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SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF GENDER
Gender Roles in the United States

Cross-Cultural Perspective
EXPLAINING STRATIFICATION BY GENDER
The Functionalist View

The Conflict Response

The Feminist Perspective

The Interactionist Approach
WOMEN: THE OPPRESSED MAJORITY
Sexism and Sex Discrimination

Research in Action: Communication Differences between Male and Female Physicians

Sexual Harassment

The Status of Women Worldwide

Women in the Workforce of the United States

Women: Emergence of a Collective Consciousness
AGING AND SOCIETY
EXPLAINING THE AGING PROCESS
Sociology in the Global Community: Aging Worldwide; Issues and Consequences

Functionalist Approach: Disengagement Theory

Interactionist Approach: Activity Theory

The Conflict Approach
AGE STRATIFICATION IN THE UNITED STATES
The "Graying of America"

Wealth and Income

Ageism

Competition in the Labor Force

The Elderly: Emergence of a Collective Consciousness
SOCIAL POLICY AND AGE STRATIFICATION: The Battle over Abortion from a Global Perspective





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