Presents opinion pieces including both popular and unpopular views about gender roles in the United States.

ch. 1. Are gender roles important? Gender preferences are connected to biological sex from an early age / Christina Hoff Sommers -- Gender is not inherently connected bo biology / Gender Spectrum -- Marriage is meant to be the union of one man and one woman / Andreas J. Köstenberger -- Marriage equality for same-sex couples would benefit everyone / Rebecca Solnit -- There are many reasons to oppose gender neutrality in the military / Mackubin Thomas Owens -- Urine the army now: ladies can't pee outdoors, and other cringeworthy arguments for the ban on women in combat / William Saletan -- ch. 2. How do gender roles affect parenting and reproduction? There is nothing inherently preferable about traditional gender roles / Cathy Young -- It is wrongly assumed that all women desire motherhood / Jessica Valenti -- I hate being called a good dad / Matt Villano -- Is forced fatherhood fair? / Laurie Shrage -- Biological realities create parental responsibilities for men and women / Jonathon Van Maren -- ch. 3. How do gender roles affect the workplace? Gender roles in the workplace are converging / Ellen Galinsky, Kerstin Aumann, and James T. Bond -- Millennial males' "lean in" ambivalence / Peggy Drexler -- Contraception and economic decline have made the workplace more competitive / Noah Berlatsky -- The equal pay day reality check / Christina Hoff Sommers -- The gender wage gap cannot be fully explained by women's choices / Pamela Coukos -- Women face discrimination in the workplace as mothers / Ashley Nelson -- Women need special employment protection during pregnancy / Noreen Farrell, Jamie Dolkas, and Mia Munro -- ch. 4. How are gender roles changing? Changing gender roles in marriage / Fredric Neuman -- Feminism has harmed women by eliminating natural gender roles / Nicole M. Kooistra -- Feminists fought battles and men won the war / Brenda Zurita -- Let's rethink masculinity: real men should be more than breadwinners / Joan C. Williams -- Strict binary definitions of sex and gender are problematic / Patricia J. Williams.