cover image Deceptive Distinctions: Sex, Gender, and the Social Order

Deceptive Distinctions: Sex, Gender, and the Social Order

Cynthia Fuchs Epstein. Yale University Press, $32 (315pp) ISBN 978-0-300-04694-6

According to this survey, gender inequality is being perpetuated by beliefs that so-called masculine traits are superior to feminine traits and by women who allow their societal roles to be defined by men. PW praised this as ``an outstanding synthesis of feminist scholarship.'' (Nov.)