Psychology of Gender Through the Lens of Culture

Saba Safdar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Guelph, Canada. She received her PhD in Social Psychology at York University. Natasza Kosakowska is a researcher and lecturer in the Division of Cross-Cultural Psychology and Psychology of Gender, Institute of Psychology, University of Gdańsk, Poland. She received her PhD in Psychology from the University of Gdańsk, Poland.

• Chapter 1 Introduction Safdar, S. & Kosakowska-Berezecka, N. Part I           Research with specific groups Chapter 2        The Psychological Experience of Refugees: A Gender and Cultural Analysis Marta Y. Young & K. Jacky ChanChapter 3Money is the Root of All Evil: Modern-day Dowries in South Asian International Arranged MarriagesNoorfarah MeraliChapter 4        Sexual Orientation Across Culture and TimeKonstantin O. Tskhay & Nicholas O. Rule Part II         Gender across the world Chapter 5        Housework Allocation and Gender (In)equality: The Chinese CaseJoyce Lai Ting Leong, Sylvia Xiaohua Chen & Michael Harris BondChapter 6From Atatürk to Erdoğan:  Women in Modern Turkey          Gunes N. Zeytinoglu & Richard F. BonnabeauChapter 7Israeli Women – Changes and their Consequences  Dahlia MooreChapter 8Gender and Culture: Russian perspectiveIrina Shmeleva & Ludmila PochebutChapter 9A Broader Conceptualization of Sexism: Thecase of PolandMałgorzata Mikołajczak & Janina PietrzakChapter 10Perception of gender differences in competition in the post-socialist HungaryMárta Fülöp & Mihály Berkics Chapter 11 Development of gender prejudice from childhood to adulthood: a Spanish perspectiveSoledad de Lemus, Pilar Montañés,  Jesús L. Megías & Miguel Moya    Chapter 12Gender Roles Within The Family:  A Study Across Three Language Regions Of SwitzerlandElena Makarova  & Walter Herzog Chapter 13The Land of Opportunity?: Gender in the United States of AmericaDeborah L. Best & Alexandra M. DeLoneChapter 14                                                                                      Gender stereotypes, sexuality and culture in MexicoAnna-Emilia Hietanen & Susan PickChapter 15For Men Life is Hard, for Women Life is Harder:  Gender Roles in Central AmericaJudith L. Gibbons & Sandra E. LunaChapter 16      Balancing the scales of gender and culture in contemporary South AfricaClaude-Hélène Mayer & Antoni Barnard Part III       Applications                 Chapter 17      Comparative Approaches to Gendered Interventions in New Zealand Mainstream and Ethnic CommunitiesAngela R. Robinson & James H. LiuChapter 18Gender, Culture, And Inequality In Ghana: An Examination Of Socio-Cultural Determinants Of Gender DisparityCharity Akotia & Adote Anum Chapter 19      Gender and Health Inequality in Africa:  the case of HIVAmina Abubakar & Patricia Kitsao-Wekulo