Paradoxes of Gender

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Paradoxes of Gender is written by Judith Lorber and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0300153449 (ISBN 10) and 9780300153446 (ISBN 13).

Annotation In this innovative book, a well-known feminist and sociologist challenges our most basic assumptions about gender. Judith Lorber argues that gender is wholly a product of socialization, subject to human agency, organization, and interpretation, and that it is a social institution comparable to the economy, the family, and necessity of gender, she envisions a society structured for equality, where no gender, racial, ethnic, or social class group is allowed to monopolize positions of power.