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Informationen zum Autor David E. Newton is the author of more than 400 textbooks, encyclopedias, workbooks, and other educational materials, primarily in the field of science and math. Klappentext Geared toward high school students, undergraduate students, and general readers, this reference work provides a thorough and unbiased treatment of sex, gender, and transgenderism-social issues of particular importance in today's world. Sex and Gender: A Reference Handbook is a single-volume book that introduces a variety of personal, social, political, and ethical issues of concern to every young adult in the United States today. Written in a style that is accessible and engaging for student readers and researchers, this book examines subjects that are rarely discussed for readers of this age group, providing authoritative information on topics such as gender roles, gender development, and gender inequality; body image; sexual differentiation in humans; the range of human affectional expression; sex education; and LGBT discrimination.Readers of this reference book will examine a number of important current issues relating to sex and gender, such as transgenderism, gender dysphoria, same-sex attraction, the development of gender roles, the changing perspectives on these topics, and other controversial and unresolved issues in American society today. The book also includes a Data and Documents chapter that contains laws, courts cases, and other primary documents that relate to current issues involving sex and gender. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface, 1 Background and History, Introduction, Basic Definitions, Sex, Gender, Sexual Differentiation in Humans, Disorders of Sexual Development, Intersex in History, Puberty, Gender Development, Transgenderism, Normal and Natural, Transgenderism in History, Transgenderism Today, Gender Roles, Gender Roles in Human Civilization, The Rise of Feminism, Gender Inequality Today, Affectional Orientation, Legal Prohibitions on Same-Sex Acts in the United States, Civil Rights for LGBT Individuals, Attitudes toward Same-Sex Behaviors in the United States, The Range of Human Affectional Expression, Conclusion, References, 2 Problems, Issues, and Solutions, Introduction, Transgender Discrimination, LGBT Discrimination, Sex Education, Gender Dysphoria, Gender Testing in Athletics, Gender Inequality, Politics, Employment, Body Image, Conclusion, References, 3 Perspectives, Introduction, "Come Out! Come Out!": A Battle Cry for Change by Philip Bockman (with Paul Feiler) , Intersex Human Rights Abuse by Veronica Drantz with Avery Capaldi, Alex McCorry, Alexis Mickler, and Crixs Haligowski , Feminisms Coming and Going by Mel Ferrara , Bringing Feelings to the Diagnostic Criteria of Gender Dysphoria by Dean A. Haycock , Intersex: Beyond the Sex Binary by Axel Keating , Living with Gender Dysphoria by Whitney McKnight , Feminism: Where We've Been and Where We're Going by Martha Rampton , Sexual Reassignment Surgery: History and Controversy by John Galbraith Simmons , Gender on a Faceless Internet by Katherine Tutt , 4 Profiles, Introduction, Accord Alliance, American Association of University Women, Harry Benjamin (1885-1986), Mary Calderone (1904-1998), Roberta Cowell (1918-2011), Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986), dsdfamilies, Elagabalus (203/204-222), Gender Spectrum, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935), Joan of Arc (1412-1431), Franklin Kameny (1925-2011), Alfred Kinsey (1894-1956), Phyllis Lyon (1924- ), Del Martin (1921-2008), National Center for Transgender Equality, National Eating Disorders Association, National Organization for Wo...
