GENDER

Helen M. Hacker's most celebrated and influential research has been her pioneering work in the sociology of gender. Two articles, in particular, “Women as a Minority Group” and “The New Burdens of Masculinity” have been cited over 600 times by leading scholars in the field. In addition, this section includes important follow-up articles which update her ideas and respond to twenty years of new research and development. The introductory essay will explore the analytical power of Professor Hacker’s concept of minority groups, as well as her groundbreaking theories of masculinity that have shaped the field of gender and masculinity studies.

Hacker, Helen Mayer. 1951. “Women as a Minority Group.” _Social Forces _30(October): 60-69.

------. 1976. “Women as a Minority Group: Twenty Years Later.” Pages 103-115 in Women: Dependent or Independent Variable, edited by Rhoda Unger & Florence Denmark. Psychological Dimensions, Inc.

------. 1957. “The New Burdens of Masculinity.” _Marriage and Family Living _19(3): 227-233.

------. 1976. “Men’s Attitudes Toward Gender Role Issues.” Pages 36-38 in Sexuality Today and Tomorrow, edited by Sol Gordon & Roger W. Libby. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing Company.