Feminist Perspectives on Building a Better Psychological Science of Gender

Foreword: Feminist Psychological Science and the Future of Gender Research

Stephanie A. Shields

Chapter 1: Introduction: Building a Better Psychological Science of Gender: Reflections on Theory, Research and Action

Lauren E. Duncan, Tomi-Ann Roberts, Lilia M. Cortina and Nicola Curtin

Section I: Theory and Research Taking Gender Beyond Difference

Chapter 2: Scientific Weightism: A View of Mainstream Weight Stigma Research Through a Feminist Lens

Rachel M. Calogero, Tracy L. Tylka, and Janell L. Mensinger

Chapter 3: Death and the Real Girl: The Impact of Mortality Salience on Men's Attraction to Women as Objects

Jamie L. Goldenberg and Kasey Lynn Morris

Chapter 4: Embodiment and Well Being: The Embodied Journeys of Girls and Women

Niva Piran

Chapter 5: Feminist Perspectives on Gender Development: Contributions to Theory and Practice

Christia Spears Brown and Rebecca S. Bigler

Chapter 6: Feminism and the Study of Masculinity: Unlikely Bedfellows?

Jennifer K. Bosson

Chapter 7: Gendered Autobiographical Memory: Feminist Approaches to Theory and Method

Robyn Fivush and Azriel Grysman

Chapter 8: The Development of Other-Gender Interactions: Behavioral, Biological, Cognitive, and Contextual Influences

< Ryan D. Field and Carol Lynn Martin

Section II: Feminist Psychologists Reflect on Research in Their Subdisciplines

Chapter 9: Digging Deeper: Research Practices and Recommendations for Exploring Intersectionality and Social and Cultural Influences on Personality, Identity, and Well-Being

Natalie J. Sabik

Chapter 10: Adventures in Feminist Health Psychology: Teaching About and Conducting Feminist Psychological Science

Joan C. Chrisler and Jennifer A. Gorman

Chapter 11: Intersectionality: Infusing I-O Psychology with Feminist Thought

Verónica Caridad Rabelo and Lilia M. Cortina

Chapter 12: Voicing Academia: Developmental Psychology and the Loss of Voice

Patricia L. Waters

Chapter 13: New Perspectives on Gender and Emotion

Kaitlin T. McCormick, Heather J. MacArthur, Stephanie A. Shields, and Elaine C. Dicicco,

Chapter 14: Beyond Difference: Gender as a Quality of Social Settings

Meg A. Bond and Christopher T. Allen

Section III: From Theory and Research to Action: Best Practices in Feminist Psychological Science

Chapter 15: Replacing Sexy and Skinny with Strong and Powerful: How Feminist Research on Media Depictions of Women can Effect Change

Elizabeth A. Daniels

Chapter 16: Mind the Thigh Gap? Bringing Feminist Psychological Science to the Masses

Tomi-Ann Roberts

Chapter 17: Transnational Feminism in Psychology: Moving Beyond Difference to Investigate Processes of Power at the Intersection of the Global and Local

Shelly Grabe

Chapter 18: Feminist Psychologists and Institutional Change in Universities

Abigail J. Stewart

Chapter 19: Walking The Walk: Conducting Feminist Community-Based Research

Britney G. Brinkman

Chapter 20: The Benefits and Risks of Feminist Practice as Early Career Scholars in Social Psychology

Nicola Curtin, Laura Ramsey and Julia Tran

Chapter 21: Conclusion: Adventures in Feminist Psychological Science: Lessons Learned and a Look to What Lies Ahead

Nicola Curtin, Lilia M. Cortina, Tomi-Ann Roberts and Lauren E. Duncan