Gender: The Basics: 2nd Edition, Paperback

Gender: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the influence of cultural, historical, biological, psychological, and economic forces on ways in which we have come to define and experience femininity and masculinity, and on the impact and importance of gender categories. Highlighting that there is far more to gender than biological sex, it examines theories and research about how and why gender categories and identities are developed and about how interpersonal and societal power relationships are gendered. It takes a global and intersectional perspective to examine the interaction between gender and a wide range of topics including:

• Relationships, intimacy, and concepts of sexuality across the lifespan
• The workplace and labour markets
• Gender related violence and war
• Public health, poverty, and development
• Gender and public leadership

This new edition includes increased coverage of trans visibility and activism, LGBTQ studies and critical masculinity studies, global developments in women's political leadership, links between gender and economic wellbeing, and cyberbullying.

Supporting theory with examples and case studies from a variety of contexts, suggestions for further reading, and a detailed glossary, this text is an essential read for anyone approaching the study of gender for the first time.

Hilary M. Lips is Emerita Professor of Psychology and Research Professor at Radford University, in Radford, Virginia, USA, where she served for many years as Chair of the Psychology Department, and Director of the Center for Gender Studies. She was born in Canada, completed her graduate education at Northwestern University in the USA, and taught at the University of Winnipeg in Canada for 15 years before accepting a position at Radford University. During her career, she has spent time as a visiting scholar in Costa Rica, China, and New Zealand. The author of numerous articles and two current textbooks in the psychology of women and gender, she is a social psychologist, whose research has focused on the intersections of gender, power, and self-perceptions, and on the gender pay gap.