Handbook on Gender Roles: Conflicts, Attitudes and Behaviors

This collection of research on gender roles offers students and practitioners in the social sciences a comprehensive survey of the latest research in the field. Editors Ulrich and Cosell (no affiliations listed) gather research articles that explore such topics as the degradation of women in the hardcore rap culture, the differences in physical aggression between gay and straight men and causal attributes of success and failure in women leaders. A short communication is provided that addresses gender roles in attributions about child sexual abuse. Annotation 穢2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)