Center for Distance and Independent Study
Psychology 4830: Psychology of Women

Course Credits

Developer

Erin Hunt-Carter, MA, with the Center for Distance and Independent Study

Editor

Ann Breidenbach

Web Adaptation

Marlys Johnson

Multimedia

Lesson 3: Gender Quiz by Jerod Quinn.

Image and Multimedia Attributions

Title graphic

By Marlys Johnson with original image © iStockphoto/jpa1999.

Lesson 1: Foundations in the Psychology of Women

Figure 1.1 Courtesy Wikimedia Commons. Image in the public domain.

Timeline images in the public domain.

Lesson 3: Growing Up Female

Toys for Girls interactive images courtesy Erin Hunt-Carter.

Lesson 4: The Portrayal of Women in the Media, Part I

Portrayl of Women in Media interactive images courtesy Erin Hunt-Carter.

Lesson 6: Women and Work

Figure 6:1. Box A–© 2008 JupiterImages Corporation. Box B–© 2008 JupiterImages Corporation. Box C–photo courtesy U.S. Dept. of Defense, http://www.defenselink.mil/photos/newsphoto.aspx?newsphotoid=6711. Box D–courtesy of Rebecca Musarra. Image licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5.

Lesson 7: Female Sexuality

Figure 7:1 Woman's genitalia courtesy Erin Hunt-Carter.

Lesson 11: Women and Aging

Beauty Products interactive images courtesy Erin Hunt-Carter.

Lessons 1–12: All other images © 2007 JupiterImages Corporation.

References

Lesson 1: Foundations in the Psychology of Women

Brown, H.G. Sex and the Single Girl, New York: Bernard Geis Associates, 1962.

Comfort, A. The Joy of Sex. New York: Crown Publishers, 1972.

Denmark, F.L., Rabinowitz, V.C. & Sechzer, J.A. (2005). Engendering psychology: Women and gender revisited (2nd ed.). New York: Allyn & Bacon.

Douglas, S.J. (1995). Where the girls are: Growing up female with the mass media. New York: Times Books.

Etaugh, C. & Bridges, J. (2006). Women's lives: A topical approach. New York: Allyn and Bacon.

Lips, H.M. (2006). A new psychology of women: Gender, culture and ethnicity (3rd ed.). New York: McGrawHill Higher Education.

Rider, E.A. (2005). Our voices: Psychology of women (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Seneca Falls Convention from http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/Senecafalls.html

The Seneca Falls Convention. Retrieved from: http://www.npg.si.edu/col/seneca/senfalls1.htm on August 4th, 2006.

Truth, S. Ain't I a Woman. Retrieved from:  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/sojtruth-woman.html on August 2nd, 2006.

Lesson 2: The Question of Gender Differences

Bagemihl, B. (1999). Biological exuberance: Animal homosexuality and natural diversity. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Bornstein, K. Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us. New York: Routledge, 1994.

Colapinto, J. (2001). As nature made him: The boy that was raised as a girl. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

Dar-Nimrod, I. & Heine, S.J. (2006). Exposure to scientific theories affects women's math performance. Science, 314, 435.

Eugenides, J. Middlesex. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002.

Harper, J. (12/2/2005). Now there's proof: Men, women different. The Washington Times. Retrieved from: http://washingtontimes.com/national/20051201-114744-9984r_page2.htm on 12/15/06.

Hyde, J.S. (2007). Half the human experience: The psychology of women (7th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Hyde, J.S. (2005). The gender similarities hypothesis. American Psychologist, 60 (6), 581–592.

Johns, M., Schmader, T. & Martens, A. (2005). Knowing is half the battle: Teaching stereotype threat as a means of improving women's math performance. Psychological Science, 16 (3), 175–180.

Lips, H.M. (2006). A new psychology of women: Gender, culture and ethnicity (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Lesson 3: Growing Up Female

Amrani, E.N.H. (1988). The Kinaalda ceremony: A dance into womanhood. Retrieved from http://ww.vibrani.com/kinaalda.htm

Beausang, C.C. & Razor, A.G. (2000). Young western women's experiences of menarche and menstruation. Health Care for Women International, 21, 517–528.

Crawford, M. (2006). Transformations: Women, gender and psychology (1st ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Crawford, M. & Unger, R. (2004). Women and gender: A feminist psychology (4th ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Denmark, F.L., Rabinowitz, V.C. & Sechzer, J.A. (2005). Engendering psychology:Women and gender revisited (2nd ed.). New York: Allyn & Bacon.

D'Augelli, A.R. (2003). Lesbian and bisexual female youths aged 14 to 21: Developmental challenges and victimization experiences. Journal of Lesbian Studies, 7, 9–29.

Etaugh, C. & Bridges, J. (2006). Women's lives: A topical approach. New York: Allyn and Bacon.

Hyde, J.S. (2007). Half the human experience: The psychology of women (7th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Lips, H. (2006). A new psychology of women: Gender, culture and ethnicity (3rd ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill.

Lamb, S. & Brown, M.L. (2006) Packaging Girlhood: Rescuing Our Daughters from Marketers' Schemes. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Martin, C.L., Ruble, D.N. & Szkrybalo, J. (2002). Cognitive theories of early gender development. Psychological Bulletin, 128 (6), 903–933.

Norton, K.I., Olds, T.S., Scott, O. & Dank, S. (1996). Ken and Barbie at life size. Sex Roles, 34, 287–294.

Roger, A. (1999). Barbie Culture. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Simes, M.R. & Berg, D.H. (2001). Surreptitious learning: Menarche and menstrual product advertisements. Health Care for Women International, 22, 455–469.          

Smith, B. (2007). The Psychology of Sex and Gender. Boston: Pearson Allyn & Bacon.

Lesson 4: The Portrayal of Women in the Media, Part I

Crawford, M. (2006). Transformations: Women, gender and psychology (1st ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Etaugh, C. & Bridges, J. (2006). Women's lives: A topical approach. New York: Allyn and Bacon.

Etaugh, M.M. (1986). Television and sex-role attitudes. In T.M. Williams (Ed.), The impact of television: A natural experiment in three communities (pp. 265–301). Orlando, FL: Academic Press.

Lips, H.M. (2006). A new psychology of women: Gender, culture and ethnicity (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw Hill Higher Education.

Manning, J.C. (2006). The impact of internet pornography on marriage and the family: A review of the research. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 13, 131–165.

Rider, E.A. (2005). Our voices: Psychology of women (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Scott, B.A. (2004). Women and pornography: What we don't know can hurt us. In J.C. Chrisler, C. Golden & P.D. Rozee (Eds.) Lectures on the psychology of women (3rd ed.) (pp. 292–309).  New York: McGraw-Hill.

Smith, B. (2007). The psychology of sex and gender. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Wolf, N. (2002). The Beauty Myth. New York: Harper Collins.

Wolf, N. (1997). Promiscuities: The secret struggle for womanhood. New York: Random House.

Lesson 6: Women and Work

Brady, J. (1974). "Freelancer with no time to write." Writer's Digest.

Denmark, F.L., Rabninowitz, V.C. & Sechzer, J.A. (2005). Engendering Psychology (2nd ed.). New York: Allyn and Bacon.

Dawson, R. (2006). Secrets of Power Salary Negotiating: Inside Secrets from a Master Negotiator. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press Inc.

Ehrenreich, B. (2001). Nickel and Dimed: On (not) getting by in America. New York: Metropolitan Books.

Etaugh, C. & Bridges, J. (2006). Women's lives: A topical approach. New York: Allyn and Bacon.

Goodman, P. J. (2002). Win-Win Career Negotiations: Proven Strategies for Getting What You Want From Your Employer. New York: Penquin Group (USA).

Hinden, S. (Sep. 2001). "Raw deal for women?" AARP, 18–20.

Lesson 7: Female Sexuality

Barlow, D.H. & Durand, V.M. (2002). Abnormal psychology (3rd ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.

Barlow, A.L. (1994). Witchcraze: A new history of the European witch hunts. London: Harper Collins.

Byer, C.O. & Shainberg, L.W. (1994). Dimensions of human sexuality (4th ed.). Madison, WI: Brown & Benchmark.

Crawford, M. & Unger, R. (2004). Women and gender: A feminist psychology (4th ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Grimley, D.M., Kim, O.M., Desmond, R.A. & Hook, E.W. (2005). An intervention to reduce vaginal douching among adolescent and young adult women: A randomized, controlled trial. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 32, 752–758.

Hyde, J.S. (2007). Half the human experience: The psychology of women (7th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company

Hyde, J.S. (1994). Understanding human sexuality (5th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Lips, H.M. (2006). A new psychology of women: Gender, culture and ethnicity (3rd ed.).  New York: McGrawHill Higher Education.

O'Connell, H.E., Sanjeevan, K.V. & Hutson, J.M. (2005). "Anatomy of the clitoris." The Journal of Urology, 174, 1189–1195.

Wolf, N. (1997). Promiscuities: The secret struggle for womanhood. New York: Random House.

Lesson 8: Women and Violence

Bull, S.D. (2003). Violence against women: Media (mis)representations of femicide. Presented at the Seventh Institute for Women's Policy Research International Policy Research Conference.

Denmark, F.L., Rabinowitzh, V.C. & Secher, J.A. (2005). Engendering psychology: Women and gender revisited (2nd ed.). New York: Allyn and Bacon.

Lillienfield, S.O. (2000). When worlds collide: Social science, politics and the Rind et al. (1998) child sexual abuse meta-analysis. American Psychologist, 57 (3), 176–188.

Lips, H. (2006). A new psychology of women: Gender, culture and ethnicity (3rd ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Stahly, G.B. (2004). "Battered women: Why don't they just leave?" (pp. 310–330). In J.C. Chrisler, C. Golden & P.D. Rozee (Eds.) Lectures on the psychology of women (3rd ed.).  New York: McGraw-Hill.

Weldon, M. (1999). I Closed My Eyes: Revelations of a Battered Woman. Center City, MN: Hazelden.

White Ribbon Campaing at www.whiteribbon.ca.

Men Stopping Violence at www.mencanstoprape.org.

Lesson 9: Female Relationships and Friendships

Apter, T. & Josselson, R. (1998). Best friends: The pleasures and perils of girl's and women's friendships. New York: Three Rivers Press.

Caron, S.L. & Ulin, M. (1997). Closeting and the quality of lesbian relationships. The Journal of Contemporary Human Services, 78, 413–419.

Clarke, V. & Finlay, S.J. (2004). For better or worse? Lesbian and gay marriage. Feminism & Psychology, 14(1), 36–40.

Crawford, M. (2006). Transformations: Women, gender and psychology (1st ed.). New  York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Denmark, F.L., Rabinowitz, V.C. & Sechzer, J.A. (2005). Engendering psychology: women and gender revisited (2nd ed.). New York: Allyn & Bacon.

Lips, H.M. (2006). A new psychology of women: Gender, culture and ethnicity (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Rider, E.A. (2005) Our voices: Psychology of women (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Lesson 10: Motherhood

Chan, A. & Keane, R.J. (2004). Prevalence of induced abortion in a reproductive lifetime. American Journal of Epidemiology, 159(5), 475–480.

Denmark, F.L., Rabinowitz, V.C. & Sechzer, J.A. (2005). Engendering psychology: women and gender revisited (2nd ed.). New York: Allyn & Bacon.

Douglas, S. J. & Michaels, M.W. The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How it Has Undermined All Women.

Johnston, D.D. & Swanson, D.H. (2003). Invisible mothers: A content analysis of motherhood ideologies and myths in magazines. Sex Roles, 49, 21–33.

Jones, R.K, Darroch, J.E. & Henshaw, S.K. (2002). Patterns in the socioeconomic characteristics of women obtaining abortions in 2000–2001. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 34(5), 226–235.

Peskowitz, Miriam. (2005). The Truth Behind the Mommy Wars: Who Decides What Makes a Good Mother? Emeryville, CA: Seal Press: Distributed by Publishers Group West.

Rider, E.A. (2005). Our voices: Psychology of women (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Lesson 11: Women and Aging

Center for Disease Control (2007). United States life tables. National Vital Statistics Reports, 54 (14), 3.

Cohen, H.L. (2002). Developing media literacy skills to challenge television's portrayal of older women. Educational Gerontology, 28, 599–620.

Etaugh, C. & Bridges, J. (2006). Women's lives: A topical approach. New York: Allyn and Bacon.

Francouer, R.T. (1991). Becoming a sexual person (2nd ed.). New York: MacMillan Publishing Company.

Horrigan, B. (1996). Red Moon Passage: The Power and Wisdom of Menopause. New York: Harmony.

Kelly, G.F. (2002). Sexuality today: The human perspective (7th ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.

Lesson 12: Women’s Issues in Mental Health

Crawford, M. (2006). Transformations: Women, gender and psychology (1st ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education.

Platte, P., Zelten, J.F. & Stunkard, A.J. (2000). Body image in the Old Order Amish: A people separate from "the world." International Journal of Eating Disorders, 28, 404–414.

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