Pathfinder: Sex Differences

Scope|Subject Headings|Overview Sources|Circulating Books|Periodicals, Journals & Trade Publications

SCOPE: Gender affects behavior. Whether an individual is a girl or boy will determine how that individual is regarded by our society. Gender is a classification system that shapes the relations among women and men. ( Colman, Andrew M., Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology) Gender stereotyping occurs when certain perceived behavioral responses and actions are expected from an individual because of their particular sex. The purpose of this pathfinder is to serve as a guideline for student research. It is not intended as a comprehensive listing of all the materials available in the library on this topic, but as a selective sampling of the many types of materials available. 

SUBJECT HEADINGS

Books dealing with the topic of sex differences are listed in the Baddour Librarys on-line catalog under the following subject headings:

Sex differences
Sex differences (Psychology)
Brain Sex differences
Gender Identity 

There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give a general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library. 

OVERVIEW SOURCES

REF HQ1115.E52 2001b Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities and Differences and the Impact of Society on Gender

REF BF 31.C666 1994 Companion Encyclopedia of Psychology

REF BF 31.E52 2000 Encyclopedia of Psychology

Some representative books from the Circulating Collection that are located on the second floor of the library are:

CIRCULATING BOOKS 

Beall, Anne E. The Psychology of Gender. New York: Guilford Press, 1993.

Bem, Sandra L. The Lenses of Gender: Transforming the Debate on Sexual Inequality. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993.

Blum, Deborah. Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences Between Men and Women. New York: Viking, 1997.

Borisoff, Deborah. The Power to Communicate: Gender Differences as Barriers. Prospect Heights, Ill: Waveland Press, 1998.

Butler, Judith P. Bodies that Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex. New York: 
Routledge, 1993.

Campbell, Anne. Men, Women, and Aggression. New York: Basic Books, 1993.

Crawford, Mary. Talking Difference: On Gender and Language. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage, 1995.

De Grazia, Victoria. The Sex of Things: Gender and Consumption in Historical Perspective. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996.

Halpern, Diane F. Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities. Mahwah,N.J: L. Erlbaum 
Associates, 2000.

Mealey, Linda. Sex Differences: Development and Evolutionary Strategies. San Diego: Academic Press, 2000.

Rogers, Lesley J. Sexing the Brain. New York: Columbia University Press, 2001.

Thorne, Barrie. Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School. New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press, 1993.

Some representative journals that the library subscribes to that focus on the topic of sex differences are:

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS 

American Psychologist 
Journal of Psychology
Gender& Society
Psychology Today
Psychological Review
Social Problems 
Society 
American Journal of Sociology

Open Access Journals in Gender Studies

Updated 08/22/2007