Robyn R. Ryle - Questioning Gender: A Sociological Exploration

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1. PART I. WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO ASK ABOUT GENDER?
   These first three chapters set up the basic foundations for an exploration of gender. They introduce the main goals in learning about gender, the basic theories that help us understand gender, and the ways in which those theories are used throughout the text.
2. PART II. HOW ARE OUR LIVES FILLED WITH GENDER?
   This section uses an interactional, micro-level approach to focus on everyday aspects of gender. In this part of the book, students begin to see the ways in which gender matters in their daily lives and how that impact is socially constructed both historically and globally.
3. PART III. HOW IS GENDER AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE WAY OUR SOCIETY WORKS?
   This portion of the text focuses on how gender permeates various institutions in society. Working at the institutional, macro level, these chapters are concerned with how gender operates as a system of power and reinforces inequality.