Psychology of gender

Child sexual abuse is a global problem that negatively affects many women and girls.

How did the Civil War, emancipation, and Reconstruction shape the masculinity of white Confederate veterans?

Theoretical studies in curriculum have begun to move into cultural studies--one vibrant and increasingly visible sector of which is queer theory.

Most North American colleges have programs that help students understand the harm done to victims of sexual violence and, if prosecuted, the potential consequences of their perpetrators.

The volume addresses the pertinent need to examine childhood trauma revolving around themes of war, sexual abuse, and disability.

Over the past several years, the fields of Leadership Studies and of Women's Studies have grown tremendously.

Women have been able to have abortions legally for over 30 years.

Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) feminist visionaries have contributed to a paradigm shift in feminist theory and practice by espousing an intersectional and inclusive conceptualization of liberation.

This book provides a contemporary exploration of psychoanalytic theory and its application to therapy with lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer relationships, challenging heteronormative practice and introducing new perspectives on working with gender and sexual diversity.

Gain insight into crucial British mental health approaches for LGB individualsThere is very little collaborative literature between LGB-affirmative psychologists and psychotherapists in the United States and the United Kingdom.

What articulations between bodies, genders and desires are required socio-culturally for recognition of what is human?

This historical interdisciplinary book contextualises the Rorschach ink blot test and embeds it within feminist action and queer liberation.

When it comes to relationships, there's no shortage of advice from self-help 'experts', pick-up artists, and glossy magazines.

Sexuality in Adolescence: The Digital Generation provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of research and theory about adolescent sexuality in today's world.

This book explores LGBQTNB people''s relationships with animals, examining a complex menagerie of human-animal relationships.

This book explores the precarious nature of life, and the ways in which power, binary ways of thinking and Othering create personal, social and political difficulties.

This handbook is intended to be a comprehensive resource for those in- volved in providing crisis intervention to rape victims.

A dynamic and contextualized account of the processes and mechanisms underlying gendered career decisions and attainment across the life course.

The use of social sterotypes as a basis for judgments and behavioral decisions has been a major focus of social psychological theory and research since the field began.

The Female Body in Mind introduces new ways of thinking about issues of women's mental health assessment and treatment.

This fully updated and revised eighth edition examines the behavioral, biological, and social context in which people express gendered behaviors, utilizing the latest research to help students think critically about research findings and stereotypes and provoking them to examine and revise their own preconceptions.

This book examines young trans and gender diverse Australians' views of school-based sex education.

The renowned tale of Amor and Psyche, from Apuleius's second-century Latin novel The Golden Ass, is one of the most charming fragments of classical literature.

Sex Therapy: The Basics offers an introduction to modern sex therapy and is essential reading for anyone working professionally with sexual issues or just interested in sex.

This comprehensive text makes an important contribution to the study of surrogacy, developing a novel theoretical framework through which to understand the broader social contexts as well as individual decisions at play within surrogacy arrangements.

This book is a resource for those new to the field of trans voicing.

Focusing on reproductive and sexual justice, this important book explores in detail both the challenges that trans people face when negotiating reproductive and sexual health in restrictive social contexts, and their agency in advocating for change.

This handbook offers a unique critical and cross-disciplinary approach to the study of Community Psychology, showing how it can address the systemic challenges arising from multiple crises facing people across the world.

This essential and timely text looks at the ways in which various identities are socially constructed by students, exploring and comparing multiple dimensions of diverse identities, and the various ways students try to fit in when faced with prejudice and discrimination.

Dieses Buch charakterisiert die individualistischen und relationalen Strömungen innerhalb der Gestalttherapie und ihre jeweiligen Auswirkungen auf die therapeutische Praxis.

A how-to guide to affirmative counseling with transgender clients- Presents the best evidence-based care- Instructions for strategies to improve inclusivity- Illustrated with case studies- Printable tools for clinical useExpert guidance on how to provide competent gender-affirming care to trans peopleThis volume provides fundamental and evidence-based information on working with transgender and gender diverse people in mental health settings.

A Psychoanalytic Approach to Sexual Difference analyzes the concepts of sex and gender, showing how sexual difference is characterized by ongoing transformations of spatiality and body, and of essentiality and normativity.

Gender and Social Hierarchies offers a fresh and coherent picture of applied research from within social psychology on the intricate relationship between gender and social status.

How did the Civil War, emancipation, and Reconstruction shape the masculinity of white Confederate veterans?

Based on leading empirical psychological research from around the world, this book offers valuable insights on women who sell sex.

»Sind Vulva und Vagina wirklich das Gleiche?

Work organizations are a major site of gender politics for professional women and men, and although there are more women in senior positions than ever before, these increased opportunities have not been gained without psychological consequences.

This comprehensive text explores the relationship between identity, subjectivity and digital communication, providing a strong starting point for understanding how fast-changing communication technologies, platforms, applications and practices have an impact on how we perceive ourselves, others, relationships and bodies.

From language and clothes, to toys and the media, society inflicts unwritten rules on each gender from birth.

Methodological problems have hampered researchers' efforts to understand and control AIDS since the beginning of the epidemic.

This book challenges the perception of the psychiatric chart as a neutral and objective text.

Women's Mental Health Across the Lifespan examines women's mental health from a developmental perspective, looking at key stressors and strengths from adolescence to old age.

Debate over gender and especially the lives of men is currently at a fever pitch, particularly in the United States.

Is Trauma a transhistorical, transnational phenomenon?

How do you "e;hook"e; a Millennial student into caring about women's issues when feminism has been declared dead for decades?