EAN: 9780262720311

WHY SO SLOW? - VIRGINIA VALIAN KARTONIERT (TB)

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 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. Valian's goal is to make the
invisible factors that retard women's progress visible  so that fair treatment of men and women
will be possible. The book makes its case with experimental and observational data from
laboratory and field studies of children and adults  and with statistical documentation on men
and women in the professions. The many anecdotal examples throughout provide a lively
counterpoint.

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