The Gender Reader 's fifty-one selections, all related to issues and questions of gender, are organized into five parts that address sub-themes within this broad and rich subject. The readings represent a balanced view of several gender-related topics and have been chosen to provide a background for rich discussion and thoughtful essays. The issues raised throughout the book are designed to provide readers with opportunities for personal and reflective writing as well as expository and argumentative writing. For anyone interested in issues of gender for balanced writing.
This text book is an excellent read! It explores the topic of gender roles by essays articulately written by a diverse collection of authors such as: Alan Alda, Edmund White, Simone De Beauvoir, Susan Brownmillar, Gloria Steinem, Plato, Pope Pius XI, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Margaret Sanger, Viginia Woolf, Case Millar, Kate Swift, Ronald Regan, and Charles Krauhammer to name a few. It is not a book that just writes of the "female condition", but also how gender roles affect men. This book challenges the reader to explore their own thoughts on gender roles and society, to find meaning from the text and hopefully to apply it to their own lives.