Cynthia Burack is associate professor of women's studies at The Ohio State University.Jyl J. Josephson is assistant professor of political science at Illinois State University.

Fundamental Differences is a 'must-read' for progressive scholars who care about social justice.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 I Taking Issue: Inquiries on MethodsChapter 3 They Blinded Me with Science: Misuse and Misunderstanding of Biological TheoryChapter 4 (How) Does the Sexual Orientation of Parents Matter?Chapter 5 The Politics of Child Sexual Abuse ResearchChapter 6 Defense Mechanisms: Using Psychoanalysis ConservativelyChapter 7 A Liberal Dose of Conservatism: The 'New Consensus' on Welfare and Other Strange SynergiesPart 8 II Intimate Politics: Gender, Families, and SexualityChapter 9 Reading the Rhetoric of 'Compassionate Conservatism'Chapter 10 'Family Values': Social Conservative Power in Diverse RhetoricsChapter 11 Not Really a 'New Attitude': Dr. Laura on Gender and MoralityChapter 12 Neo-Patriarchy and the Antihomosexual AgendaChapter 13 The Missing Children: Safe Schools for SomeChapter 14 Leaving Children Behind: Criminalizing Youth in American SchoolsChapter 15 From Welfare to Wedlock: Marriage Promotion and Poor Mothers' Inequality

Cynthia Burack is associate professor of women's studies at The Ohio State University.Jyl J. Josephson is assistant professor of political science at Illinois State University.

Fundamental Differences is a 'must-read' for progressive scholars who care about social justice.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 I Taking Issue: Inquiries on MethodsChapter 3 They Blinded Me with Science: Misuse and Misunderstanding of Biological TheoryChapter 4 (How) Does the Sexual Orientation of Parents Matter?Chapter 5 The Politics of Child Sexual Abuse ResearchChapter 6 Defense Mechanisms: Using Psychoanalysis ConservativelyChapter 7 A Liberal Dose of Conservatism: The 'New Consensus' on Welfare and Other Strange SynergiesPart 8 II Intimate Politics: Gender, Families, and SexualityChapter 9 Reading the Rhetoric of 'Compassionate Conservatism'Chapter 10 'Family Values': Social Conservative Power in Diverse RhetoricsChapter 11 Not Really a 'New Attitude': Dr. Laura on Gender and MoralityChapter 12 Neo-Patriarchy and the Antihomosexual AgendaChapter 13 The Missing Children: Safe Schools for SomeChapter 14 Leaving Children Behind: Criminalizing Youth in American SchoolsChapter 15 From Welfare to Wedlock: Marriage Promotion and Poor Mothers' Inequality

Cynthia Burack is associate professor of women's studies at The Ohio State University.Jyl J. Josephson is assistant professor of political science at Illinois State University.

Fundamental Differences is a 'must-read' for progressive scholars who care about social justice.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionPart 2 I Taking Issue: Inquiries on MethodsChapter 3 They Blinded Me with Science: Misuse and Misunderstanding of Biological TheoryChapter 4 (How) Does the Sexual Orientation of Parents Matter?Chapter 5 The Politics of Child Sexual Abuse ResearchChapter 6 Defense Mechanisms: Using Psychoanalysis ConservativelyChapter 7 A Liberal Dose of Conservatism: The 'New Consensus' on Welfare and Other Strange SynergiesPart 8 II Intimate Politics: Gender, Families, and SexualityChapter 9 Reading the Rhetoric of 'Compassionate Conservatism'Chapter 10 'Family Values': Social Conservative Power in Diverse RhetoricsChapter 11 Not Really a 'New Attitude': Dr. Laura on Gender and MoralityChapter 12 Neo-Patriarchy and the Antihomosexual AgendaChapter 13 The Missing Children: Safe Schools for SomeChapter 14 Leaving Children Behind: Criminalizing Youth in American SchoolsChapter 15 From Welfare to Wedlock: Marriage Promotion and Poor Mothers' Inequality