Gender in a Transitional Eraaddresses a range of issues relevant in current gender and sexuality studies scholarship which span many disciplines. The contributors prioritize the critical thinking that continues to support the notion that we, as a society, still have a ways to go toward full gender equality in all spheres of life. This collection positions marginal voices at the center of complex gender issues in todays society. Broad thematic topic areas include parental identities, advice, and self-help; gender performances and role expectations in media; interacting within organizational and social spaces; and tensions and negotiations on politics, health, and feminisms. Though there is still much work to be done concerning an array of gender equality issues, scholars in this collection interrogate a transitional era of gender in which changes are evident, yet challenges persist.

Amanda R. Martinez is assistant professor in communication studies, sociology, and gender and sexuality studies at Davidson College.

Lucy J. Miller is adjunct professor in the Department of Arts and Humanities at the University of Houston-Downtown.

Introduction: Gender in a Transitional Era,Amanda R. Martinez and Lucy J. Miller

Section I: Parental Identities, Advice, and Self-Help
Chapter 1: Are You Managing it All? Just Read This:Working Mothers Search for Work-Life Balance through Therapeutic Discourse and Self-Help Texts,Katherine J. Denker
Chapter 2:Valuing Work, Valuing Family:A Comparison of Balance Discourse Targeting Mothers and Fathers,Elizabeth Fish Hatfield
Chapter 3:Mommy Bloggers: Who They Are, What They Write About, and How They Are Shaping Motherhood in the Twenty-First Century,Brittney D. Lee and Lynne M. Webb

Section II:Gender Performances and Role Expectations in Media
Chapter 4:Masculinity and the American Dream inAmerican Dreams, Art Herbig
Chapter 5: Isnt that Bromantic? Rearticulating Male Emotionality and Homosocial Intimacy in Hollywoods BromCom,Ryan Castillo and Ashley N. Mack
Chapter 6: Cattiness as Credibility in Neoliberalism,Krista McQueeney and Kim Hong Nguyen

Section III: (Inter)Acting Within Organizational and Social Spaces
Chapter 7: Sacralizing the Politics of Visibility: Coming Out, Spirituality, and Gay Clergy,Leland G. Spencer
Chapter 8: Disciplining the Transgender Body: Transgender Microaggressions in a Transitional Era,Lucy J. Miller
Chapter 9: Emerging Adults Casual Sexual Involvements and the Ideal Worker Norm,Kendra Knight and Benjamin Wiedmaier
Chapter 10: Computer-Mediated Leadership and Disciplinary Action: Using New Technology to Dismantle the Social Stereotypes and Gender Performances that Invade Face-to-Face Communication,Ashley K. Barrett and David W. Schlueter

Section IV: Tensions and Negotiations on Politics, Health,& Feminism(s)
Chapter 11: War on Women: Democrats Interpretations of Messages Regarding Womens
Health at the 2012 Democratic National Convention,Jillian A. Tullis and Margaret M. Quinlan
Chapter 12: Savvy and Susceptible: Diverse American Women Discuss Beauty, Body Image, and Identity in Media,Amanda R. Martinez
Chapter 13: Reclaiming Connections: Constructing a Web-of-Feminisms,Debbie S. Dougherty and Katherine J. Denker