REVEL™ for Thinking About Women: Sociological Perspectives on Sex and Gender examines how gender operates in every aspect of society. This title is interdisciplinary in its coverage, yet grounded in sociological theory. The opening chapters introduce readers to the underlying sociological framework and show how research on women, and women’s studies as a field, developed from the feminist movement. 

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Margaret L. Andersen (B.A., Georgia State University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst) is the Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Sociology at the University of Delaware. She is the author of On Land and On Sea: A Century of Women in the Rosenfeld Collection (Mystic Seaport Museum); Race, Class, and Gender: An Anthology (co-edited with Patricia Hill Collins); Sociology: Understanding a Diverse Society (with Howard F. Taylor); Sociology: The Essentials (with Howard F. Taylor); Understanding Society: An Introductory Reader (co-edited with Kim Logio and Howard F. Taylor); and, Race and Ethnicity in Society: The Changing Landscape (co-edited with Elizabeth Higginbotham).

Professor Andersen is the Vice President of the American Sociological Association (ASA) and recipient of the ASA’s prestigious Jessie Bernard Award—given annually to someone whose work expands the horizons of sociology to include the study of women. She also received the 2004 Sociologists for Women in Society Feminist Lecturer Award and the 2008 Eastern Sociological Society Robin F. Williams Lecturer Award. She has received two teaching awards at the University of Delaware: the University Excellence in teaching Award and the College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award. She currently chairs the National Advisory Board for the Stanford University Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and is the former editor of Gender & Society.

PART I – INTRODUCTION
1. Studying Women: Feminist Perspectives

PART II – GENDER, CULTURE, AND SEXUALITY
2. The Social Construction of Gender
3. Gender, Culture, and the Media
4. Sexuality and Intimate Relationships

PART III – GENDER AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
5. Gender, Work, and the Economy
6. Gender and Families
7. Women, Health, and Reproduction
8. Women and Religion
9. Women, Crime, and Deviance
10. Gender, Education, and Science
11. Women, Power, and Politics

PART IV – GENDER AND SOCIAL CHANGE: FRAMEWORKS OF FEMINISM
12. Women and Social Reform: Liberal Feminism
13. Contemporary Frameworks in Feminist Theory