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The study of gender differences began in earnest in the 1970s and has since increased dramatically to infiltrate virtually all fields of study in the social and behavioral sciences. Along the way, it was discovered that while women very often think and behave differently than do men, industrialized societies cater to masculine perspectives. The "Psychology of Women" emerged as a field of study focusing on just those areas in which women most often...
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By looking at the barriers holding women back and the social forces constraining them, Women don't ask shows women how to reframe their interactions and more accurately evaluate their opportunities. It teaches them how to ask for what they want in ways that feel comfortable and possible, taking into account the impact of asking on their relationships. And it teaches all of us how to recognize the ways in which our institutions, child-rearing practices,...
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"Newcomers and more experienced feminist theorists will welcome this even-handed survey of the care/justice debate within feminist ethics. Grace Clement clarifies the key terms, examines the arguments and assumptions of all sides to the debate, and explores the broader implications for both practical and applied ethics. Readers will appreciate her generous treatment of the feminine, feminist, and justice-based perspectives that have dominated the...
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USA. Case study of the impact of the du pont company on the state of delaware as an example of the social role and political power of a large private enterprise in the community in which it operates - discusses working conditions, management attitudes, trade union activities, the du pont family role in local government decision making and taxation evasion, the local level electoral system, public interest representation, etc. References, maps and...
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Social and cultural anthropology monograph of essays on comparison of the social role and social status of women in developing countries and the USA - considers islamic, afro-american and North American societys, focusing on sexual and human relations with men, woman worker employment, homemaker tasks, unpaid work, sexual division of labour, occupational status, family responsibilities, etc. Bibliography after each chapter.
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Examines the gendered nature of social reproduction (i.e. household chores, child care and biological reproduction) and export production in the foreign-owned assembly plants in Nogales and Ciadad Madero at the border with the United States. Studies the intersection of class and gender dynamics in the radical transformation of Mexican industrial strategy, from a State-led import substitution emphasis to a neoliberal export-orientation based on transnational...
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"Protest and Popular Culture is at once a historical monograph and a critique of postmodernist approaches to the study of mass media, consumerism, and popular political movements. In it, Triece compares the self-representations of several late-nineteenth- and twentieth-century women's protest movements with representations of women offered by contemporaneous mass media outlets. She shows that from the late-nineteenth century until the present day,...
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Comparison of men and woman worker employees attitudes towards employment and job satisfaction in the USA - explains sample survey research methods; compares attitudes to promotion, awareness of sex discrimination, family social role, etc; examines the role of value systems in the sexual division of labour. Annotated bibliography.
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