Strong Mothers, Weak Wives
  Preface
  Acknowledgments

 collapse sectionChapter One—  Introduction
 •Feminism and Social Science
 collapse sectionStructural Points of Reference
 •Wives versus Mothers
 •Fathers versus Mothers
 •Male-defined Sexuality versus Gender
 •A Multilevel Approach
 •Plan of the Book
 collapse sectionChapter Two—  The Question of Difference
 •Similarity, Inclusion, and Assimilation
 •Difference and the Challenge to a Male Paradigm
 •Women and the Family
 collapse sectionWomen as Mothers
 •O'Brien's Reproductive Consciousness
 •Ruddick's Maternal Thinking
 •Rich's Lesbian Continuum
 collapse sectionWomen as Wives
 •Wives as "The Lesser" Cross-Culturally
 •Wives in the United States
 •Summary
 collapse sectionChapter Three—  Defining Difference:  Psychological Perspectives
 •A Different Voice
 •Bakan Revisited
 •Expressiveness Revisited
 •The Trouble with Androgyny
 •Interdependence versus Dependence
 •Men and Dependency
 •Women and Aggression
 •Summary
 collapse sectionChapter Four—  Women's Mothering and Male Misogyny
 •The Fear and Envy Hypothesis
 •The Tenuous Masculine Identity Hypothesis
 collapse sectionLinking the Two Hypotheses in Gynecentric Thought
 •Pleck's Critique
 •Equal Parenting as Solution?
 collapse sectionDifference and Dominance
 •Science and Domination
 •Love and Domination
 •Keller and Benjamin as Culture Critics
 •Infantile Ideation and Psychoanalysis
 •Summary and Discussion
 collapse sectionChapter Five—  Mothers versus the Male Peer Group
 collapse sectionMultiple Pressures on Women to Mother
 •Evaluating Biological Influences
 •Chodorow on the Motive to Mother
 •Assessing Chodorow's Analysis
 •Mothers and Becoming Human
 collapse sectionChildhood Gender Segregation
 •Male Peer Group Conformity
 •Girls and Boys at School
 collapse sectionThe Male Peer Group and Heterosexuality
 •Making Women into Sex Objects
 •The Dynamics of Rape
 •Male Bonding, Male Dominance, Heterosexuality, and Marriage
 •Summary and a Look Ahead
 collapse sectionChapter Six—  Fathers and Difference
 •Examining the Father-Differentiating Hypothesis
 •Fathers and Differentiated Sexual Interaction
 collapse sectionFathers and Male-Dominated Heterosexuality
 •Gay Males
 •Lesbians
 •The Social Meaning of Sexual Preference
 •Summary:  Mothers versus Fathers
 collapse sectionChapter Seven—  Freud, the Oedipus Complex, and Feminism
 •The Oedipus Complex and Father Dominance
 •The Boy's Oedipus Complex
 •Oedipus versus the Reality of Father-Daughter Incest
 •The Incest Continuum—  From Patriarchal Incest to Daddy's Girl
 •Marrying Daddy:  The Romance Novel
 •Rescuing Daddy's Girls
 collapse sectionHomosexuality and Male Dominance
 •Gay Males
 •Lesbianism as Protest
 •Summary:  Fathers Versus Mothers
 collapse sectionChapter Eight—  Psychoanalysis and the Making of Mothers into Wives
 •Freud's Conception of Gender Difference
 •Freud's Gynecentric Opposition
 •Reconstructing Gender
 •Separating Gender from Sex
 collapse sectionReconstructing Sexuality
 •The Sexual Revolution
 •Female Resistance
 •On Seduction
 collapse sectionGender and Sexuality
 •Difference and Sexuality
 •Similarity and Sexuality
 •Motherhood and Sexuality
 •Summary
 collapse sectionChapter Nine—  Women as Wives:  Cultural and Historical Variations
 •Matrilineal Horticultural Societies
 •Matrifocal Enclaves in Class Societies
 collapse sectionAgricultural Societies, the Rise of the State, and Patriarchy
 •From Patriarchy to the Male-Headed Nuclear Family
 •Nineteenth-Century Mothering in the United States
 •Unmarried Women versus the Heterosexual Imperative
 •Women in the Mid-Twentieth Century
 •Parsons's Analysis
 collapse sectionThe Women's Movement
 •Middle-Class White Mothers and Matrifocality
 •Sexism, Classism, and Racism
 •The Aftermath
 •Summary
 collapse sectionChapter Ten—  Mothers as Wives in an Individualistic Society
 collapse sectionIndividualism and Sexism
 •"Sexism" in the Economy
 •"Sexism" in the Psychology of the Heterosexual Couple
 •Homosexuality as Antithesis
 •Individualism and the Concept of Femininity
 •Summary
 collapse sectionWhat Is Happening to the Nuclear Family?
 •Trends in Marriage
 collapse sectionFathers, Mothers, and Trends in Parenting
 •Fathers.
 •Mothers.
 •Supports for Parents.
 •Women in the Public Sphere
 •In Conclusion

 collapse sectionNotes
 •Chapter One— Introduction
 •Chapter Two— The Question of Difference
 •Chapter Three— Defining Difference: Psychological Perspectives
 •Chapter Four— Women's Mothering and Male Misogyny
 •Chapter Five— Mothers versus the Male Peer Group
 •Chapter Six— Fathers and Difference
 •Chapter Seven— Freud, the Oedipus Complex, and Feminism
 •Chapter Eight— Psychoanalysis and the Making of Mothers into Wives
 •Chapter Nine— Women as Wives: Cultural and Historical Variations
 •Chapter Ten— Mothers as Wives in an Individualistic Society
  References
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