Why So Slow? The Advancement of Women
By Virginia Valian.
Description
Virginia Valian uses concepts and data from psychology, sociology, economics, and biology to explain the disparity in the professional advancement of men and women.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 a...
ISBN(s)
0262720310, 9780262720311
