Mismeasure of Woman: Why Women Are Not the Better Sex, the Inferior Sex, or the Opposite Sex

When "man is the measure of all things," woman is forever trying to measure up. In this enlightening book, Carol Tavris unmasks the widespread but invisible custom -- pervasive in the social sciences, medicine, law, and history -- of treating men as the normal standard, women as abnormal. Tavris expands our vision of normalcy by illuminating the similarities between women and men and showing that the real differences lie not in gender, but in power, resources, and life experiences. Winner of the American Association for Applied and Preventive Psychology's Distinguished Media Contribution Award

Author: Carol Tavris
Publisher: Touchstone Books
Published: 02/26/1993
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 8.55h x 5.55w x 0.97d
ISBN13: 9780671797492
ISBN10: 0671797492
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Gender Studies
- Social Science | Women's Studies

About the Author
Carol Tavris, Ph.D., is a social psychologist, lecturer, and writer on many aspects of psychology. Her books include Anger: The Misunderstood Emotion. Tavris is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association. She lives in Los Angeles, California