Raewyn Connell has become widely known in Germany through her book "The Men Made," a foundational work in masculinity studies. Her new book "Gender" introduces central themes and discussions in gender research from an interdisciplinary and globally comparative perspective. Based on the international state of research, it presents an empirically grounded and theoretically coherent account of the current status of gender studies in accessible language. The book is suitable both for an initial introduction to this field of research and for a more in-depth exploration.