Discrimination Against Women - Prevalence, Consequences, Remedies

Klappentext How frequently do women experience sexist discrimination? Does sexism have an effect on women's physical or mental health? How can we measure the impact of sexism, both blatant and subtle, on women exposed to it? Discrimination against Women provides answers to these questions.Part One offers an empirically validated scale for measuring the health effects of sexism, and presents the findings which resulted from using the scale on a large sample of women surveyed by the authors. Part Two consists of contributions from leading psychologists on what women can do about discrimination in their own lives. The final part reviews laws regarding discrimination against women in the United States. An Appendix offers a guide toThis text seeks to provide answers to the questions: how frequently do women experience sexual discrimination? Does sexism have an effect on women's physical or mental health. How can we measure the impact of sexism, both blatant and subtle, on women exposed to it? Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: PREVALENCE AND CONSEQUENCES OF SEXIST DISCRIMINATION Introduction Discrimination against Women Measuring Sexist Discrimination The Schedule of Sexist Events Social Status Differences in Experiencing Sexist Discrimination Physical and Psychiatric Correlates of Sexist Discrimination Replication and Extension of the Schedule of Sexist Events Appraisal v Frequency of Discrimination in Women¿s Symptoms Theoretical Model and Interim Summary PART TWO: REMEDIES FOR SEXIST DISCRIMINATION Coping with Sexist Discrimination - Phyllis Bronstein Toward Recovery and Resistance Individual and Collective Action - Bernice Lott and Lisa Rocchio Social Approaches and Remedies for Sexist Discrimination PART THREE: THE LAW AND SEXIST DISCRIMINATION Legal Approaches to Sex Discrimination - Lynne Wurzburg and Robert H Klonoff

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• Autori: Elizabeth A. Klonoff, Elizabeth Adele Klonoff, Klonoff Elizabeth Adele, Hope Landrine, Hope Klonoff Landrine, LANDRINE HOPE KLONOFF ELIZABETH A
• Editore: Sage Publications Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 29.09.1997
• EAN: 9780761909545
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-0954-5
• Pagine: 280
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Women in Politics, Social discrimination & inequality, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Human rights, civil rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Social discrimination and social justice, Women′s Studies