Male/Female Roles
Male/Female Roles | The Idea of Multiple Genders Must Be Accepted
According to Anne Fausto-Sterling in the following viewpoint, gender variations do not always fit into male and female categories. Despite society’s insistence on dichotomous gender rules, she maintains, many people such as homosexuals and intersexuals do not fit into those categories and suffer because of it. For example she contends that intersexuals, individuals who have both male and female sexual characteristics, are stigmatized because their sex organs cannot be labeled strictly male or female. Fausto-Sterling claims that as American society becomes more secular, the laws...
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- Introduction
- Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
- Chapter 2 Preface
- Women Should Be Encouraged to Be Stay-at-Home Mothers
- Women Should Not Be Encouraged to Be Stay-at-Home Mothers
- Early Marriage May Be the Best Choice for Women
- Early Marriage May Not Be the Best Choice for Women
- Women Should Reject Feminism
- Women Should Embrace Feminism
- Chapter 2 Periodical Bibliography
- Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Traditional Marriage Roles Would Improve Male/Female Relations
- Egalitarian Marriage Roles Would Improve Male/Female Relations
- A Return to Modesty Would Improve Male/Female Relations
- Arguments for a Return to Modesty Are Flawed
- Ending Male Bashing Would Improve Male/Female Relations
- Ending Woman Bashing Would Improve Male/Female Relations
- Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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