Judith Lorber is Professor Emerita of Sociology and Women's Studies at The Graduate School and Brooklyn College, CUNY
The New Gender Paradox provides a blueprint of the contemporary institution of gender, identifying the ways in which it is reconstructed, showing where there are cracks in its structure, and highlighting a path toward equality. ... Three decades since Lorber first used the term 'paradox' to describe gender, it is now more relevant than ever. Social Forces [T]his is a book that students will love for what it succeeds at doing: laying out in concise and clear language how we think about gender in feminist studies and how the fragmentation of gender in and of itself will not bring about a world without patriarchy. International Sociology Lorber gives us a much needed and clear sighted assessment of what is and is not changing about the gender binary that says there are two and only two genders, and lays out the implications for eliminating gender inequality. Cecilia L. Ridgeway, Stanford University For those interested in both the fragmentation and persistence of the gender binary, this short book is essential reading. The New Gender Paradox is engaging, thought-provoking, carefully researched, and well written. I highly recommend it! James W. Messerschmidt, University of Southern Maine