Labeling Women Deviant

Download or read book Labeling Women Deviant written by Edwin M. Schur and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 1984 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book appears at a time when many of the topics it covers have moved to the forefront of public attention. The women's liberation movement has promoted an increased consciousness of sexism in general, and of its many specific manifestations. Both scholarly research and academic courses on women have reached an all-time high. As a combined result of activist efforts and social research, most of the patterned ways of labeling women deviant that are discussed in this text have now come under significant challenge. The time may not be too distant when it will be possible to discuss many of these patterns in the past tense. By and large, that time has not yet arrived. The text is intended for use in courses on deviance, women, gender, sex roles, social problems and contemporary society."--Preface."