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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
This may have been required reading for a college course, but this book is a must-read. I'm glad I purchased, not rented, because there's several passages I want to share with several people. Go buy this!
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
I read this for my "Gender and Sexuality in the Media" class, and it was very informative. It discusses many important topics and covers the history of gender discrimination and its relation to the world we live in today. While this book is informational and does not say anything that isn't necessary when learning about the treatment of people of different Genders, I did still want to mark it as having mentions of possibly triggering topics.
Content Warnings
Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, Stalking, Sexual harassment
i don’t know how to rate a textbook but gender n com hands down one of my favorite classes !!!
informative
slow-paced
informative
slow-paced
“Gendered Lives 12th edition” by Julia T. Wood & Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz
In this textbook focused on communication and gender, Wood and Fixmer-Oraiz cover a wide range of topics related to this intersection. Divided into two sections focused on conceptual foundations and gendered communication in practice, students can get an introductory understanding of how gender is a product of communicative behaviors, and how our gendered self affects our communication patterns. For me, unfortunately, this textbook doesn’t have the depth of conversation I would look for in a textbook for this topic. I also found personally that, although Wood and Fixmer-Oraiz were well-intentioned in their writing, a lot of the book relies a lot on binary gendered language and assumptions. There is little attention to critical perspectives on gender or how communication intersects with those who fall outside the binary. It’s an acceptable textbook, but one that critical gender folks will want to intervene on with additional outside readings and perspectives.
In this textbook focused on communication and gender, Wood and Fixmer-Oraiz cover a wide range of topics related to this intersection. Divided into two sections focused on conceptual foundations and gendered communication in practice, students can get an introductory understanding of how gender is a product of communicative behaviors, and how our gendered self affects our communication patterns. For me, unfortunately, this textbook doesn’t have the depth of conversation I would look for in a textbook for this topic. I also found personally that, although Wood and Fixmer-Oraiz were well-intentioned in their writing, a lot of the book relies a lot on binary gendered language and assumptions. There is little attention to critical perspectives on gender or how communication intersects with those who fall outside the binary. It’s an acceptable textbook, but one that critical gender folks will want to intervene on with additional outside readings and perspectives.
i liked this textbook when i read edition 3 eons ago when i was in school; it's good as far as textbooks can be good but i was so annoyed at her constant references to the black family as being strong and progressive because we don't internalize the man as breadwinner and woman as housewife gender roles. like hell we don't; trying to imitate white gendered standards is what has our families in the mess that we're in and is what has bill cosby and barack obama publicly lamenting that we should be more like white folks.
Overall a good introduction to Gender issues in a western context. I would have liked to have seen more conversation about non-binary gender discussion and an international discussion. If you need a primer about issues facing Western Culture with gender this is a good place to start.
I used this book in my Communication & Gender class. Not sure how my students liked it; I should ask. It's not the least expensive book on the market, but Julia T. Wood is quite good, and she references a lot of crucial people.
I really feel like there was a lot of great information here about how gendered socialization affects communication, and because of it, men and women typically have styles of verbal and non-verbal communication that seems designed to put them at odds. To me, it reads like communication practices are informed by our patriarchal society, and by resigning ourselves to the tiny communication-practices boxes that we have been placed in since birth, we are only serving to reinforce the patriarchy. Which, duh.
Aside from that, which was my personal main takeaway, there's also good info on gender pronouns, differences between communication in hetero, gay, and lesbian relationships, and even a bit on how gendered communication is constantly queered by people of all orientations and presentations, because just like in any other circumstance, the binary is silly - in reality few things are so cut and dried as being one thing or the other.
4 out of 5.
You can find the complete review, as well as all my other past reviews at https://sheseatingameatballsub.blogspot.com
Aside from that, which was my personal main takeaway, there's also good info on gender pronouns, differences between communication in hetero, gay, and lesbian relationships, and even a bit on how gendered communication is constantly queered by people of all orientations and presentations, because just like in any other circumstance, the binary is silly - in reality few things are so cut and dried as being one thing or the other.
4 out of 5.
You can find the complete review, as well as all my other past reviews at https://sheseatingameatballsub.blogspot.com
