Gender Differences at Work
Women and Men in Non-traditional Occupations
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of California Press
Published:1st Jul '92
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Nurses and marines epitomize accepted definitions of femininity and masculinity. Using ethnographic research and provocative in-depth interviews, Christine Williams argues that our popular stereotypes of individuals in nontraditional occupations - male nurses and female marines for example - are entirely unfounded. This new perspective helps to account for the stubborn resilience of occupational stratification in the face of affirmative action and other anti-discrimination policies.
"Williams [has] done us a service by urging us to look more closely at the complex forms of identity that emerge on both sides of the sexual divide and at the interplay between them." * Women's Review of Books *
"A significant contribution to the burgeoning literature on occupational sex segregation." * Social Forces *
ISBN: 9780520074255
Dimensions: 210mm x 143mm x 18mm
Weight: 272g
206 pages