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Perspectives on Building a Better Psychological Science of Gender

Feminist Perspectives on Building a Better Psychological Science of Gender

Tomi-Ann Roberts • Nicola Curtin Lauren E. Duncan • Lilia M. Cortina Editors

Feminist Perspectives on Building a Better Psychological Science of Gender

Editors Tomi-Ann Roberts Psychology Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO, USA

Nicola Curtin Psychology Clark University Worcester, MA, USA

Lauren E. Duncan Psychology Smith College Northampton, MA, USA

Lilia M. Cortina Psychology and Women’s Studies University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, USA

ISBN 978-3-319-32139-4 ISBN 978-3-319-32141-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-32141-7

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Feminist Psychological Science and the Future of Gender Research Foreword by Stephanie A. Shields

A look at the diverse contributions to this exciting volume suggests that this book will set the agenda for feminist psychological science for the next decade and beyond. We are on the verge of rethinking the entire psychology of gender and, simply put, this book provides a valuable roadmap to do so. We are in a transformative moment in the study of the psychology of gender, and therefore the timing of this volume is perfect. New theories, questions, and methods are challenging old conventions in the psychology of gender. The time is ripe to shift the discussion of gender from an often non-theoretically driven exploration of whether differences exist to issues that cut closer to the bone. These include, for example, intersectionality theory (Grzanka, 2014; Warner, Settles, & Shields, in press), trans* problematizing of gender binaries, and new neuroscientific findings (e.g., Richardson, 2013) that shatter psy