Gender roles / [print]
edited by Noel Merino, book editor.
- Farmington Hills, Michigan : Greenhaven Press, (c)2014.
- 209 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Opposing viewpoints series .
- Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered) .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Are gender roles important? -- Gender preferences are connected to biological sex from an early age / Gender is not inherently connected to biology / Marriage is meant to be the union of one man and one woman / Marriage equality for same-sex couples would benefit everyone / There are many reasons to oppose gender neutrality in the military / Urine the army now: ladies can't pee outdoors, and other cringeworthy arguments for the ban on women in combat / How do gender roles affect parenting and reproduction? -- There is nothing inherently preferable about traditional gender roles / It is wrongly assumed that all women desire motherhood / I hate being called a good dad / Is forced fatherhood fair? / Biological realities create parental responsibilities for men and women / How do gender roles affect the workplace? -- Gender roles in the workplace are converging / Millennial males' "lean in" ambivalence / Contraception and economic decline have made the workplace more competitive / The equal pay day reality check / The gender wage gap cannot be fully explained by women's choices / Women face discrimination in the workplace as mothers / Women need special employment protection during pregnancy / How are gender roles changing? -- Changing gender roles in marriage / Feminism has harmed women by eliminating natural gender roles / Feminists fought battles and men won the war / Let's rethink masculinity : real men should be more than breadwinners / Strict binary definitions of sex and gender are problematic / Christina Hoff Sommers ; -- Gender Spectrum -- Andreas J. Kostenberger -- Rebecca Solnit -- Mackubin Thomas Owens -- William Saletan -- Cathy Young -- Jessica Valenti -- Matt Villano -- Laurie Shrage -- Jonathon Van Maren -- Ellen Galinsky, Kerstin Aumann, and James T. Bond -- Peggy Drexler -- Noah Berlatsky -- Christina Hoff Sommers -- Pamela Coukos -- Ashley Nelson -- Noreen Farrell, Jamie Dolkas, and Mia Munro -- Fredric Neuman -- Nicole M. Kooistra -- Brenda Zurita; -- Joan C. Williams -- Patricia J. Williams.
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