Gender Studies

Investigating the relational aspects of masculinity, this volume describes how different masculinities are moulded within diverse structures and settings. It explores how men interact with each other and how they collectively react to and embody changing concepts of masculinity...

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

This collection of essays explores the feminist and queer politics of asexuality, an orientation describing people who do not experience sexual attraction. Addressing theories of asexual orientation and desire, media culture, masculinity, disability and medicalization, and literary theory, Asexualit..

This collection of essays explores the feminist and queer politics of asexuality, an orientation describing people who do not experience sexual attraction. Addressing theories of asexual orientation and desire, media culture, masculinity, disability and medicalization, and literary theory, Asexualit..

Exploring the use of assisted reproduction technologies in many different locations, this volume addresses five central themes--transnational reproflows, national constraints and conditions, religious and other kinds of fundamentalism, demographic agendas and biopolitics, and "new normals" and their..

This controversial book is the first systematic feminist reading of the work of Jean Baudrillard, one of the most pivotal figures in contemporary cultural theory, and is essential reading for students of feminist theory, sociology and cultural theory...

An increasing number of women are claiming the careers and the success which are rightfully theirs. This book, first published in 1988, demonstrates that the way to the top consists of a series of steps and strategies. It outlines these steps and provides practical advice, based on Australian resear..

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

Here is an important book for social scientists interested in the influence of gender on certain types of behavior. Several perspectives are presented on the general topic of biopolitics and gender, including the points of view of brain science, endocrinology, ethology, psychophysiology, and such co..

This astonishing volume offers an intimate look into the lives and thoughts of married gay and bisexual men. Their struggle with conflicting needs, desires, and loyalties is told in their own words. Bisexual and Gay Husbands includes their own advice and information on coming out, sexual orientation..

Prevailing attitudes toward bisexuality affect every aspect of a bisexual woman's emotional and sexual life. Bisexual Women: Friendship and Social Organization comprehensively explores the friendship relationships of bisexual women, and the ways that bisexuality shapes the friendship experience. Thi..

Reassessing Experimental Psychology from a critical perspective, Sylvia Blood demonstrates how its research into Body Image can be misused and prone to misuse...