Taking sides : clashing views in women's studies / [selected, edited, and with issue framing material] by Rachel Pienta.

Includes bibliographical references.

UNIT 1. WOMEN'S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS: HEALTH AND HUMAN SAFETY -- Issue 1.1. Is access to birth control a basic human right? -- Yes: from'Law Review Symposium 2010: reproductive rights, human rights, and the human right to health' / B. Jessie Hill -- No: from'Reproductive choices and informed consent: fetal interests, women's identity, and relational autonomy' / Pamela Laufer-Ukeles -- Issue 1.2. Should the federal government adopt a new legal definition of rape? -- Yes: from'Culture, cognition, and consent: who perceives what, and why, in acquaintance-rape cases?' / Dan M. Kahan -- No: from'Beyond our traditional definitions of assault: expanding our focus to include sexually coercive experiences' / Jennifer L. Broach and Patricia A. Petretic -- Issue 1.3. Are women more at risk for crimes using digital technology? -- Yes: from'Law's expressive value in combating cyber gender harassment' / Danielle Keats Citron -- No: from'Finding out what men are up to: some women pride themselves on their cyber-sleuth skills' / Rebecca Eckler -- UNIT 2. WOMEN'S HEALTH, WOMEN'S BODIES: CONTESTED TERRAIN -- Issue 2.1. Is access to abortion a class issue? -- Yes: from'The inadvertent alliance of Anthony Comstock and Margaret Sanger: abortion, freedom, and class in modern America' / Karen Weingarten -- No: from'Welfare generosity, abortion access, and abortion rates: a comparison of state policy tools' / Laura S. Hussey -- UNIT 3. WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE: SHE WORKS HARD FOR THE MONEY -- Issue 3.1. Should women serve in military combat positions? -- Yes: from'Marching toward war: reconnoitering the use of all female platoons' / Krystyna M. Cloutier -- No: from'Your mother's army' / George Neumayr -- Issue 3.2. Can sex work be empowering? -- Yes: from'Reflections on Sonagachi: an empowerment-based HIV-preventive intervention for female sex workers in West Bengal, India' / Peter A. Newman -- No: from'Women are victims, men make choices: the invisibility of men and boys in the global sex trade' / Jeffery P. Dennis -- Issue 3.3. Have working women destroyed the American family? -- Yes: from'Are difficulties balancing work and family associated with subsequent fertility?' / Siwei Liu and Kathryn Hynes -- No: from'At-home fathers and breadwinning mothers: variations in constructing work and family lives' / Caryn E. Medved and William K. Rawlins -- Issue 3.4. Are lower fertility rates responsible for economic downturn? -- Yes, from Population, economy, and God' / Tom Bethell -- No: from'Trading population for productivity: theory and evidence' / Oded Galor and Andrew Mountford -- UNIT 4. GENDER EQUITY: STILL UNEQUAL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS -- Issue 4.1. Should'trans' women benefit from gender equity policies? -- Yes: from'Punishing the innocent: how the classification of male-to-female transgender individuals in immigration detention constitutes illegal punishment under the Fifth Amendment' / Laurel Anderson -- No: from''Bathroom bill' sparks accessibility debate' / Stephanie Bloyd -- Issue 4.2. Should Title IX be repealed? -- Yes: from'Stop the bleeding: Title IX and the disappearance of men's collegiate athletic teams' / Victoria Langton -- No: from'A new frontier for women's sports' / Charles L. Kennedy -- Issue 4.3. Do we need the Equal Rights Amendment? -- Yes: from'ERA: once more unto the breach?' / Katha Pollitt -- No: from'The Equal Rights Amendment reconsidered: politics, policy, and social mobilization in a democracy' / Donald T. Critchlow and Cynthia L. Stachecki -- UNIT 5. FEMINISM IN THE 21st CENTURY: YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY, BABY -- Issue 5.1. Can a woman with conservative political views be a feminist? -- Yes: from'Feminism and freedom' / Christina Hoff Sommers -- No: from'Who stole feminism?' / Jessica Valenti -- Issue 5.2. Can women be misogynistic? -- Yes: from'All fired up: women, feminism, and misogyny in the democratic primaries' / Christine Stansell -- No: from'Internalized misogyny as a moderator of the link between sexist events and women's psychological distress' / Dawn M. Szymanski ... [et al.] -- Issue 5.3. Do women support the advancement of other women? -- Yes: from'Nurturer or queen bee?' / Julianne Malveaux -- No: from'Women and the ethos of philosophy: shedding light on mentoring and competition' / Jacqui Poltera -- UNIT 6. DOUBLE STANDARDS: THE INTERSECTION OF SEX, GENDER, AND CULTURE -- Issue 6.1. Is there still a double standard of sexuality for women and girls? -- Yes: from'The sexual double standard: fact or fiction?' / Micheal J. Marks and R. Chris Fraley -- No: from'The decline of the double standard' / Gail Collins -- Issue 6.2. Should the word slut be redefined? -- Yes: from'Let's get those sluts walking' / Laurie Penny -- No: from'Sluts and riot grrrls: female identity and sexual agency' / Feona Attwood -- Issue 6.3. Are women'hard-wired' to be society's nurturers? -- Yes: from'Contrast effects of stereotypes:'nurturing' male professors are evaluated more positively than'nurturing' female professors' / Andrea L. Meltzer and James K. McNulty -- No: from'Nurturer-in-chief: advice for Hillary Clinton from the former prime minister of Pakistan' / Jennifer Senior -- UNIT 7. WOMEN AS OBJECTS: SUBJECT TO THE MALE GAZE -- Issue 7.1. Is pornography for men different from pornography for women? -- Yes: from'A comparison of male and female directors in popular pornography: what happens when women are at the helm?' / Chyng Sun ... [et al.] -- No: from'Gender differences in sexual attitudes and behaviors: a review of meta-analytic results and large datasets' / Jennifer L. Petersen and Janet Shibley Hyde.

Presents current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills.