Originally published in 1976, Sexual Divisions and Society argues that mainstream sociology has neglected to incorporate the notion of sexual divisions as an integral part of its theoretical underpinnings. It suggests that sociology has often included women completely within the term of men, or as a part of their husbands, rather than asking how and when the relationship between the sexes is pertinent to the explanation of social structure and behaviour. The volume is composed of papers brought together from the 1974 British Sociological Association Conference on Sexual Divisions.
Contributors Preface
1. Sexual Divisions and Society
2. In the
Production of their Lives, Men (?) Sex and Gender in the British Community
Studies
3. Kin, Clients, and Accomplices: Relationships Among Women in
Morocco
4. Continuities and Discontinuities in Marriage and Divorce
5. French
Judicial Ideology in Work-Class Divorce
6. Women: Supporters or Supported?
7.
Finishing School: Some Implications of Sex-Segregated Education
8. Who Wants
Babies?: The Social Construction of Instincts
9. I May Be a Queer, But at
Least I am a Man: Male Hegemony and Ascribed Versus Achieved Gender
10.
Womens Liberation, Reproduction, and the Technological Fix
11. Free-Choice
Marriage in China: The Evolution of an Ideal
12. Men, Women and Communes
Name Index Subject Index
Sheila Allen, Diana Leonard Barker
