chapter 23: A Feminist Approach to Agoraphobia: Challenging Traditional Views of Women at Home--Maureen C. McHugh Chapter 24: Truly Codependent No More--Lynn H. Collins *Indicates new to this edition

This unique book is a collection of previously unpublished essays written for undergraduates by experienced teachers and leading experts in the field of Psychology of Women. These favorite lectures are designed as a reader to be paired with a Psychology of Women textbook. The lectures are written in an informal manner: the authors speak to students directly and on the student;s level and address questions that students often ask. The "lectures" cover key topics within the psychology of women course and the general women's studies curriculum. Some lectures describe the author;s personal experience; some present new data. All were prepared specifically for this book. Seven of the 24 lectures are new to this edition. The editors provide a preface addressed to both students and professors that explains how the book is intended to be used. The text also includes an introduction that discusses the philosophy and aims of feminist psychology, and how the book fits into that framework.