Just One of the Guys? - Transgender Men and the Persistence of Gender Inequality

Informationen zum Autor Kristen Schilt is assistant professor of sociology at the University of Chicago. Klappentext The fact that men and women continue to receive unequal treatment at work is a point of contention among politicians! the media! and scholars. This book focuses on this phenomenon by analyzing the unique experiences of transgender men - people designated female at birth whose gender identity is male - on the job. Zusammenfassung The fact that men and women continue to receive unequal treatment at work is a point of contention among politicians! the media! and scholars. This book focuses on this phenomenon by analyzing the unique experiences of transgender men - people designated female at birth whose gender identity is male - on the job.

Product details

• Authors: Kristen Schilt, Schilt Kristen
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.02.2011
• EAN: 9780226738055
• ISBN: 978-0-226-73805-5
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Social discrimination & inequality, Gender studies, gender groups, Social research & statistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Social research and statistics, Social discrimination and social justice