Male/female roles : opposing viewpoints /
Neal Bernards and Terry O'Neill, book editors.
- San Diego, California : Greenhaven Press, (c)1989.
- 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Biology determines gender roles Biology does not determine gender roles Culture influences gender roles Economics determines gender roles Brain structure explains male/female differences Women's lives have improved Women's lives have not improved Women should be able to choose motherhood without guilt Women should be able to remain childless without guilt Women are free to choose the life roles they want Single women are fulfilled Single women are frustrated Men have changed for the better Men have changed for the worse Men have not changed Men are enjoying the new fatherhood role Men are uncomfortable with the new fatherhood role Men do not have strong friendships Men have strong friendships Working parents help their children Working parents harm their children Children of working parents thrive Children of working parents suffer Infant care leave would help parents Infant care leave would not help working parents Men and women can be friends Men and women cannot be friends Women must become more assertive Assertiveness is not enough Men need to make commitments Commitment should not be forced upon men James C. Dobson -- Gerda Lerner -- James A. Doyle -- Francine D. Blau and Marianne A. Ferber -- Anne Fausto-Sterling -- Stella G. Guerra -- Sylvia Ann Hewlett -- Anna Quindlen and Suzanne Fields -- Paula Weideger -- Nicholas Davidson -- Shere Hite -- Elizabeth Mehren -- Herb Goldberg -- Barbara Ehrenreich -- Sey Chassler -- Kyle D. Pruett -- Evan Thomas ... [and others] -- Michael E. McGill -- Drury Sherrod -- Anita Shreve -- Mary Ann Kuharski -- Lucia A. Gilbert -- Cal Thomas and Phyllis Schlafly -- Edward F. Zigler and Meryl Frank -- Dick Armey and Elizabeth Kepley -- Susan Foster Ambrose -- Letty Cottin Pogrebin -- Toni Scalia -- Sally Cline and Dale Spender -- Herbert J. Freudenberger -- Herb Goldberg.