1st Edition
The Sex Role System Psychological and Sociological Perspectives
First published in 1978, The Sex Role System traces the phenomenon of sex role stereotyping through many different disciplines and areas of study, showing how presuppositions about sex role expectations can colour our perceptions and radically affect both the theories and the practices underlying our lives today. The contributions, by several well-known psychologists and sociologists, highlight many specific areas of stereotyping in our society, including marriage, school, work, psychiatry, the Social Security services, and the Inland Revenue.
In drawing together the many facets of sex role stereotyping, the editors are able to show how the complex conscious and unconscious processes making up the System are formed. An empirical approach to the problems involved, together with a discussion of the ethical issues, ensures that the reader will gain a greater understanding of the System and its substantial influences during the course of the analysis. This book is a must read for students and researchers of psychology, sociology, and feminist studies.
1. Introduction
2. Biological explanations of sex-role stereotypes
John Archer
3. Sex-role socialisation
Helen Weinreich
4. Perspectives in sex-role stereotyping
John and Elizabeth Newson, Diane Richardson and Joyce Scaife
5. The influence of the school on sex-role stereotyping
Glenys Lobban
6. Sex-role stereotyping in studies of marriage and the family
Rhona Rapoport
7. Sex-role stereotyping at work
Oonagh Hartnett
8. Women and psychiatry
Susan Lipshitz
9. Clinical aspects of sex-role stereotyping
Gloria K. Litman
10. Sex-role stereotyping in the social security and income tax systems
Hilary Land
11. Sex-role stereotyping and social science
Mary Fuller
Biography
Jane Chetwynd, at the time of the first publication, practiced as a feminist psychologist in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Oonagh Hartnett, at the time of the first publication, was Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Wales, Institute of Science and Technology.
Review of the first publication:
'It is a serious and well-thought-out collection of essays, analysing the position of women in society today.'
— The British Journal of Psychiatry, 1978
