Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gender and society -- Sex, gender and social construction -- Language and communication -- Gender and in/equality -- Issues and intersections -- Lgbtqqiaa identities and challenges -- Constructions of homosexualities : past and present -- Beyond the mythical norm : considering race, class and gender -- Embodiment, beauty and the viewer -- Work, inequality and neoliberalism -- Gender-based violence -- Theory and practice -- Human rights and global activism -- History of women's activism in the U.S. : struggles and solidarities -- Feminisms : theories and practices -- Appendices -- Appendix A: Basic terms -- Appendix B: Names for people and places -- Appendix C: Feminisms in brief -- Glossary -- References.