Jessie Bernard Reader

Jessie Bernard was one of the foremost early feminist sociologists and public intellectuals in women's studies. In The Jessie Bernard Reader, Michael S. Kimmel and Yasemin Besen have compiled her most intriguing and influential work on marriage, the family, sexuality and changing women's roles in the United States. Bernard's pioneering works bridged the gap between academic social science and public advocacy for gender equality. Her books were landmarks in demarcating the effects of the "separation of spheres." Among her most celebrated arguments was that couples experienced two different marriages, "his" and "hers"-and that his was better than hers. This volume will inspire a new generation of scholars, a generation that inherits the gains for which Bernard struggled her entire career.

Bernard, Jessie; Kimmel, Michael S.; Besen, Yasemin

Chapter 1 Prologue: My Four Revolutions-An Autobiographical History of the ASA; Part 1 Marriage; Chapter 2 Jealousy and Marriage; Chapter 3 Infidelity: Some Moral and Social Issues; Chapter 4 The Housewife: Between Two Worlds; Chapter 5 The Good-Provider Role: Its Rise and Fall; Part II Motherhood; Chapter 6 Adolescence and Socialization for Motherhood; Chapter 7 Why Motherhood? Many Differences, One Similarity; Part III The Female World; Chapter 8 The Female World: A Global Perspective; Chapter 9 Relating the Two Worlds: A Prophet's Roar; Chapter 10 What Do You Mean "The Sexes"?; Chapter 11 The Status of Women in Modern Patterns of Culture; Part IV Changing Culture; Chapter 12 Note on Changing Lifestyles, 1970-1974; Chapter 13 Age, Sex, and Feminism; Chapter 14 The Female World and Technology in 2020;