Ebook {Epub PDF} An Unconventional Family by Sandra Lipsitz Bem

An unsatisfying look back at the (now-defunct) marriage of an academic husband and wife who pioneered gender equality and encouraged their children to be sexually liberated—that is, comfortable with their sexuality, whatever form it might take. Did this work? Although she and her husband, Daryl Bem, are now separated and living with same-sex partners, author Sandra Bem (psychology/Cornell Author: Sandra Lipsitz Bem. Sandra Lipsitz Bem. Sandra Ruth Lipsitz Bem was an American psychologist known for her works in androgyny and gender studies. Her pioneering work on gender roles, gender polarization and gender stereotypes led directly to more equal employment opportunities for women in the United States. Bem and her husband Daryl Bem took the public by storm /5. This book is mostly about Bem's family, her relationship with her husband, Daryl, and raising her children by her and Daryl's egalitarian rules. It's was a very interesting read, but I feel that I probably enjoyed it so much because I have been reading about her research and theory for my dissertation/5(12).

Sandra Lipsitz Bem. Sandra Ruth Lipsitz Bem was an American psychologist known for her works in androgyny and gender studies. Her pioneering work on gender roles, gender polarization and gender stereotypes led directly to more equal employment opportunities for women in the United States. Bem and her husband Daryl Bem took the public by storm. Daryl Bem, Cornell professor emeritus of psychology, survives her, along with a son, a daughter and one grandchild. The Bem's marriage - and attempts to raise children "to be as free from society's gender restraints as possible" - was the subject of Sandra Bem's memoir, "An Unconventional Family.". An Unconventional Family Sandra Lipsitz Bem, Author, Sandra Lipsitz Bern, Author Yale University Press $40 (p) ISBN Buy this book Sandra Bem's name is familiar to two decades.

This book is mostly about Bem's family, her relationship with her husband, Daryl, and raising her children by her and Daryl's egalitarian rules. It's was a very interesting read, but I feel that I probably enjoyed it so much because I have been reading about her research and theory for my dissertation. “An Unconventional Family is a unique, incredibly honest, and smart memoir that is enjoyable and often quite touching to read. It would be a provocative adjunct to more scholarly texts in courses on gender and marriage and the family.”—. An unsatisfying look back at the (now-defunct) marriage of an academic husband and wife who pioneered gender equality and encouraged their children to be sexually liberated#;that is, comfortable with their sexuality, whatever form it might take. Did this work? Although she and her husband, Daryl Bem, are now separated and living with same-sex partners, author Sandra Bem (psychology.