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PSYC 345: The Psychology of Women (Rev. C5) Report a Broken Link

Unit 1: Introduction to the Psychology of Women

Weisstein, N. (1993). Psychology constructs the female; or, The fantasy life of the male psychologist (with some attention to the fantasies of his friends, the male biologist and the male anthropologist). Feminism & Psychology, 3(2), 195–210.

Unit 2: Gender Stereotypes and Other Gender Biases

Shields, S. (1975). Functionalism, Darwinism, and the psychology of women: A study in social myth. American Psychologist, 30(7), 739–754.
Shields, S. (2016). Functionalism, Darwinism, and advances in the psychology of women and gender: From the 19th century to the 21st. Feminism & Psychology, 26(4), 397–404.

Unit 3: Infancy to Adolescence

Hyde, J. (2016). Sex and cognition: gender and cognitive functions. Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 38, 53–56.

Unit 4: Gender Comparisons

Eagly, A. (2016). Has the psychology of women stopped playing handmaiden to social values? Feminism & Psychology, 26(3), 382–391.

Unit 5: Work and Relationships

Maier, C. (2016). Conceptualizing household distribution of labor from feminist theory: Why power matters in psychotherapy. Marriage & Family Review, 52(5), 413–420.

Unit 6: Sexuality, Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood

Darroch, F. & Hillsburg, H. (2017). Keeping pace: Mother versus athlete identity among elite long distance runners. Women’s Studies International Forum, 62, 61–68.

Unit 7: Physical and Mental Health

Schultz, W., & Hunter, N. (2016). Depression, chemical imbalances, and feminism. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy, 28(4), 159–173.

Unit 8: Violence Against Women and Women and Older Adulthood

Jaffe, S. (2018). The collective power of #MeToo. Dissent, Spring, 80–87.

Unit 9: Future Trends

Riger, S. (2016). On becoming a feminist psychologist. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 40(4), 479–487.