APA Handbook of the Psychology of Women

Cheryl B. Travis, PhD, is emerita professor of psychology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where she also chaired the Women's Studies Program from 2001 to 2014. Her research in the area of women's health has focused on patterns in medical decision making, access to and quality of health care, and race and gender disparities in cardiovascular care. She is the author of two volumes on women's health, and — with Jacquelyn W. White — is coeditor of a volume titled Sexuality, Society, and Feminism. In addition, she edited a feminist analysis titled Evolution, Gender, and Rape. She is the founding editor (1992–2003) of the Psychology of Women Book Series, published by APA, and was associate editor of the American Psychologist (1993–2006). She has held several positions within the Society for the Psychology of Women (APA Division 35), including editor of the newsletter (1980–1982) and president (1995). She has chaired both the APA Board of Convention Affairs and the APA Board of Scientific Affairs. She was a two-term member of the APA Finance Committee, a member of the APA Board of Educational Affairs, chair of the APA Women's Caucus of Council, and a member of the APA Committee on Women in Psychology (2014–2016). She received the Committee on Women in Psychology's Distinguished Leadership Award (1999), Society for the Psychology of Women Carolyn Wood Sherif Award (2005), and the first Sue Rosenberg Zalk Award for Service (2002). She is an APA fellow of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (APA Division 9), the Society for the Psychology of Women (APA Division 35), the Society for Environmental, Population, and Conservation Psychology (APA Division 34), and the Society for Health Psychology (APA Division 38).   Jacquelyn W. White, PhD, is emerita professor of psychology and former director of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she also served as associate dean for research in the College of Arts and Sciences. She has conducted research on gender issues, sexual victimization, and intimate partner violence for more than 35 years, and led one of the first longitudinal studies of sexual and physical dating violence among adolescents and college students. She also led the Office of Violence Against Women's research and evaluation strategic planning project. She recently served as a participant in the Technology and Women: Protection and Peril symposium sponsored by the Evelyn Jacobs Ortner Center on Family Violence at the University of Pennsylvania. She is cofounder and past president of the National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence, as well as one of the co-organizers of ARC3 (Administrator-Researcher Campus Climate Collaborative), a national group working to ensure that campus climate surveys of sexual misconduct are rooted in empirically based research. In addition to being a former American Association for the Advancement of Science Congressional Fellow, she is a past editor of Psychology of Women Quarterly, past president of the Southeastern Psychological Association, and past president of the Society for the Psychology of Women. She was coeditor of the two-volume series on Violence Against Women and Children, as well as coeditor (with Cheryl Travis) of Sexuality, Society, and Feminism: Psychological Perspectives on Women, both published by APA. She is recipient of the Society for the Psychology of Women's 2008 Carolyn Wood Sherif Award and the 2011 Sue Rosenberg Zalk Award for Service. In 2010, she received the APA Committee of Women in Psychology's Leadership Award. She is an APA fellow of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (APA Division 9) and the Society for the Psychology of Women (APA Division 35).  

Volume 1: History, Theory, and Battlegrounds
Editorial Board
About the Editors-in-Chief
Contributors
A Note From the Publisher
Introduction
Part I: Making History: Landmarks of a Movement
Chapter 1: Reimagining the History of the Psychology of Women
Elizabeth Johnston and Ann Johnson
Chapter 2: Modern Misogyny and Backlash
Kristin J. Anderson
Chapter 3: Moving From Sisterhood to Girl Power
Emilie Zaslow
Part II: Finding Meaning Through a Feminist Lens
Chapter 4: Feminist Critiques of Psychology
Joan C. Chrisler and Maureen C. McHugh
Chapter 5: Making a Difference: Feminist Scholarship
Alice H. Eagly
Chapter 6: Qualitative Inquiry in Feminist Psychology
Jeanne Marecek and Eva Magnusson
Part III: Seeing Beyond Difference to Commonalities
Chapter 7: Gender Similarities
Janet Shibley Hyde
Chapter 8: Biological Essentialism, Gender, True Belief, Confirmation Biases, and Skepticism
Patricia Adair Gowaty
Chapter 9: The Sex/Gender Distinction: Beyond F and M
Diana Schellenberg and Anelis Kaiser
Chapter 10: The Gendering of Emotion and the Psychology of Women
Stephanie A. Shields, Heather J. MacArthur, and Kaitlin T. McCormick
Part IV: Sexuality and Gender: Research, Performativity, Power, and Pleasure
Chapter 11: Performing the Self: Performativity and Discursive Psychology
Julia C. Nentwich and Tracy Morison
Chapter 12: Sexuality, Pleasure, Power, and Danger: Points of Tension, Contradiction, and Conflict
Breanne Fahs, Eric Swank, and Sara I. McClelland
Chapter 13: Objectification Theory: Continuing Contributions to Feminist Psychology
Tomi-Ann Roberts, Rachel M. Calogero, and Sarah J. Gervais
Chapter 14: Teen and Young Adult Sexual Desire and the Importance of "Yes"
Zoë D. Peterson
Chapter 15: Women's Sexuality: Victims, Objects, or Agents?
Camille J. Interligi and Maureen C. McHugh
Part V: Crediting the Context of Sexism, Class, and Status
Chapter 16: Warmth and Competence: A Feminist Look at Power and Negotiation
Rachel A. Connor and Susan T. Fiske
Chapter 17: Gender Stereotyping, Prejudice, and Shifting Standards
Monica Biernat
Chapter 18: Benevolent Sexism and the Status of Women
Peter Glick and Liana Raberg
Chapter 19: From Modern Sexism to Gender Microaggressions: Understanding Contemporary Forms of Sexism and Their Influence on Diverse Women
Jioni A. Lewis
Chapter 20: Socioeconomic Status, Social Class, Subjective Social Status, and Subjective Well-Being: Examples of Women's Appraisals of Their Health and Work
Karen Fraser Wyche and Shari E. Miles-Cohen
Chapter 21: Feminism, Psychology, and the Gender Pay Gap
Hilary M. Lips
Part VI: Growing Up: Feminist Critiques of Development
Chapter 22: Growing Up Gendered: Feminist Perspectives on Development
Rachael D. Robnett, Elizabeth A. Daniels, and Campbell Leaper
Chapter 23: The Sexualization of Girls
Eileen L. Zurbriggen
Chapter 24: Development of a Gendered Narrative Identity
Robyn Fivush and Kelly Marin
Chapter 25: Midlife Transitions
Claire Etaugh
Chapter 26: Redefining Gendered Old Age: A Feminist and Power Perspective
Varda Muhlbauer, Eleanor Pardess, and Nava Haruvy
Part VII: Identity, Inclusiveness, and Intersectionality
Chapter 27: Intersectionality Theory in the Psychology of Women
Leah R. Warner, Isis H. Settles, and Stephanie A. Shields
Chapter 28: History, Aspirations, and Transformations of Intersectionality: Focusing on Gender
Vickie M. Mays and Negin Ghavami
Chapter 29: Intersectionality Applied: Intersectionality Is as Intersectionality Does
Cirleen DeBlaere, Laurel B. Watson, and Kimberly J. Langrehr
Chapter 30: Intersectionality and Feminist Psychology: Power, Knowledge, and Process
Patrick R. Grzanka
Index

Volume 2: Perspectives on Women's Private and Public Lives
Editorial Board
Contributors
Part I: Locating Psychological Well-Being in Context
Chapter 1: Feminist Therapy and Empowerment
Carolyn Zerbe Enns
Chapter 2: Feminist Critique of and Integration With Diagnostic and Therapeutic Treatment Models
Roberta L. Nutt and Elizabeth Nutt Williams
Chapter 3: Psychotherapy With Girls: The Problems of Real Girls and the Distractions of Diagnosis
Sharon Lamb and Madeline Brodt
Chapter 4: A Multicultural Feminist Approach to Clinical Supervision
Phi Loan Le, Norma Kehdi, and Christine Ricohermoso-Shiaw
Chapter 5: Feminisms, Politics, and Psychotherapy
Susan L. Morrow, Elizabeth M. Abrams, Donna Hawxhurst, and LeLaina Romero
Part II: Shifting Views of Close Relationships
Chapter 6: Negotiating Equity and Relationship Satisfaction With One's Partner
Irene Hanson Frieze, Melinda Marie Ciccocioppo, and Rhiya Khosla
Chapter 7: Women's Love and Friendship
Suzanna M. Rose and Michelle M. Hospital
Chapter 8: Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity in the Family Lives of Girls and Women
Charlotte J. Patterson
Part III: Narratives of Victimhood: Moving From Victim to Survivor
Chapter 9: A History of Gender-Based Violence
Sarah L. Cook, Rebecca A. Wilson, and Emily B. Thomas
Chapter 10: Human Trafficking of Women and Girls in the United States: Toward an Evolving Psychosocial–Historical Definition
Paola Michelle Contreras
Chapter 11: Sexual Assault in the Military
Alayne J. Ormerod and Jennifer Steel
Chapter 12: Sexual Harassment in Work Organizations: A View From the 21st Century
Louise F. Fitzgerald and Lilia M. Cortina
Chapter 13: Envisioning Comprehensive Sexual Assault Prevention for College Campuses
Victoria L. Banyard and Sharyn J. Potter
Chapter 14: A Feminist Analysis of Women's Aggression in Intimate Relationships
Suzanne C. Swan, Andrew T. Schramm, Echo A. Rivera, Peter Warren, C. Nicole White, and Lane Satcher
Part IV: Challenging Deficit Models of Women's Health
Chapter 15: Gender Equity, Power, and Reproductive Justice: Elusive Goals for Women
Linda J. Beckman
Chapter 16: Breastfeeding and Feminism: Shifting the Center
Paige Hall Smith
Chapter 17: Women and Disability: The Role of Feminist Psychology
Martha E. Banks
Chapter 18: Stereotyping, Bias, and Decision Making in Health Care
Dawn M. Goel
Part V: The Changing Nature of Work and Leadership
Chapter 19: Women, Power, and the Career Labyrinth
Linda L. Carli
Chapter 20: Navigating the Political Labyrinth: Gender Stereotypes and Prejudice in U.S. Elections
Angela L. Bos, Monica C. Schneider, and Brittany L. Utz
Chapter 21: Discrimination and Identity Management Among Diverse Women
Wendi S. Williams
Chapter 22: The Changing Gender Composition of Professions: Lessons for Psychology
Kristina Hallett, Ruth Fassinger, Shari E. Miles-Cohen, Tanya Burrwell, Earlise Ward, and Jennifer P. Wisdom
Part VI: Feminist Perspectives on Career Challenges for Women
Chapter 23: The Work–Family Interface
Rosalind C. Barnett, Robert T. Brennan, and Soomi Lee
Chapter 24: Women and Work in the Academy
Susan A. Basow
Chapter 25: In the Company of Feminist Science
Mary Wyer
Chapter 26: Choice, Context, and Constraint: When and Why Do Women Disengage From STEM?
Amanda B. Diekman and Melissa A. Fuesting
Part VII: Mapping Global Perspectives
Chapter 27: United Nations International Conventions and Changes in Women's Roles
Corann Okorodudu
Chapter 28: Women and Human Rights: Concepts, Debates, Progress, and Implications
Silvia Sara Canetto
Chapter 29: Measurement and Analysis of Nation-Level Gender Equity in the Psychology of Women
Nicole M. Else-Quest and Veronica Hamilton
Chapter 30: Women's Leadership Within a Global Perspective
Jean Lau Chin, Afshan Ladha, and Vanessa Li
Index