Download or read book Gender Choice and Commitment written by Hilary Sommerlad and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-12 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998, this volume is the first full-length discussion of women’s experiences in the solicitors’ profession in the UK. It provides an account which is grounded in historical research and a contemporary research study. The authors explore this material to analyze both women’s own experiences and the mainstream culture and structure of the profession. Following a treatment of the struggle against the formal exclusionary barriers to women’s entry to the profession, this book then seeks to identify the informal obstacles which were subsequently erected to women’s participation and career progression, and examine their persistence, in a modified form, into the contemporary era. The analysis draws on perspectives from feminist jurisprudence to the sociology of the professions to shed light on the processes which support women’s continued subordination in employment as lawyers.
Download or read book The End of Gender written by Debra Soh and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "International sex researcher, neuroscientist, and frequent contributor to The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Debra Soh [discusses what she sees as] gender myths in this ... examination of the many facets of gender identity"--
Download or read book Gender Sexualities and Law written by Jackie Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together an international range of academics, Gender, Sexualities and Law provides a comprehensive interrogation of the range of contemporary issues – both topical and controversial – raised by the gendered character of law, legal discourse and institutions. The gendering of law, persons and the legal profession, along with the gender bias of legal outcomes, has been a fractious, but fertile, focus of reflection. It has, moreover, been an important site of political struggle. This collection of essays offers an unrivalled examination of its various contemporary dimensions, focusing on: issues of theory and representation; violence, both national and international; reproduction and parenting; and partnership, sexuality, marriage and the family. Gender, Sexualities and Law will be invaluable for all those engaged in research and study of the law (and related fields) as a form of gendered power.
Download or read book ACT for Gender Identity written by Alex Stitt and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2020-02-21 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasingly adopted by therapists and mental health professionals, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients to cope with social, emotional and mental health issues by using the six core ACT processes: Acceptance, Cognitive Defusion, Being Present, the Self as Context, Values and Committed Action. This is the go-to-guide for evidence-based ACT techniques to be used by professionals to help their transgender, genderqueer, genderfluid, third gender and agender clients. It provides the tools to help these clients develop emotional processing skills they can implement throughout their life, from coping with mental health issues and substance abuse, to navigating prejudice and social pressure, to building a career and developing a family.
Download or read book No Man s Land written by Kathleen Gerson and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 1994-08-26 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be a man in a world where women are almost as likely as men to shoulder the responsibilities of supporting a family? Why do some men still choose to be traditional breadwinners while others flee the responsibilities of parenthood altogether, and still others become infinitely more involved in family life than earlier generations of men? Here's a look at how men are coping with the gender revolution.
Download or read book Managing Services written by Kathryn Haynes and published by Academic. This book was released on 2014 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a collection of perspectives on service and service management written by leading researchers in the field. It considers the range and importance of services, the challenges of managing services and recent contemporary innovations in services and service management.
Download or read book Adversarialism and Consensus written by Lisa C. Webley and published by Quid Pro Books. This book was released on 2013-11-13 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A penetrating study of the divergent messages that the Law Society of England and Wales versus the UK College of Family Mediators subtly transmit to their members about the professional approach to adopt in divorce and custody disputes. Lisa C. Webley uses a grounded theory method to analyse training, accreditation, best practice statements, and codes of conduct contrasting the two professions -- and their divergent self-identities. Do they promote healing and agreement among divorcing couples, and involvement of the children in decision-making, or adversarial litigation and paternalism? Are their styles traditionally feminine or masculine? From her dissertation Abstract: "The study examines the extent to which the training, accreditation and codes of conduct of family solicitors and family mediators privilege adversarial or consensus based approaches to divorce for their clients, in the light of statements made around the time of the passage of the Family Law Bill, which suggested a dichotomy in professional approach by these two professional groups. It considers further the nature of professional identity for each of the professional groupings, as constructed through the messages delivered by the professional bodies." Part of the Dissertation Series from Quid Pro Books.
Download or read book Ethnicity and Gender at Work written by H. Bradley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using an international approach, this book demonstrates the way that the intersection of gendered and ethnic identities operate at work and home. It provides an authoritative account of ethnicity and gender at work, and the theoretical underpinning explanations.
Download or read book Science and the Construction of Women RLE Feminist Theory written by Mary Maynard and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-11-12 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science and the Construction of Women is a multi-disciplinary exploration of the major questions currently challenging feminist scholars of science. The authors ask key questions: What constitutes science? How have feminists investigated it? How does science ‘construct’ women? How can we create a feminist discourse of science? Are the current developments to women’s advantage or disadvantage? Their answers draw on material from a wide range of natural scientific, humanities and social science sources, critically examining theoretical approaches from the postmodern to the materialist to the cyborgian. A key argument of the book is that there are strong intellectual and pragmatic reasons – the rapid development of information technology, advances in fertility treatment and genetic engineering, feminist concern for environmental issues – why feminism must rigorously engage with issues of a scientific and technological nature. Science and the Construction of Women provides an important contribution to the opening-up and broadening of debate in the field. This book will be an important text for students of gender and women’s studies, and science studies. It is also designed to be read by feminists both inside and outside the academy and to appeal to all those with interests in the sociology of knowledge and the history of ideas.
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Download or read book Women and Work written by Sonia Carreon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on vital contemporary issues Women in the work force today are still subjected to the glass ceiling, sexual discrimination, income inequality, stereotyping, and other obstacles to equal employment and professional advancement. Now a collection of 150 original articles written for this handbook explores the challenges and career blocks that today's women face in the workplace, discuss important contemporary issues, and offers a wide range of facts and data on women's employment. Offers insights and information The Handbook answer hundreds of questions as it illuminates current achievements and obstacles to success for women in the marketplace. Drawing upon a growing body of research in the social and behavioral sciences, the articles provide insights into such issues as the sex segregation of occupations, comparable worth, women in traditionally male occupations, career plans of college women, gende4r bias in job evaluations and personnel decisions, sexual harassment, the gendered culture of organizations, the effects of maternal employment on children and child care, and more. The articles draw on extensive research and studies on women in the workplace across the U.S. and around the world. A valuable research aid This handbook presents the reader with a broadly-based understanding of women's work experiences and provides a useful set of sources for in depth research. It is a valuable reference for professors, librarians, researchers, guidance counselors, and students who need reliable, up-to-date information. The handbook includes a subject and name index.
Download or read book Sociology written by David M. Newman and published by Pine Forge Press. This book was released on 2008-01-07 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully edited companion anthology provides provocative, eye-opening examples of the practice of sociology in a well-edited, well-designed, and affordable format. It includes short articles, chapters, and excerpts that examine common everyday experiences, important social issues, or distinct historical events that illustrate the relationship between the individual and society. The new edition will provide more detail regarding the theory and/or history related to each issue presented. The revision will also include more coverage of global issues and world religions.
Download or read book Rethinking Gender Inequalities in Organizations written by Penny Dick and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2024-01-18 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. In this thoughtful book, Penny Dick challenges orthodox views of gender inequality. Combining post-structuralist thinking with process ontology, the author presents a novel conceptual approach to rethinking gender inequalities in organizations and management settings.
Download or read book Empowering Women Panchayat Members written by Debabrata Bandyopadhyay and published by Concept Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook attempts to address the political and social learning needs of women in Panchayati Raj Institutions in India. It develops thematic gender focused training modules on a range of subjects, including social mobilization and use of social capital formation for ushering development of a network of women PRIs at the grassroots level.
Download or read book The Business of Equality in the Solicitors Profession written by Clare McGlynn and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Gender, Choice and Commitment, Hilary Sommerlad and Peter Sanderson argue that 'gender remains a principal determinant in the career trajectories of women solicitors' (p 4). Whilst to many this would appear to be obvious, the tragedy is that this is little recognised within the profession itself. Indeed, there would appear to be a silent conspiracy not to mention gender, let alone feminism, in any debates within the profession concerning women, paradoxical though this may seem. The result is a deeply unsatisfactory situation in which the gendered obstacles in the way of women's full and equal participation in the profession remain 'remarkably durable' (p 13), but the strategies being adopted by campaigners seeking to improve women's status overlook the significance of gender, focusing instead on what has been termed the 'business case' for sex equality. The 'business case' attempts to convince employers that the adoption of equal opportunity measures will bring economic and efficiency gains to their businesses, thereby encouraging them to adopt such practices. As argued by Opportunity 2000, an organisation established in the UK to promote the 'business' case for equality, this is not a strategy 'rooted in a moral or social imperative', but in 'hard commercial facts'. In the light of Sommerlad and Sanderson's study, I argue that the 'business case' strategy, as a means by which to improve the status of women solicitors, is wholly misconceived. It is based on erroneous assumptions about the reasons for women's marginalised status and therefore can have only limited effect in eliminating discrimination. Furthermore, by privileging economic considerations, the business case may open the way for the removal of existing hard won gains. In order to develop this argument, the first part of this article will examine Sommerlad and Sanderson's analysis of the status of women solicitors. The second and third parts go on to outline and examine the 'business case' strategy and assess whether, in the light of the arguments made by Sommerlad and Sanderson, it has the potential to bring about a situation in which women are equal participants in the solicitors' profession. The final section will conclude by suggesting that those seeking change within the solicitors' profession must re-focus their attention on gender and its role in the marginalisation of women solicitors.
Download or read book Hard Choices written by Kathleen Gerson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A clear, well-crafted, and convincing account of the account of the complex 'push-pulls' that affect women's life choices about work and motherhood. It therefore fills a unique niche: there are no books like this one that I know of, yet it touches on one of the most fundamental issues addressed by those who are interested in women's studies."—Kristin Luker
Download or read book Choices Women Make written by Carisa Renae Showden and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inquiry into women's agency—how it is developed and deployed and how it can be increased.
