Why So Slow?

The Advancement of Women

Author: Virginia Valian
ISBN: 9780262220545

'This is a very valuable book, as a resource, as a source of insight and understanding, and as a good read. It stands on the solid ground of social science research, yet opens that research up to the critical questions of gender and society.' -- Claude M. Steele, Lucie Sterns Professor of Psychology, Stanford University Why do so few women occupy positions of power and prestige? Virginia Valian uses concepts and data from psychology, sociology, economics, and biology to explain the disparity in the professional advancement of men and women. According to Valian, men and women alike have implicit hypotheses about gender differences--gender schemas--that create small sex differences in characteristics, behaviors, perceptions, and evaluations of men and women. Those small imbalances accumulate to advantage men and disadvantage women. The most important consequence of gender schemas for professional life is that men tend to be overrated and women underrated. Although most men and women in t

Publisher: Mit Press
Publish Date: 1998-01

Subjects: Social Science / Women's Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Feminism)