Gendered Lives
Author: Julia T. Wood
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ISBN: 0534581633
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing (15 June, 2002)
Sales Rank: 509,228
Average Customer Rating: 3.82 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 3 out of 5
Making the masses think
This book makes one think about their own standards, virues, and biases about gender, masculinity, femininity, sexual orientation, and moral values. Wood's book is thought provoking. The reader should proceed through this book with a knowledge that Wood is providing the information that is available and that not all perspectives of the gender issues are presented. This book should not be used as the authority of gender studies. There is lack of information about masculinity issues and also a lack of information about religion and gender. Social class has a very brief reference and can not stand alone in relation to gender issues in Wood's discussion.
Rating: 4 out of 5
A look at Gendered Lives
Overall, I thought Julia Wood's book was thought provoking and interesting. Although there were portions of her book I did not agree with, either from personal experience, religious beliefs or from a moral standpoint, I enjoyed opening myself up to new perspectives. The book made me realize the significant role I can play in the ongoing debate about gender.
Although Wood did a nice job of explaining the issues at hand, I felt that the book lacked a religious perspective. Religion is tied to numerous things discussed, but religion is never openly mentioned.
Overall, Gendered Lives is an enlightening book.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Not bad
Ok, so I was totally not even the slight bit interested in reading a book like this one, but alas, for one of my classes this semester I was required to partake. I must admit that I initially had a difficult time relating to the rhetoric and struggled throught the first chapters ... only because of my poor attitude. However, there are a couple of chapters on communication between the sexes that were incredibly intriguing, so much that I would recommend them to anyone and everyone. I disagreed often with some of Wood's assertions, however, I found that the reason for my differing viewpoint was based on the fact that I could not empathise with her statements. Overall, I would recommend this book to anyone interested in gender relations and the real story behind feminist theory/history, not to mention someone interested in communication discrepancies between the mars and venus.
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