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Biology at work : rethinking sexual equality

Author
Browne, Kingsley.
Title
Biology at work : rethinking sexual equality / Kingsley R. Browne.
Format
Book
Published
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2002.
Description
x, 282 p. ; 25 cm.
Series
The Rutgers series in human evolution
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-267) and index.
Contents
  • Sex differences in temperament
  • Sex differences in cognitive abilities
  • Once one breaks the glass ceiling, does it still exist?
  • Occupational segregation: why do men still predominate in scientific and blue-collar jobs?
  • The gender gap in compensation
  • Why socialization is an inadequate explanation
  • Hormones: the proximate cause of physical and psychological sexual dimorphism
  • Evolutionary theory and the ultimate cause of biological sex differences
  • Difference or disadvantage?
  • A thumb on the scales: changing the rules to improve the numbers
  • Mitigating work/family conflict
  • Sexual harassment.
Kinsey subjects
Sex differences.
ISBN
0813530539 (alk. paper)

Holdings

Library
Blmgtn - Kinsey Institute Library (by appointment only)
Call Number
150 B87 b4 2002
Location
Auxiliary Library Facility - Kinsey Institute