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Status of women -- Transforming the debate on sexual inequality: from biological difference to institutionalized androcentrism / by Sandra Lipsitz Bem -- Who's in and who's out: the results of oppression / by Ruth S. Ostenson -- Poor women in a wealthy nation / by Deborah Belle -- Sex discrimination at work / by Faye J. Crosby -- Feminist perspectives on the personal and political aspects of mothering / by Diane M. Hall -- Gender socialization, or how long a way has baby come? / by Susan Basow -- Women's bodies -- Sweating it out: the good news and the bad news about women and sport / by Ruth L. Hall -- Women, weight, and body image / by Christine A. Smith -- The intersexed and the transgendered: rethinking sex/gender / by Carla Golden -- PMS as a culture-bound syndrome / by Joan C. Chrisler -- Understanding emotional responses after abortion / by Nancy Felipe Russo -- Women with disabilities / by Rhoda Olkin -- The health risks of being black, Latina, women, and/or poor: redefining women's health within the context of social inequality / by Lisa Bowleg -- Diversity of women -- Asian American women and adolescent girls: sexuality and sexual experession / by Connie S. Chan -- Life as a lesbian; what does gender have to do with it? / by Linda D. Garnets -- Gender issues among Latinas / by Donna Castaneda -- Triple jeopardy in the lives of biracial black/white women / by Angela R. Gillem -- Mammy, Jezebel, Sapphire, and their homegirls: developing an "oppositional gaze" toward the images of black women / by Carolyn M. West -- Crossing the color line in women's friendships / by Suzanna M. Rose -- Violence against women -- Women's fear of rape: causes, consequences, and coping / by Patricial D. Rozee -- Women and pornography: what we don't know can hurt us / by Britain A. Scott -- Battered women: why don't they just leave? / by Geraldine B. Stahly -- Women's mental health -- Positive aging for women / by Mary Gergen -- A feminist approach to agoraphobia: challenging traditional views of women at home / by Maureen C. McHugh