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By: Mirra Komarovsky

ISBN: 9780759107304
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2004
Publisher: AltaMira Press
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Examines the impact on masculinity of the women's movement. This book is informed by research carried out during 1969-1970. It offers insight into the early impact of the women's movement on college-aged men.


(Paperback)

By: Mirra Komarovsky

ISBN: 9780759107328
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2004
Publisher: AltaMira Press
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Noted sociologist and feminist Mirra Komarovsky interviewed 59 families between 1935-36 to study man's role as economic provider. The result is an unprecedented study of masculinity and depression and the effect of social institutions on the individual.


(Paperback)

By: Mirra Komarovsky

ISBN: 9780759107267
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2004
Publisher: AltaMira Press
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In Women In College, Mirra Komarovsky followed her groundbreaking works on gender roles to focus on the essentialist debate. Komarovsky interviewed post-WWII generation female students about their feelings about gender inequality and domesticity. She makes a strong case for the role of society over biology in shaping gender roles.


(Paperback)

By: Mirra Komarovsky

ISBN: 9780759107281
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2004
Publisher: AltaMira Press
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Reflecting on arguments that the natural biological differences between women and men dictate different social roles, this title demolishes these arguments by reviewing studies that find sex differences in cognitive abilities, achievement, and psychological predispositions.