Gender and Sexuality: Sociological Approaches

Notes and Resources for Further Study.

Part One: The Development of Sociological Thought on Gender and Sexuality.

Chapter 1: The Trouble with 'Nature'.

Learning Outcomes.

Notes and Resources for Further Study.

Part Two: Social Structure and Inequalities.

Introduction to Part Two.

Chapter 3: Gender, Sexuality and Structural Inequality.

Chapter 4: The Idea of Patriarchy.

Chapter 5: Rethinking Gendered and Sexual Inequalities.

Learning Outcomes.

Notes and Resources for Further Study.

Part Three: Culture, Ideology and Discourse.

Introduction to Part Three.

Chapter 6: Gender and Sexuality as Cultural Constructs.

Chapter 7: Critical Perspectives on Knowledge.

Chapter 8: The Complexity of Contemporary Culture.

Learning Outcomes.

Notes and Resources for Further Study.

Part Four: Self, Identity and Agency.

Introduction to Part Four.

Chapter 9: The Socialization Paradigm and its Critics.

Chapter 10: Becoming Gendered and Sexual.

Chapter 11: Sexual Selves in Global Late Modernity.

Learning Outcomes.

Notes and Resources for Further Study.

Part 5: Conclusion.

Chapter 12: Power, Politics, Identities and Social Change.

Notes and Resources for Further Study.

Bibliography.