Illuminating How Identities, Stereotypes and Inequalities Matter through Gender Studies

Foreword.- Part I: Identities and Perceptions (Introduction by D’Lane R. Compton).- 1. Blogging My Academic Self: Jenny Davis.- 2. The Gendered Characteristics of Facebook Interaction : Nathalie Delise.- 3. Negotiating Gay Male Christian Identities: Brandi Woodell.- 4. Tomboys in the Work of Carson McCullers: Emily Knox.- Part II: Culture, Stereotypes, and Stigma (Introduction by D. Nicole Farris).- 5. Violent Environment: Women and Frontier Coffey County, Kansas: 1855-1880 (Lisa Bunkowski, and Amanda Hedstrom.- 6. Gender Specific Stereotypes in Television Advertisements: D. Nicole Farris.- 7. Carmen Tafolla: Chicana Writer, from the Whispers of Her People: Manuel Medrano.- 8. The Social Construction and Resistance of Menstruation as a Public Spectacle: Ashly Patterson.- 9. Race, Gender, and Sexuality in Cyberspace: Jesus Smith.- Part III: Social Problems and Applications (Introduction by Mary Ann Davis).- 10. Punishing Abused Women: A Retrospective on a Ms. Magazine Blog: Dianne Bartlow.- 11. Constructing Gay Male and Lesbian Foster Families: Mary Ann Davis.- 12. Sex Differences in Adult Mortality: Some Evidence from Taiwan and the United States: Yu Ting Chang.- 13. Gendered Helping Behaviors and Place Attachment in New Orleans’ Upper 9th Ward: Jenny Savely.