Discourses on Gender and Sexual Inequality: The Legacy of Sandra L. Bem focuseson emerging discourses on gender, gender roles, and gender schemas. Thiscollection of essays aims to honor the legacy of Sandra Lipsitz Bem and,particularly, her trail-blazing text,
The Lenses of Gender: Transforming theDebate on Sexual Inequality. Long before the terms
transgender and
cisgenderwere introduced into mainstream, academic, and activist discourses ongender, Bem was busy interrogating the use of gender as an essential organizingprinciple in society.
Chapters in this volume aim to draw attention tothe significance of Bem-s research for current debates on gender and genderroles in the social sciences, questioning the ways in which the institution ofgender has been, and remains, deeply contested. Contributors examine livedexperiences of individuals influenced by institutional constructions of
