“Context Matters Deeply”: Current Approaches to the Psychology of Gender

• Published in: PsycCritiques Vol. 57; no. 38; p. No Pagination Specified
• Main Authors: Gibbons, Judith L., Fanjul de Marsicovetere, Regina, Batz, Ruby
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: American Psychological Association 26.09.2012
• Subjects: Female; Human; Human Sex Differences; Male; Psychology; Sociocultural Factors
• ISSN: 1554-0138; 1554-0138
• DOI: 10.1037/a0029645

Reviews the book, Gender and Culture in Psychology: Theories and Practices by Eva Magnusson and Jeanne Marecek (see record 2012-09604-000). Gender and Culture in Psychology: Theories and Practices is a dense and informative book that, in the reviewers' opinion should be required reading for all psychologists and other social scientists. The authors, Eva Magnusson and Jeanne Marecek, provide a synopsis of contemporary approaches to the psychology of gender with clarity, brevity, depth, and eloquence. In 15 short chapters, the authors address issues such as the construction and function of gender categories, the central role of power in gendered relationships, and the value of interpretive and discursive research on gender, as well as specific content on children’s gender development, inequality in heterosexual couples, cultural scaffolding of violence and rape, eating disorders, psychological suffering, and feminism. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)