Gender Differences at Work
, by Williams, Christine L.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780520074255 | 0520074254
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 5/1/1991
Nurses and marines epitomize accepted definitions of femininity and masculinity. Using ethnographic research and provocative in-depth interviews, Christine Williams argues that our popular stereotypes of individuals in nontraditional occupations--male nurses and female marines for example--are entirely unfounded. This new perspective helps to account for the stubborn resilience of occupational stratification in the face of affirmative action and other anti-discrimination policies.