Basics of Gender Theory. Textbook: Kyiv: Publishing House “K.I.S.”, 2004, 533 p.

The authors of the manual examine the contributions of global and Ukrainian intellectuals to gender studies from an interdisciplinary perspective. Gender issues are considered through philosophy, sociology, psychology, linguistics, and law. A distinction is drawn between the concepts of “women’s studies,” “feminist theory,” and “gender theory,” and their genesis and interrelation are shown.

Contents

Introduction 5

1. Gender as a science and academic discipline (Melnyk T.M.) 10
2. Gender issues: emergence and origins (Chukhim N.D.) 30
3. The development of gender theory (Holovashenko I.O.) 79
4. Biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors of gender (Males L.V.) 109
5. Gender socialization and the formation of gender identity (Hornostai P.P.) 132
6. Gender roles and stereotypes (Oksamytna S.M.) 157
7. The women's movement as an ideology and practice of social change (Malanchuk-Rybak O.Z.) 182
8. Gender in politics (Melnyk T.M.) 219
9. Gender and the media (Skoryk M.M.) 266
10. Legal aspects of gender (Melnyk T.M.) 283
11. Gender relations in the economic sphere (Blyzniuk V.) 327
12. Gender relations in the family (Lavrynenko N.V.) 354
13. Gender and religion (Sukovata V.) 385
14. Gender literary theory and criticism (Aheieva V.P.) 426
15. Ukrainian gender cultural studies (Aheieva V.P.) 446
16. Gender and language (Fomenko O.S.) 456
17. Gender education and pedagogy (Lutsenko O.A.) 476
18. The Development of Gender Education in Ukraine (Smoliar L.O.) 504

Glossary 520

Summary 531