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Lauer: Social Problems and the Quality of Life
Social Problems and the Quality of Life, 8/e
Robert H. Lauer, U.S. International University
Jeanette C. Lauer, U.S. International University
Gender Inequality

Chapter Outline


Biology or Society?

Gender Inequality and the Quality of Life

  1. The Right to Equal Economic Opportunities
    1. Trends in Participation
    2. Career Discrimination
    3. Income Discrimination
  2. Educational Attainment
  3. Political Participation

    4. GLOBAL COMPARISONS: Gender Inequality in the Workplace
  4. The Right to Dignity as a Human Being

Contributing Factors

  1. Social Structural Factors
    1. The Nonnative Role of the Female

      2. VOICES: I Don't Need the Extra Hassles
    2. Socialization, Home, School, and the Mass Media
    3. The Economics of Gender Inequality
    4. The Politics of Gender Inequality

      5. INVOLVEMENT: You Are What You Read
    5. The Religious Justification
  2. Social Psychological Factors
    1. Attitudes and Values
    2. Ideology and Inequality

What Is to Be Done?

Summary








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