Download or read book Examining the Impact of Racial Harassment on Sexually Harassed African American Women written by NiCole Therese Buchanan and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Violence in the Lives of Black Women written by Carolyn West and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Break the silence surrounding Black women's experiences of violence! Written from a Black feminist perspective by therapists, researchers, activists, and survivors, Violence in the Lives of Black Women: Battered, Black, and Blue sheds new light on an understudied field. For too long, Black women have been suffering the effects of violence in painful silence. This book—winner of the Carolyn Payton Early Career Award for its contribution to the understanding of the role of gender in the lives of Black women—provides a forum where personal testimony and academic research meet to show you how living at the intersection of many kinds of oppression shapes the lives of Black women. With moving case studies, in-depth discussions of activism and resistance, and helpful suggestions for treatment and intervention, this book will help you understand the impact of violence on the lives of Black women. Topics you'll find in Violence in the Lives of Black Women include: using the arts to deal with sexual aggression in the Black community racial aspects of sexual harassment the consequences of head and brain injuries stemming from abuse domestic violence in African-American lesbian relationships strategies Black women use to escape violent living situations lifelong effects of childhood sexual abuse on Black women's mental health references and resources to help you learn more!

Download or read book Sexual Harassment of Women written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-09-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last few decades, research, activity, and funding has been devoted to improving the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine. In recent years the diversity of those participating in these fields, particularly the participation of women, has improved and there are significantly more women entering careers and studying science, engineering, and medicine than ever before. However, as women increasingly enter these fields they face biases and barriers and it is not surprising that sexual harassment is one of these barriers. Over thirty years the incidence of sexual harassment in different industries has held steady, yet now more women are in the workforce and in academia, and in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine (as students and faculty) and so more women are experiencing sexual harassment as they work and learn. Over the last several years, revelations of the sexual harassment experienced by women in the workplace and in academic settings have raised urgent questions about the specific impact of this discriminatory behavior on women and the extent to which it is limiting their careers. Sexual Harassment of Women explores the influence of sexual harassment in academia on the career advancement of women in the scientific, technical, and medical workforce. This report reviews the research on the extent to which women in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine are victimized by sexual harassment and examines the existing information on the extent to which sexual harassment in academia negatively impacts the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women pursuing scientific, engineering, technical, and medical careers. It also identifies and analyzes the policies, strategies and practices that have been the most successful in preventing and addressing sexual harassment in these settings.

Download or read book At the Crossroads written by Andrea Meryl Kirshenbaum and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Effects of Race of Harasser on the Perception of Sexual Harassment by African American Women in Academia written by Susan J. Mecca and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Flatlining written by Adia Harvey Wingfield and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What happens to black health care professionals in the new economy, where work is insecure and organizational resources are scarce? In Flatlining, Adia Harvey Wingfield exposes how hospitals, clinics, and other institutions participate in “racial outsourcing,” relying heavily on black doctors, nurses, technicians, and physician assistants to do “equity work”—extra labor that makes organizations and their services more accessible to communities of color. Wingfield argues that as these organizations become more profit driven, they come to depend on black health care professionals to perform equity work to serve increasingly diverse constituencies. Yet black workers often do this labor without recognition, compensation, or support. Operating at the intersection of work, race, gender, and class, Wingfield makes plain the challenges that black employees must overcome and reveals the complicated issues of inequality in today’s workplaces and communities.

Download or read book Lean In written by Sheryl Sandberg and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2013-03-11 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A landmark manifesto" (The New York Times) that's a revelatory, inspiring call to action and a blueprint for individual growth that will empower women around the world to achieve their full potential. In her famed TED talk, Sheryl Sandberg described how women unintentionally hold themselves back in their careers. Her talk, which has been viewed more than eleven million times, encouraged women to “sit at the table,” seek challenges, take risks, and pursue their goals with gusto. Lean In continues that conversation, combining personal anecdotes, hard data, and compelling research to change the conversation from what women can’t do to what they can. Sandberg, COO of Meta (previously called Facebook) from 2008-2022, provides practical advice on negotiation techniques, mentorship, and building a satisfying career. She describes specific steps women can take to combine professional achievement with personal fulfillment, and demonstrates how men can benefit by supporting women both in the workplace and at home.

Download or read book Perceptions of Sexual Violence as a Function of Women s Race and Occupation written by Katsumi Yamaguchi-Pedroza and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexual violence, especially violence toward women of color, is pervasive within the United States and can result in many long-term health and psychological consequences. Drawing from theories of intersectionality, dehumanization, and prototypicality, the current research explores how people who share a marginalized group status on a single dimension with Black women (i.e., White women, Black men) judge interactions involving sexually harassing behavior. Consistent with predictions, Study 1 shows that White men and White women were less likely to identify sexual harassment against Black women (vs. White women) as harmful, especially when there was another salient identity (i.e., occupation) that blame can be attributed to. Further, perceptions of harm predicted target credibility, likelihood of sexual harassment, support for perpetrator punishment, and victim blaming. Study 2 showed that White men and Black men perceived less harm when women were strippers than servers, which predicted greater victim blaming. However, this effect was not moderated by target race. The practical and theoretical implications of these findings are discussed.

Download or read book The Impact of Multiple Forms of Racism related Stress on the Health of Mothers written by Kathryn Patricia Daniels and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through attention to understudied forms of racism, this dissertation provides a more comprehensive understanding of how racism acts a stressor impacting the health of mothers through three separate but related quantitative studies. Study #1 (Ch. 2), considers how understudied forms of racism-related stress such as racism-related vigilance-- attention to, rumination, and worry about experiences of racism that are not immediately present--and vicarious racism-- unfair treatment because of race experienced by a family member, close friend, or community member--intersection to produce a unique racism-related stressor for Black mothers--fear their children may experience unfair treatment because of their race--what I have term vicarious racism related vigilance. I ask: What is the relationship between vicarious racism-related vigilance, measured as a mother's fear her child or children may experience racism, and allostatic load? What is the relationship between racial discrimination experienced during adolescence and childhood and allostatic load? And is the relationship between vicarious racism-related vigilance and allostatic load independent of racial discrimination experiences during adolescence and childhood? Using a subsample of Black mothers from the African American Women's Heart & Health Study (AAWHHS; N=148), which includes detailed maternal health information on a community sample of African American women residing in the San Francisco Bay Area and Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression, this chapter's findings indicate vicarious racism-related vigilance is associated with an increased in allostatic load, while self-reported experiences of racial discrimination experienced during adolescence and childhood are associated with a decrease in allostatic load. Yet, vicarious racism-related vigilance remains associated with an increase in allostatic load when accounting for self-reported racial discrimination during adolescence and childhood, highlighting vicarious racism-related vigilance as a health harming stressor for the health of Black mothers. Study #2 (Ch. 3) examines how exposure to structural racism may induce health harming stress by investigating the relationship between community exposure to police killings of Black Americans and the pregnancy health outcomes of Black women. Conceptualizing highly publicized incidents of police violence as an outcome of structural racism because they are the consequence of institutionalized practices in law enforcement and housing practices, this study asks: what is the relationship between exposure to highly publicized police violence events and the pregnancy health outcomes, as measured by low birthweight and preterm birth, of Black mothers in the affected communities? This chapter I specifically look at community exposure to: 1) the death of Michael Brown in St. Louis County, Missouri and 2) the death of Tamir Rice in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. This study uses difference-in-differences analyses of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) data to compare the difference in the change in pregnancy health outcomes before and after incidents of police violence, net of covariates, comparing the affected areas to a control comparison location. Findings indicate compared to the control-comparison--Jackson County--St. Louis County had a greater increase in preterm birth and low birthweight among Black women in the 9 months after Brown's death, net of covariates. In this chapter I provide preliminary insights into the relationship between racism stress exposure from highly publicized race-related events and pregnancy health, underscoring the need to consider the "collateral effects" exposure to major race-related traumatic events can have on health. /DISS_paraStudy #3 (Ch. 4) investigated the relationship between different forms of discrimination and pregnancy health, as measured by pregnancy miscarriage, among a racially diverse sample of women, asking: what is the relationship between different forms of discrimination, including racial discrimination, gender discrimination, class discrimination, sexuality discrimination, and general (non-group-based) discrimination and pregnancy miscarriage among Black, Latina, Asian, and White women in the United States? I also ask, does this relationship vary by race? Using Wave 1 (1996-7) of the Study of Women's Health across the Nation (SWAN)and separate logistic regression models assessing the relationship between each form of discrimination and miscarriage among Black, Latina, Asian, and White women, this chapter's findings indicate gender and non-group based discriminations were associated with a marked increase in miscarriage among Black women, while income discrimination was associated with an increase in miscarriage for White and Latina women, and no form of discrimination was associated with miscarriage among Asian women. Non-grouped based discrimination was associated with miscarriage in the full analytic sample. I theorize the reason two forms of discrimination are impactful for Black women's health, compared to one form for White and Latina women and non for Asian women, is because of Black women's already disadvantaged position in the U.S. racial hierarchy which results in a greater toll from discrimination. DISS_paraThe current state of racism and health research does not comprehensively measure the many complex ways racism impacts health. This dissertation helps to lessen this gap in order to better understand how racism acts as a health harming stressor, driving racial health disparities which disfavor racially minoritized Americans

Download or read book Racial Disproportionality and Disparities in the Child Welfare System written by Alan J. Dettlaff and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines existing research documenting racial disproportionality and disparities in child welfare systems, the underlying factors that contribute to these phenomena and the harms that result at both the individual and community levels. It reviews multiple forms of interventions designed to prevent and reduce disproportionality, particularly in states and jurisdictions that have seen meaningful change. With contributions from authorities and leaders in the field, this volume serves as the authoritative volume on the complex issue of child maltreatment and child welfare. It offers a central source of information for students and practitioners who are seeking understanding on how structural and institutional racism can be addressed in public systems.

Download or read book Black Women s Mental Health written by Stephanie Y. Evans and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creates a new framework for approaching Black women’s wellness, by merging theory and practice with both personal narratives and public policy. This book offers a unique, interdisciplinary, and thoughtful look at the challenges and potency of Black women’s struggle for inner peace and mental stability. It brings together contributors from psychology, sociology, law, and medicine, as well as the humanities, to discuss issues ranging from stress, sexual assault, healing, self-care, and contemplative practice to health-policy considerations and parenting. Merging theory and practice with personal narratives and public policy, the book develops a new framework for approaching Black women’s wellness in order to provide tangible solutions. The collection reflects feminist praxis and defines womanist peace in terms that reject both “superwoman” stereotypes and “victim” caricatures. Also included for health professionals are concrete recommendations for understanding and treating Black women. “ this book speaks not only to Black women but also educates a broader audience of policymakers and therapists about the complex and multilayered realities that we must navigate and the protests we must mount on our journey to find inner peace and optimal health.” — from the Foreword by Linda Goler Blount

Download or read book Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-10-16 with total page 753 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally good-or equally poor-health. There is wide variation, but on average older Whites are healthier than older Blacks and tend to outlive them. But Whites tend to be in poorer health than Hispanics and Asian Americans. This volume documents the differentials and considers possible explanations. Selection processes play a role: selective migration, for instance, or selective survival to advanced ages. Health differentials originate early in life, possibly even before birth, and are affected by events and experiences throughout the life course. Differences in socioeconomic status, risk behavior, social relations, and health care all play a role. Separate chapters consider the contribution of such factors and the biopsychosocial mechanisms that link them to health. This volume provides the empirical evidence for the research agenda provided in the separate report of the Panel on Race, Ethnicity, and Health in Later Life.

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Download or read book Microaggressions in Everyday Life written by Derald Wing Sue and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-04-21 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential, authoritative guide to microaggressions, revised and updated The revised and updated second edition of Microaggressions in Everyday Life presents an introduction to the concept of microaggressions, classifies the various types of microaggressions, and offers solutions for ending microaggressions at the individual, group, and community levels. The authors—noted experts on the topic—explore the psychological effects of microaggressions on both perpetrators and targets. Subtle racism, sexism, and heterosexism remain relatively invisible and potentially harmful to the wellbeing, self-esteem, and standard of living of many marginalized groups in society. The book examines the manifestations of various forms of microaggressions and explores their impact. The text covers: researching microaggressions, exploring microaggressions in education, identifying best practices teaching about microaggressions, understanding microaggressions in the counseling setting, as well as guidelines for combating microaggressions. Each chapter concludes with a section called "The Way Forward" that provides guidelines, strategies, and interventions designed to help make our society free of microaggressions. This important book: Offers an updated edition of the seminal work on microaggressions Distinguishes between microaggressions and macroaggressions Includes new information on social media as a key site where microaggressions occur Presents updated qualitative and quantitative findings Introduces the concept of microinterventions Contains new coverage throughout the text with fresh examples and new research findings from a wide range of studies Written for students, faculty, and practitioners of psychology, education, social work, and related disciplines, the revised edition of Microaggressions in Everyday Life illustrates the impact microaggressions have on both targets and perpetrators and offers suggestions to eradicate microaggressions.

Download or read book Handbook of Diversity in Feminist Psychology written by Hope Landrine, PhD and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-12-17 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With the publication of the Handbook of Diversity in Feminist Psychology, the field of feminist psychology has achieved a new depth; the volume is a sophisticated and cutting-edge compendium that not only describes the state of the field, but also pushes its boundaries in important ways."----Sex Roles: A Journal of Research "Critical for all those who are in the field of psychology to own, refer to, and use. No longer are diversity and gender issues considered to be on the periphery as they once were....one would be remiss in not considering these factors in psychology." --Florence L. Denmark, PhD (From the Foreword) Author, Psychology of Women "FINALLY--A collection of work that is built on decades, if not centuries, of hard work from many feminists of color and our allies! This is one of the few books that delves deeply into the complex world of considering the human condition in cultural context, something psychology is only [relatively] recently trying to do. This book is a must have for anyone interested in feminism OR diversity issues. It is a great example of feminist multiculturalism and both fields (i.e., feminism and multicultural psychology) should consider it an example of how to merge theoretical orientations in a way that is fitting for real people. I LOVE this book!" --Geneva Reynaga-Abiko, Psy.D. This handbook presents a multicultural approach to diversity in feminist psychology. Provocative and timely, the text comprehensively discusses the cutting-edge of feminist discourse, covering major topics such as multicultural feminist theory, gender discrimination, aging, health and therapy, violence and harassment, politics and policy, and much more. The unique quality of this book is that each contributor brings her own cultural perspective, values, and concerns to her chapter. Special emphasis is also given to the intersectionality of minority identities such as race, ethnicity, social class, sexual preference, and other socially constructed status differences among women. Key Topics Discussed: Intimate partner violence: perspectives from ethnic groups in the United States Gender-transgressive sexual minorities HIV/AIDS among women of color and sexual minority women Psychological perspectives on older women, including transitions, cognitive functioning, and mental health Ethnicity, disordered eating, and body image Methodological and statistical issues in research with diverse samples Low-income women, women with disabilities, workers, and immigrants/refugees