Battleground: Women, Gender, and Sexuality<\\i> comprises lengthy in-depth discussions of the most timely issues that are debated in today's culture, such as birth control, comparable worth, disability and gender, glass ceiling, immigration, plastic surgery, tattooing, and piercing, same-sex marriage, and sexual assault and sexual harrassment. Each essay provides a balanced overview of these hot-button topics, and a list of works for Further Reading after each entry serves as a stepping-stone to more in-depth material for students who are writing papers or researching reports.