This timely book uncovers startling new scientific reasons for the troubling decline of boys and young men, and offers provocative - and hopeful - solutions to help them succeed in school and in life.Something scary is happening to boys today. From kindergarten to college, they are less resilient and less ambitious than they were a mere twenty ...
A basic introduction to sex and sexuality. Topics include gender roles, sexual abuse, the physical differences between girls and boys, masturbation, and reproduction. Colorful cartoon-style illustrations accompany the friendly yet informative text.
Michael Gurian's blockbuster bestseller "The Wonder of Boys" is the bible for mothers, fathers, and educators on how to understand and raise boys. It has sold over 400,000 copies, been translated into 17 languages, and sells over 25,000 every year, which is more than any other book on boys in history. To follow up on this first book, which ...
One of the classic works in feminist theory, originally published in 1990. Judith P. Butler critiques what she calls "heteronormativity" and argues for new ways of looking at gender and sexuality.
Based on an episode of "Sex and the City," offers a lighthearted, no-nonsense look at dead-end relationships, with advice for letting go and moving on.
This is a groundbreaking book about men's health and secrets of longevity. Legato shows how men are the weaker gender. She shows why boys have a hard time adjusting in school, why men are more prone to acts of aggression, and the clinical reasons they are three times as likely to die from cancer. The author is founder of international institute: ...
From the expert team behind "It's Perfectly Normal" and "It's So Amazing!" comes a book for younger children about their bodies--a resource that parents, teachers, librarians, health care providers, and clergy can use with ease and confidence. Full color.
For their controversial book on the differences between the way men and women think and communicate, the authors spent three years collating the findings of new research on the brain, investigating evolutionary biology, analyzing psychologists, studying social changes, and annoying the locals. The result is a shocking, illuminating and hilarious ...
Dr. Tatiana answers partly humorous, partly educational sex behavior questions (and advice to the lovelorn) from creatures of the animal world--excluding humans. Readers can find out, for example, how male seahorses have babies and whether or not there are homosexual animals.
Offering fresh, gender-specific ways to help girls and boys avoid drugs and early sexual activity, Dr. Sax explains in clear, accessible language how the brains of boys and girls differ and shows parents why recognizing these differences is an important step in raising happier, healthier children. Teachers & parents.
Over six years of research, querying 800+ people who filled out questionnaires and were subjected to MRI's, Helen Fisher has probed the nature of romantic love. What is it? Why does it last? Why does it fade? Taking into account biology, psychology, and her own observations, Fisher provides answers to these and other pertinent questions.
Create the relationship with men that you never thought possible -- world renowned relationship counsellor, Barbara de Angelis shows you how. Discover:- 6 biggest mistakes women make with men / what men say!and what they really mean / men's top twenty turnoffs / how to spot -- and avoid -- the men that will give you the most trouble. / how to ...
Thoroughly updated and revised, the third edition of The Gendered Society explores current thinking about gender, both inside academia and in our everyday lives. Michael S. Kimmel challenges the claim that gender is limited to women's experiences--his compelling and balanced study of gender includes both masculine and feminine perspectives. Part 1 ...
The book that has topped the bestseller lists around the world is coming to America to give men and women a clue about how and why they are so different.
For the psychology of women or psychology of gender course. This textbook is well written, with numerous pedagogical aids that help students learn more effectively. It's also completely updated, with more than 1,300 new references. This is the kind of book that students enjoy reading and that professors respect. Features: * Conscientious ...
The sexes are different because their brains are different. In "Brain Sex," geneticist Anne Moir and journalist David Jessel explore the latest research from sexual differentiation of the prenatal brain to the gender differences inherent in kindergarten playstyles, classroom abilities and adult attitudes toward love, sex and marriage.
Tannen draws on her extensive and groundbreaking research to show that women and men live in different worlds, made of different words. Men use language to protect their independence and negotiate status, while women use language to seek confirmation and reinforce intimacy. This results in misunderstanding and communication breakdown--but Dr. ...
Men and women really are different-even their brains are different-and they were divinely designed that way. Using the latest research, Dr. Walt and Barb Larimore show how the God-designed differences between the male brain and the female brain complement each other to help couples build a delightful, lasting marriage.
Through an inquiry into intersexuals, or hermaphrodites, a biologist questions the ways that science has defined human sexuality and examines both the scientific and cultural debates about sexual identity. Fausto-Sterling's earlier work, MYTHS OF GENDER, has become a standard text in women's studies courses.
An expert on professional communications teaches women how to transform themselves by shedding weak phrases, gestures and words, in order to command respect, motivate, establish authority, and make a difference.
Working from the established premise that boys and girls learn at different rates, the authors present their theory that, due to basic fundamental differences, boys and girls learn differently and thus need to be educated in different ways. Based on research conducted at the Michael Gurian Institute, the authors offer guidelines and suggestions on ...
The purpose of this work is to introduce students to theories, research and pragmatic information that demonstrates the multiple, often interactive ways in which gender images of masculinity and femininity is shaped within contemporary culture. Theories introduced in opening chapters are then used to explore how communication reflects cultural ...
Human Diversity in Education: An Integrative Approach is a research-based, comprehensive text designed to provide an introduction to multicultural education and diversity in society. The text prepares future teachers for the wide diversity of students that they are certain to meet in their classrooms, schools, and communities. It provides an ...
This anthology introduces students to the modern period's history of key ideas related to sexual difference, gender, race, class, and sexuality. While most introductory Women's Studies textbooks focus on the United States, even if they add multiculturalism to the discussion, this book looks at women in diverse locations around the world and ...
Designed as a companion volume to "The Gendered Society", the overall purpose of these readings is to provide students with a sense of different discourses on gender that have been produced by a wide range of disciplines. In a series of readings, both classic and contemporary, from the biological sciences, anthropology, cross-culture studies, ...
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