The Cost of Being Female

The Cost of Being Female is 30 cents, say the authors of this new book on discrimination against women. They demonstrate their thesis by constructing an index that documents the costs of discrimination against women in five aspects of life: economic, political, social, education, and health. The index compares the costs for American women with those of women in Sweden, Norway, France and China, and measures the costs for three time periods: 1990s, 1950s, and the 19th century. The authors interviewed over 70 women, providing a human approach to the statistics of earnings, occupations, political participation, marriage, divorce, childrearing, education, and women's health. The women's narratives are living testimony to the experiences of the costs of being female.

Sommario

Preface
Introduction
The Cost of Being Female in the Workplace
The Cost of Being Female in Political Life
The Cost of Being Female in Social Life
The Educational Cost of Being Female
The Health Cost of Being Female
The Cost of Being Female in Sweden and Norway
The Cost of Being Female in France
The Cost of Being Female in China
The Impact of the Industrial Revolution on the Cost of Being Female
The Cost of Being Female across the Generations
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography
Index

Info autore

Margery Elfin, Sue Headlee

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Elfin Margery, Sue Headlee, Headlee Sue
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 25.11.1996
• EAN: 9780275955366
• ISBN: 978-0-275-95536-6
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LAW / Labor & Employment, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Feminism & feminist theory, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Employment and labour law: general, Women's Studies: Politics and Law