Preface
Part I: What are the important questions to ask about gender?
Chapter 1: What is this thing called gender and why should we care
about it? Introducing gender
Chapter 2: What’s the “sociology” in the sociology of gender?
Understanding sociology and gender
Chapter 3: How do disciplines outside of sociology study gender?
Some additional theoretical approaches
Part 2: How are our lives filled with gender?
Chapter 4: How do we learn gender? Gender and socialization
Chapter 5: How does gender matter for who we want and desire? The
gender of sexuality
Chapter 6: How does gender impact the people you spend time with?
The gender of friendship and dating
Chapter 7: How does gender matter for how we think about our
bodies? The gender of bodies and health
Part 3: How is gender an important part of the way our society
works?
Chapter 8: How does gender impact the people we our lives with? The
gender of marriage and families
Chapter 9: How does gender affect the type of work we do and the
rewards we receive for our work?
Chapter 10: How is gender on the big screen, the sports field, the
small screen, your magazine, your music, and your computer screen?
The gender of media and popular culture
Chapter 11: How does gender help determine who has power and who
doesn’t? The gender of politics and power
Robyn Ryle is a full professor of sociology and gender studies at
Hanover College in Hanover,
Indiana, where she has been teaching sociology of gender and other
courses for 19 years. She
is the author of two nonfiction books. She/He/They/Me: For the
Sisters, Misters, and Binary
Resisters is a book about gender told in the style of a choose your
own adventure. Throw Like a
Girl, Cheer Like a Boy: The Evolution of Gender, Identity, and Race
in Sports is an exploration of
inequality and social justice in the world of sports. Ryle went to
Millsaps College in Jackson,
Mississippi, for her undergraduate degree in sociology and English
with a concentration in
women’s studies. She received her PhD in sociology from Indiana
University. She is a member
of the American Sociological Association and Sociologists for Women
in Society and has
served on the editorial board of the journal Teaching Sociology.
She grew up in a small town
in northern Kentucky and now lives in another small town just down
the Ohio River. When
she’s not teaching classes, she writes, gardens, and watches lots
of sports. She currently lives in
a 170-year-old house in scenic Madison, Indiana, with her husband,
stepdaughter, and two
peculiar cats. You can find her on Instagram (@robynrryle) and
Twitter (@robynryle) or read
her Substack newsletter, You Think Too Much.
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