Download or read book Beyond Gender Differences written by Laurie Russell Hatch and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-20 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The central aim of this book is to challenge to questions like 'Which gender copes better when a spouse dies? and Are women or men more independent on others as they grow older? Putting gender in a lifespan context, Hatch (Sociology, U. of Kentucky) atypically accents the gains as well as losses of aging and sex differences in adaptation overall, to the death of a spouse, and to retirement. A number of controversies surrounding gender and aging are addressed.