Gender in Society Reader

Amy Kaler received her PhD in Sociology and Feminist Studies from the University of Minnesota, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in Population Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She also has a Master of Arts in Administration and Policy Studies in Education, a Diploma in Teaching English as a Second Language, and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, all from McGill University. She has received the Faculty of Arts Research Excellence Award at both the assistant professor and associate professor levels. Her research has focused on sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa, with particular attention to the cultural, social and institutional dimensions of public health interventions.

• PrefaceIntroductionPart One: Gendered Ways of Knowing1: Doing GenderCandace West and Don H. Zimmerman2: The Body and the Reproduction of FemininitySusan Bordo3: Toward a New Sociology of MasculinityTim Carrigan, Bob Connell, and John Lee4: What is Intersectionality?Patricia Hill Collins and Sirma BilgePart Two: Gender, Racism, and Racialization5: Culture Talk and the Politics of the New Right: Navigating Gendered Racism in Attempts to Address Violence against Women in Immigrant CommunitiesSalina Abji, Anna C. Korteweg, and Lawrence H. William6: Others in Their Own Land: Second-Generation South Asian Canadian Women, Racism, and the Persistence of Colonial DiscourseAngela Aujla7: Gender Identity and Integration: Second-Generation Somali Immigrants Navigating Gender in CanadaAhmad Karimi, Sandra M. Bucerius and Sara Thompson8: 'Strange Faces' in the Academy: Experiences of Racialized and Indigenous Faculty in Canadian UniversitiesTameera Mohamed and Brenda L. Beagan9: On (Not) Losing My Religion: Interrogating Gendered Forms of White Virtue in Pre-Possessed CountriesFiona NicollPart Three: Gendered Bodies10: Playing Like a Girl? The Negotiation of Gender and Sexual Identity Among Female Ice Hockey Athletes on Male TeamsDanielle DiCarlo11: Exploring Male Femininity in the "Crisis": Men and Cosmetic SurgeryMichael Atkinson12: Indigenous Girls' Resilience in Settler States: Honouring Body and Land SovereigntySandrina de Finney13: Sex and Gender Diversity Among Transgender Persons in Ontario, Canada: Results from a Respondent-Driven Sampling SurveyAyden I. Scheim and Greta R. BauerPart Four: Gendered Sexualities14: Losing It: Similarities and Differences in First Intercourse Experiences of Men and WomenLily Tsui and Elena Nicoladis15: "It Just Happens": Negotiating Casual Heterosexual SexMelanie Beres16: Love-Politics: Lesbian Wedding Practices in Canada and the United States from the 1920s to the 1970sElise Chenier17: Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Trans Men Navigating Sexual FieldsAyden I. Scheim, Barry D. Adam, and Zack Marshall18: "Incorrigible slag," the case of Jennifer Murphy's HIV non-disclosure: Gender norm policing and the production of gender-class-race categories in Canadian news coverageJenny Roth and Chris SandersPart Five: Gendered Families19: The Motherhood Sacrifice: Maternal Experiences of Child Care in the Canadian ContextRebecca M. Horne and Rhonda S. Breitkreuz20: Transnational Familial Strategies, Social Reproduction, and Migration: Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals in CanadaGuida Man and Elena Chou21: "Here's My Story": Fathers of "Looked After" Children Recount their Experiences in the Canadian Child Welfare SystemLena Dominelli, Susan Strega, Chris Walmsley, Marilyn Callahan, and Leslie Brown22: Feelings of Distance and Proximity: Exploring the Emotional Geographies of Men Caregiving for Family Members with Multiple Chronic ConditionsMelissa Giesbrecht, Allison Williams, Wendy Duggleby, Bharthi Sethi, Jenny Ploeg, and Maureen Markle-ReidPart Six: Gendered Classroom23: Transphobia and Cisgender Privilege: Pre-Service Teachers Recognizing and Challenging Gender Rigidity in SchoolsLaura-Lee Kearns, Jennifer Mitton-Kükner, and Joanne Tompkins24: Gendered Harassment in Secondary Schools: Understanding Teachers' (Non) InterventionsElizabeth J. Meyer25: Contested Spaces: Trans-Inclusive School Policies and Parental Sovereignty in CanadaLindsay Herriot, David P. Burns, and Betty Yeung26: Race, Racialization and Indigeneity in Canadian UniversitiesFrances Henry, Enakshi Dua, Audrey Kobayashi, Carl James, Peter Li, Howard Ramos, and Malinda S. SmithPart Seven: The Gendered Workplace27: No Longer "One of the Boys": Negotiations with Motherhood, as Prospect or Reality, among Women in EngineeringGillian Ranson28: Gendered Strategies of the Self: Navigating Hierarchy and Contesting MasculinitiesShelley Pacholok29: "Caught in the Same Webs" - Service Providers' Insights on Gender-Based and Structural Violence Among Female Temporary Foreign Workers in CanadaChantal Robillard, Janet McLaughlin, Donald C. Cole, Biljana Vasilevska, and Richard Gendron30: Gender and Workplace Bullying: Men's Experiences of Surviving Bullying at WorkSue M. O'Donnell and Judith A. MacIntoshPart Eight: Gender and Media31: Globalization, Corporate Nationalism, and Masculinity in Canada: Sport, Molson Beer Advertising, and Consumer CitizenshipSteven Jackson32: 'Beauty and bullets': A Content Analysis of Female Offenders and Victims in Four Canadian NewspapersRachael E. Collins33: The Gender Binary Will Not Be Deprogrammed: Ten Years of Coding Gender on FacebookRena Bivens34: The Construction of Gender in Dating Apps: An Interface Analysis of Tinder and BumbleCaitlin MacLeod and Victoria McArthurPart Nine: Gender and Violence35: Expert Evidence on Coercive Control in Support of Self-Defence: The Trial of Teresa CraigElizabeth Sheehy36: Intimate Male Partner Violence in the Migration Process: Intersections of Gender, Race, and ClassSepali Guruge, Nazilla Khanlou, and Denise Gastaldo37: The State is a Man: Theresa Spence, Loretta Saunders and the Gender of Settler SovereigntyAudra SimpsonPart Ten: Gendered Activism38: Organizing Baristas in Halifax Cafes: Precarious Work and Gender and Class Identities in the Millennial GenerationRachel K. Brickner and Meaghan Dalton39: #MeToo and the Promise and Pitfalls of Challenging Rape Culture Through Digital Feminist ActivismKaitlynn Mendes, Jessica Ringrose, and Jessalynn Keller40: The Transformative and Radical Feminism of Grassroots Migrant Women's Movement(s) in CanadaEthel Tungohan41: Idle No More - Indigenous Activism and FeminismSonja JohnCredits