Biology at Work : Rethinking Sexual Equality.

Biology at Work : Rethinking Sexual Equality.

Biology at Work brings an evolutionary perspective to bear on issues of women in the workplace: the "glass ceiling," the "gender gap" in pay, sexual harassment, and occupational segregation. While acknowledging the role of discrimination and sexist socialization, Browne suggests...

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Main Author: Browne, Kingsley
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2002.
Series:Rutgers series in human evolution.
Subjects:
Sex differences (Psychology)
Sexual division of labor.
Sex differences.
Sex Characteristics
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I: How the Sexes Differ
  • Sex Differences in Temperament
  • Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities
  • Part II: Women in the Workplace
  • Once One Breaks the Glass Ceiling, Does It Still Exist?
  • Occupational Segregation Why Do Men Still Predominate in Scienti.c and Blue-Collar Jobs?
  • The Gender Gap in Compensation
  • Part III: The Proximate and Ultimate Origins of Sex Differences
  • Why Socialization Is an Inadequate Explanation
  • Hormones The Proximate Cause of Physical and Psychological Sexual DimorphismChapter 9: Evolutionary Theory and the Ultimate Cause of Biological Sex Differences
  • Part IV: Public Policy and Sex Differences in Workplace Outcomes
  • Difference or Disadvantage?
  • A Thumb on the Scales
  • Mitigating Work /Family Con.ict
  • Part V: Sex and the Workplace Sexuality and Sexual Harassment
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography.

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