Introduction to the sociology of gender -- How different are women and men? -- Is gender something that we do? -- How can gender best be explained? -- Is gender about bodies? -- What are the politics of gender? -- How is gender intertwined with class? -- How is gender intertwined with "race"? -- So what is gender?
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Mary Holmes begins by questioning simplistic biological conceptions of gender and goes on to evaluate different theoretical frameworks for explaining gender, as well as political approaches to gender issues.