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The gendered society
By Kimmel, Michael S.
- ISBN
- 978-0-19512-587-0
- Publisher
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2000.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on May 15, 2000
Kimmel (sociology, SUNY at Stony Brook; Manhood in America) critiques beliefs about gender in society. Despite popular thinking on the topic, Kimmel finds great similarities between women and men and reproaches popular writers who claim that "women are from Venus and men are from Mars." He convincingly argues that the differences between men and women are not as vast as those among men or among women, and he proposes that gen...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
