Title:	Gender and Society
Authors:	Judith A. Howard Nancy A. Naples O’brien, Jodi
Keywords:	Women—Encyclopedias
Issue Date:	2009
Publisher:	Springer
Description:	This book, edited by two international authors on anxiety disorders (Dan Stein and Bavi Vythilingum), is a treasure trove of the collective wisdom of the leading anxiety disorder psychiatrists and psychologists from across the globe. Each chapter addresses the gender aspects of one of the anxiety and related disorders: general anxiety, panic, social anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, trauma, and stress-related disorders. There are also summary chapters on anxiety disorders in women and men. We are continually and inescapably immersed in gender, so much so that we take it for granted without fully realizing its impact on our lives. As gender scholar Judith Lorber once remarked, talking about gender is like fish talking about water. When a child is born, the first question we ask is, “What is it?” We expect that everyone understands that the question is about the baby’s gender. When we do pause to consider what gender is and how it affects us, we may be surprised at the extent to which gender is everywhere and influences every aspect of society. For decades, scholars of gender have been documenting and analyzing the various ways in which gender shapes individual lives, cultural beliefs and practices, and social and economic organization. O
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/52708
ISBN:	978-1-4129-0916-7
Appears in Collections:	Gender

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