Deceptive Distinctions: Sex, Gender, and the Social Order
Cynthia Fuchs Epstein. Yale University Press, $32 (315pp) ISBN 978-0-300-04694-6
According to this survey, gender inequality is being perpetuated by beliefs that so-called masculine traits are superior to feminine traits and by women who allow their societal roles to be defined by men. PW praised this as ``an outstanding synthesis of feminist scholarship.'' (Nov.)
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Reviewed on: 07/25/1990
Genre: Nonfiction