Gender Resources
Books
Benokraitis, N. V. (1997). Subtle sexism: Current practice and prospects for change. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
This edited volume explores how subtle sex discrimination affects women and men, particularly in organizational and academic settings. The final section of the book addresses how to change subtle sexism practices.
Blakemore, J. E. O., Berenbaum, S. , & Liben, L. S. (2008). Gender Development. New York: Psychology Press.
This textbook discusses gender development from infancy through adolescence and incorporates a biological, social, and cognitive perspective on gender development. The text emphasizes gender role behaviors.
Bronstein, P., & Quina, K. (Eds.).(2003). Teaching gender and multicultural awareness: Resources for the psychology classroom. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
This edited book contains chapters dealing with topics covered across the psychology curriculum. Each chapter discusses how to include issues of diversity into the topics and presents exercises and activities to infuse into these areas.
Chin, J. L. (Ed.). (2000). Relationships among Asian American women. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
This edited volume contains important issues related to women, including topics such as sexism, working versus stay-at-home mothers, African American women in the workforce, and GLBTQ youth.
Chin, J. L. (Ed.). (2004). The psychology of prejudice and discrimination. Vol. 3: Bias based on gender and sexual orientation. Westport, CT: Praeger.
Volume 3 in a comprehensive four volume set that focuses on the prejudice and discrimination and its underpinnings in American society. Each volume addresses different biases, with in the same psychological context. The main theme is the psychological tendency to think negatively about those different from oneself. This volume focuses on the sexual biases relating to gender and sexual orientation.
Cole, E., & Henderson-Daniel, J. (Eds.). (2005). Featuring females: Feminist analyses of media. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
This book analyzes the portrayals of women in a variety of outlets including reality television shows, films, print and electronic news programming, magazines, video games, and commercial advertising.
Comas-Diaz, L., & Greene, B. (1994). Women of color: Integrating ethnic and gender identities in psychotherapy. New York: Guilford Press.
This edited book was one of the first that discussed the intersection of women and ethnicity in psychotherapy. The authors discuss issues concerning lesbians, professional women, mixed-race women, battered women, and refugee women.
Crawford, M. (2005). Transformations: Women, gender, and psychology.
New York: McGraw-Hill.
This text focuses on the psychology of women, in relation to both prior and current theories. The author defines the notion of gender not based on traits, but instead based on how it affects a person’s social standing and power. A main idea of the text is that gender affects everyone throughout their lifetime.
Eagly, A. H., Beall, A. E., & Sternberg, R. J. (Eds.). (2005). The psychology of gender (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.
The authors discuss such topics as organization and activational effects of sex hormones, evolutionary influences on sex-role behaviors, processes of gender development and socialization, and gender inequality and stereotypes. The authors provide current, updated information from various theoretical perspectives including biological, social-cognitive, psychoanalytic.
Eckes, T. & Trautner, H. M. (2000). The developmental social psychology of gender. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
This edited book addresses the fundamental interrelatedness of developmental change and social influence on gender. Chapters are organized into three sections: theoretical approaches to the topic; gender categorization and interpersonal behavior; and gender, groups, and culture.
Felson, R. B. (2002). Violence and gender reexamined. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
This book challenges one of Western culture’s most deeply held assumptions: violence against women is different from violence against men. The author argues that motives for violence against men and women are similar, and challenges preconceptions about gender and violence.
Geffner, R., & Mantooth, C. (2000). Ending spouse/partner abuse: A psychoeducational approach for individuals and couples. New York: Springer.
This is a workbook for clinicians to assist in couples therapy to reduce spousal abuse by utilizing techniques such as communication, self-control, assertiveness training, and examining intimacy issues. The model used incorporates a range of theories and the overall work provides comprehensive instructions for 26 weekly sessions.
Harway, M., & Hansen, M. (1993). Spouse abuse: Assessing and treating battered women, batterers, and their children. Sarasota, FL: Professional Resource Press.
The text discusses background spouse abuse such as what families are likely to encounter violence, the occurrence of violence, and types of people who seek treatment. Procedures are included how to assess spouse abuse based on which partner originally presents and what to do in a crisis situation. There are also guidelines for therapy with both the abusive spouse and the spouse being abused, and how to handle children involved.
Helgeson, V. S. (2004). Psychology of gender (2nd ed.). Prentice Hall.
The Psychology of Gender uses social, biological, psychological, and cultural elements to discuss theories of gender and gender development.
Halpern, D. F. (2000). Sex differences in cognitive abilities (3rd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
The author provides an insightful, comprehensive review of research on sex differences and similarities. She presents empirical evidence for cognitive differences between the sexes in various domains such as memory, visual-spacial abilities, verbal abilities, and perceptual and motor skills. The book also outlines different theoretical perspectives: biological, psychosocial, and biopsychosocial.
Harway, M., & O'Neil, J. M. (Eds.). (1999). What causes men's violence against women? Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
This edited book discusses a model developed by Harway and O’Neil on the factors contributing to male violence against women, followed by examining biological, socialization, relational interactional, and macrosocietal factors contributing to the problem, concluding with an integration of these factors into the initial Harway and O’Neil model.
Howard, J. A., & Hollander, J. (1997). Gendered situations, gendered selves. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
These sociologists provide a gendered analysis of social psychology, analyzing the major social psychological perspectives on gender. Their focus is on the ways in which gender is socially constructed.
Hyde, J. S (2007). Half the human experience: The psychology of women (7th Ed.). Boston: Houghton-Mifflin.
This excellent textbook has chapters on gender stereotypes and gender differences, language, emotion, lifespan development, women and work, and women’s health.
Johnson, A. G. (1997). The gender knot: Unraveling our patriarchal legacy. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
A highly readable book about gender, gender roles, and how beliefs about masculinity and femininity affect our society.
Koss, M. P., Goodman, L. A., Browne, A., Fitzgerald, L. F., Keita, G. P., & Russo, N. F. (1994). No safe haven: Male violence against women at home, at work, and in the community. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
This is a classic book covering violence against women in every area of their lives: home, work, and the community. This book documents the prevalence of violence in these three domains and the issues surrounding them.
Lakoff, R. (1975). Language and women's place. New York: Harper & Row.
This text is commonly thought to be the spark that ignited the area of research involving language and feminism. There is a focus on how language pertaining to women differs in two ways, the way in which people refer to women, and the words that women are more likely to use.
Landrine, H. (Ed.). (1995). Bringing cultural diversity to feminist psychology: Theory, research, and practice. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
This edited book covers various topics related to the intersection of cultural diversity and feminist psychology, such as methodological issues, feminist practices in the delivery of services to ethnic minorities, and ethnic identity among women.
Lee, J. W. (2005). Psychology of gender identity. New York: Nova Science Publishers.
This text brings international research together to discuss the variety of factors that affect gender development such as childhood, personality, appearance, romantic relationships, and education. The notion is that gender is not merely biological sex, but rather the social expectations that accompany gender and how gender can influence mood, behavior, coping, social interaction, self-image.
Lippa, R. A. (2005). Gender, nature, and nurture (2nd ed.). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
The author provides a comprehensive analysis of sex differences and, as the title suggests, reviews the evidence for the influence of both nature and nurture on the behavior of boys and girls and women and men.
Maccoby, E., & Jacklin, C. (1974/1978/1987). The psychology of sex differences. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
This book provides reviews of empirical studies and commentaries about the research studies which address a wide variety of topics in the area of gender development and differences that emerge between genders. The book is divided into three parts which have the following themes, Part One- Intellect and Achievement, Part Two-Social behavior, and Part Three-Origins of psychological sex differences.
Matlin, M. W. (2004). The psychology of women (5th ed.). Belmont, CA: Thompson Wadsworth.
This well-regarded textbook provides an excellent overview of many issues that affect women at all life stages. Includes chapters on gender stereotypes, women’s relationships, gender comparisons, women’s health, violence against women, and women at work.
Paludi, M. A. (2004). Praeger guide to the psychology of gender. Westport, Conn.:
Praeger Publishers.
This handbook address the beliefs of the popular media about gender psychology and how there is no actual research to back many of these misconceptions. The main idea is that there are actually more similarities between the genders than differences.
Philpot, C. L., Brooks, G. R., & Lusterman, D. (1997). Bridging separate gender worlds: Why men and women clash and how therapists can bring them together. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
This is a book for therapists that provide gender sensitive techniques that can be used in the context of any form of intervention. It will help the therapist to make sense of the often confusing modern gender expectations.
Rabin, C. L. (Ed.). (2005). Understanding gender and culture in the helping process: Practitioners' narratives from global perspectives. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
This text is a compilation of narratives from practitioners from around the world discussing their experiences working with their respective cultures and also with diverse populations. The focus is to use an integrated approach to better help clients by understanding gender, culture, and ethnicity.
Rogers, W. S., & Rogers, R. S. (2001). The psychology of gender and sexuality. Philadelphia: Open University Press.
This textbook addresses gender and sexuality from a psychological perspective and examines how the two factors influence a persons thoughts, feelings, and actions. The advantage of this text is that is uses a variety of theories, old and new, to help introduce the concepts of gender and sexuality and explain how they are developed and maintained.
Roughgarden, J. (2004). Evolutions rainbow: Diversity, gender, and sexuality in nature and people. Berkeley: University of California Press.
This is an innovative text which explains that diversity is a product of genes and hormones which cause the gender differences in behavior and appearance. The text approaches scientific concepts from the feminist and gay perspective to change the current notions of sexuality.
Travis, C. B., & White, J. W. (Eds.). (1999). Sexuality, society, and feminism. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
This text is a compilation of essay from some of the premiere feminist scholars takes a feminist perspective in discussing female sexuality. This involves sexuality at an individual level and in society.
Unger, R. K. (Ed.). (2001). Handbook of the psychology of women and gender. New York: John Wiley.
This handbook provides a comprehensive look at the main theories and recent findings in the areas of women and gender. It brings together a wide-range of traditional and modern research while placing an emphasis on cross-cultural issues. The text also explores the influences on the development of gender and how gender affects mental health.
Worell, J. (Ed.). (2001). Encyclopedia of women and gender: Sex similarities and differences and the impact of society on gender. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
This two volume set encyclopedia is intended for students, researchers, and clinicians alike to provide a comprehensive compilation of current research pertaining to women and gender. It covers a broad scope of categories such as, but not limited to, androcentrism, test bias, body image, and friendship styles.
Articles and Book Chapters
Azar, B. (2000). A new stress paradigm for women. Monitor on Psychology, 31(7), 42–43.
This article reveals research findings concerning the tend-and-befriend stress response model for women. Available online at: http://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug00/stress.html
Chamberlin, J. (2004). Threats within. Monitor on Psychology, 35(10), 101.
This article discusses 'stereotype threat' that includes gender-based stereotype threat. Avaliable online at: http://www.apa.org/monitor/nov04/threats.html
Crawford, N. (2003). Understanding children's atypical gender behavior. Monitor on Psychology, 34(8), 40–42.
This article describes a support group for parents of children with gender variance. Available online at: http://www.apa.org/monitor/sep03/children.html
DeAngelis, T. (2001). Are men emotional mummies? Monitor on Psychology, 32(11), 40–41.
In this article, psychologists share their theories on the emotional expressiveness of men. Available online at: http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec01/mummies.html
DeAngelis, T. (2004). Opening up the field. Monitor on Psychology, 35(10), 88–89.
This article discusses promoting multiculturalism in women's sports. Available online at: http://www.apa.org/monitor/nov04/opening.html
Deaux, K., & LaFrance, M. (1998). Gender. In D. T. Gilbert, S. T. Fiske, & G. Lindzey (Eds.), Handbook of social psychology, Vol. 1 (4th ed., pp. 788–827). Boston: McGraw-Hill.
The authors offer a comprehensive review of the social psychology of gender.
Dittmann, M. (2003). Anger across the gender divide. Monitor on Psychology, 34(3), 53.
This article discusses research how men and women differ in expression of anger. Available online at: http://www.apa.org/monitor/mar03/angeracross.html
Eagly, A. H., & Karau, S. J. (2002). Role congruity theory of prejudice toward female leaders. Psychological Review, 109, 573–598.
This article provides a theoretical review of the factors that discourage women from pursuing leadership roles and their limited ability to succeed when they do obtain leadership positions.
Giresi, M., & Groscup, J. (2006). Incarcerated transgender people. Monitor on Psychology, 37(3), 43.
This article discusses the lack of research on transgender inmates. Available online at: http://www.apa.org/monitor/mar06/jn.html
Glick, P., & Fiske, S. T. (2001). An ambivalent alliance: Hostile and benevolent sexism as complementary justifications for gender inequality. American Psychologist, 56, 109–118.
The authors examine the proposition that there are two separate, but related, dimensions to modern sexism.
Greer, M. (2005). Keeping them hooked in. Monitor on Psychology, 36(6), 60–62.
This article discusses keeping men comfortable with seeking and staying in therapy. Addresses gender roles which may prevent this.Available online at: http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun05/hooked.html
Greer, M. (2005). What are these guys thinking? Monitor on Psychology, 36(6), 64–65.
This article discusses the increasing number of workshops addressing the understanding of men. Available online at: http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun05/thinking.html
Iwamasa, G. Y., & Bangi, A. K. (2003). Women's mental health research: History, current status, and future directions. In J. S. Mio & G. Y. Iwamasa (Eds.), Culturally diverse mental health: The challenges of research and resistance (pp. 251–268). New York: Brunner-Routledge.
This chapter discusses mental health issues related to women in psychotherapy other than those involving violence (which was covered in a chapter in the edited book). These issues include depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and eating disorders.
Law, B. M. (2004). Do 'super masculine' husbands make for unhappy wives? Monitor on Psychology, 35(9), 21.
This article discusses men who display gender role conflict. Available online at: http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct04/husbands.html
Lloyd, M. A. (2006). Psychology of gender and related courses. In W. Buskist & S. F. Davis (Eds.), Handbook on the teaching psychology. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
This chapter discusses issues related to teaching Psychology of Gender and related courses. Topics addressed include: opportunities associated with teaching gender courses (e.g., developing critical thinking and developing awareness of gender in everyday life), creating and maintaining a safe classroom environment, and some challenges associated with teaching gender courses (e.g., erroneous assumptions about course content and format, controversial topics, maintaining students' interest in the course, displaced anger, and course-triggered psychological concerns).
Mio, J. S., Koss, M. P., Harway, M., O'Neil, J. M., Geffner, R., Murphy, B. C., & Ivey, D. C. (2003). Violence against women: A silent pandemic. In J. S. Mio & G. Y. Iwamasa (Eds.), Culturally diverse mental health: The challenges of research and resistance (pp. 269–287). New York: Brunner-Routledge.
This chapter is essentially an updated addendum of the Koss et al. (1994) book on violence against women at home, in the workplace, and in the community, with the inclusion of the topics of Women of Color and same-sexed partner violence.
Vonk, R., & Ashmore, R. D. (2003). Thinking about gender types: Cognitive organization of female and male types. British Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 257–280.
This article offers a comprehensive look at the subtypes of women and men, focusing on the perceived similarities and differences among them.
Bornstein, R. F., & Masling, J. M. (Eds.). (2002). The psychodynamics of gender and gender role. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
This book is the final volume in the Empirical Studies in Psychoanalytic Theories Series. The text presents essays focusing on defense, coping, psychopathology, child development, unconscious processing, and personality functioning. All of the essays provide empirical research to bring understanding to the modern psychoanalytic view of gender and gender roles.
Articles and Book Chapters (On-line)
APA Task Force on Diversity Issues at the Precollege and Undergraduate Levels of Education in Psychology. (1998). Sparking discussions on gender in your class. The Monitor on Psychology, 29(6). http://www.apa.org/monitor/jun98/gender.html
This article discusses how to incorporate women and gender issues into curriculum. It focuses on three techniques, presenting the right images (not negative or overly positive), asking the right questions, and empowering students.
Carpenter, S. (2000). Biology and social environments jointly influence gender development. Monitor on Psychology, 31(9), 35.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/oct00/maccoby.html
This brief article claims that too much emphasis has been placed on the affect of environmental factors on gender differences. The main idea is that there may actually be significant biological explanations for the divergences between gender development in children.
Dingfelder, S. F. (2004). Gender bender. Monitor on Psychology, 35(4), 48-49.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/apr04/gender.html
This article focuses on a case study of 16 children born with the cloacal exstrophy which causes males to be born with no penis, or a very small one. These children were reassigned as females at birth and underwent surgery to correct their genitalia. The study followed up with these children (raised as females) when they were 5-16 years old and found that they exhibited male tendencies (ex. rough play) and some of them even self-identified as male. The meaning of this study is that biological factors may have a stronger role in gender development than was one thought.
Southern Arizona Gender Alliance. (2006). Gender identity 101: A transgender primer. Tucson, AZ: Author.
http://sagatucson.org/downloads/GI101.pdf
This is a LGBT resource guide for teachers, mental health professionals, and anyone else interested. It includes a list of helpful organizations to contact and a recommended reading list to help get the reader up to speed on LGBT issues.
Media
Sutherland, D. (Writer/Producer/Director). (2006). Country boys [Motion picture]. Boston: WGBH Educational Foundation.
This film follows two boys struggling with identity issues. The making of this film included the involvement of several members of APA Division 51. Available online at:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/countryboys/
Web sites
American Psychological Association Division 35: Society for the Psychology of Women
http://www.apa.org/divisions/div35/
This is the website for APA division 35, the Society for the Psychology of Women. The purpose of this page is to have a organized location for women, men, feminists, and all those interested in the teaching or research of the psychology of women.
American Psychological Association Division 44: Society of the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Issues
http://www.apadivision44.org/
This division of the APA is focused on research, education, and practice in the LGBT community. This site contains research done by the division, descriptions of their current workings, and the list of members of the division.
American Psychological Association Division 51: Society for the Psychological Study
of Men and Masculinity
http://www.apa.org/divisions/div51/
This division of the APA focuses on educating the public in the psychology of men. The site includes the history of this division, research in the field, links to related websites, and educational information on teaching a psychology of men workshop.
American Psychological Association’s Topics Web site: Women and Men
http://www.apa.org/topics/topicwomenmen.html
This part of the APA website focuses on gender similarities and differences. The website includes a diverse range of psychology topics from the perspective of gender. The site includes recent research, current news, and lists of related books and articles.
Human Rights Campaign
http://www.hrc.org
This website is the campaign for equal rights for LGBT individuals. The site includes information on laws regarding LGBT rights, current news, and how to get involved in the movement on a local or national level.
Intersex Society of North America
http://www.isna.org
This mission of this website is to end unwanted sex-reassignment surgeries at birth and to help educate the public about the implications of these procedures. It includes a history of the ISNA, laws regarding sex-reassignment procedures, and tips for parents of DSD (disorders of sex development) children.
Lamda Legal Defense Fund
http://www.lamdalegal.org
This is a website that provides links for legal help, legal advice, employment opportunities, and general support. This website was designed to serve the LGBT community.
Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology
http://www.teachpsych.org
This is the official website for APA Division 2 and contains many resources to help instructors who teach gender specific courses as well as those who would like to infuse gender issues into their courses.
Psychology of Women Syllabus
http://www.teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/index.php?category=Women%20and%20Gender
This website contains peer reviewed syllabi for psychology of gender courses.
Southern Arizona Gender Alliance
http://sagatucson.org
This website provides resources and a supportive community for LGBT individuals while pushing for equal rights. The main focus of this site is how LGBT individuals can get social support and feel comfortable. It includes blogs, event listings, education information, and advocacy information.