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Synopsis The issue of women’s power, relative to men, is not merely academic. Gender differences in power have real consequences for women. An understanding of women’s power is therefore essentials to overcoming women’s disadvantage in the workplace and other domains.

This book is a splendidly engaging, highly intelligent review of psycho-logical research on gender. Taking the stance that issues of gender are unique, marked by both power and status differences and intimate interdependence, it explores the complexity and apparent contradictions in how men and women are regarded and how they relate to one another. Exploring the full range of gender issues, this book offers a fresh perspective on everyday experiences of gender, and the explicit and implicit attitudes that underlie beliefs about gender differences. It also shed new light on the challenges facing those who strive for gender parity.

The book will undoubtedly be a valuable teaching and research tool for scholars and students in the field of gender studies.