Sex and Gender

Sex and Gender (2nd edt.) is a substantially revised edition of a classic text. Adopting a balanced approach to the often controversial study of sex differences, the authors introduce the reader to the fundamental questions relating to sex and gender in an accessible way. Drawing on the latest research, new developments are explored such as the rise of evolutionary psychology and the influence of Social Role Theory as well as new psychoanalytic and ethno-methodological approaches which have all contributed to a greater understanding of the complex nature of masculinity and femininity.

Fully revised edition of classic text, accessible introduction to fundamental questions concerning sex and gender.

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Archer (psychology, U. of Central Lancashire) and Lloyd (social sciences, U. of Sussex) have updated the 1985 American edition of their original 1982 publication. They explore various planes of sex differences, among them stereotypes, origins, developmental influences, sexuality, aggression and violence, fear and mental health, the domestic sphere, and work and education. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

John Archer is Professor of Psychology at the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK. His research interests are aggression, violence, sex and gender, and grief. He is the author of a number of books, including The Nature of Grief (1999), Ethology and Human Development (1992) and The Behavioural Biology of Aggression (1988). He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and President-Elect of the International Society for Research on Aggression.

Barbara B. Lloyd is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Sussex where she was previously Reader in Social Psychology. Barbara has an active psychoanalytic psychotherapy practice and was a founding member and Chair of the Brighton Association of Analytic Psychotherapists. Barbara is the author of a number of books including Social Representations and the Development of Knowledge (1990, Cambridge) and Gender Identities and Education. The Impact of Starting School (1992, Harvester-Wheatsheaf) with Gerard Duveen. Recently she and Kevin Lucas published Smoking in Adolescence. Images and Identities (1998, Routledge) which describes her current research. She is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Full Member of the British Association of Psychotherapists.