The Stereotyping of Women: Its Effects on Mental Health (Springer Series: Focus on Women)

Why devote a book to the impact of sex-role stereotypes on women's mental health? The 1980s follow a decade of increasing change in women's roles. Many women have profited from equal opportunities with men in employment, in legal issues, and in marital relationships, to mention just a few examples. The ·women's movement has attempted to break down traditional stereotypes about men and women in society. Why, then, focus on "troubled" women in such an era of progress? TABLE OF CONTENTS: Part One: introduction -- 1.Introduction Warning! Sex-role stereotypes may be hazardous to your health/ Esther D. Rothblum and Violet franks -- 2.Sex-role stereotype and mental health: Conceptual models in the 1970s and issues for the 1980s/ Jeffrey A. Kelly -- 3.The development of sex-role stereotypes in Children: Crushing realities/ Marsha Weinraub and Lynda M. brown -- 4.Sex roles and language use: implications for mental health/ Barbara Kirsh -- Part two: Traditional categories of psychopathology -- 5.sex-role stereotypes and depression in women/ Esther D. Rothblum -- 6.Women and agoraphobia: a case for the etiological significance of the feminine sex-role stereotype/ Kathleen A. Brehony -- 7.Sex-role stereotypes and female sexual dysfunction/ Helen E. Tevlin and Sandra R. Leiblum -- Part three: Special problems of living -- 8.Women's assertion and the feminine sex-role stereotype/ Charlene L. Muehlenhard -- 9.Women, weight, and health/ Marilyn A. Zegman -- 10. The resocialization of single-again women/ Judith Worell and Nikki Garret-Fulks -- 11.Sex-role stereotypes and violence against women Patricia A. Resick -- Part Four: Conclusion -- Concluding comments, criticism, and caution / Violet Franks and Esther D. Rothblum Introduction / Esther D. Rothblum And Violet Franks -- Sex-role Stereotypes And Mental Health / Jeffrey A. Kelly -- The Development Of Sex-role Stereotypes In Children / Marsha Weinraub And Lynda M. Brown -- Sex Roles And Language Use / Barbara Kirsh -- Sex-role Stereotypes And Depression In Women / Esther D. Rothblum -- Women And Agoraphobia / Kathleen A. Brehony -- Sex-role Stereotypes And Female Sexual Dysfunction / Helen E. Tevlin And Sandra R. Leiblum -- Women's Assertion And The Feminine Sex-role Stereotype / Charlene L. Muehlenhard -- Women, Weight, And Health / Marilyn A. Zegman -- The Resocialization Of Single-again Women / Judith Worell And Nikki Garret-fulks -- Sex-role Stereotypes And Violence Against Women / Patricia A. Resick -- Concluding Comments, Criticism, And Caution / Violet Franks And Esther D. Rothblum. Violet Franks, Esther D. Rothblum, Editors. Includes Bibliographies And Index. Contents Preface Contributors Introduction: Warning!Sex-Role Stereotypes May Be Hazardous to Your Health Sex-Role Stereo types and Mental Health: Conceptual Models in the 1970s and Issues for the 1980s The Development of Sex-Role Stereotypes in Children: Crushing Realities Sex Roles and Language Use: Implications for Mental Health Sex-Role Stereotypes and Depression in Women Women and Agoraphobia: A Case for the Etiological Significance of the Feminine Sex-Role Stereotype Sex-Role Stereotypes and Female Sexual Dysfunction Women's Assertion and the Feminine Sex-Role Stereotype Women, Weight, and Health The Resocialization of Single-Again Women Sex-Role Stereotypes and Violence against Women Concluding Comments, Criticism, and Caution: Consistent Conservatism or Constructive Change? Index