An understanding of male and female as distinctly different and complementary to an understanding of male and female as equal was a radical shift in gender ideology. (Munro, 1998: 52) E vans (1994) suggests that there are three issues that are central to contemporary feminist conceptualizations of equality. The first is that the most common […]
День: 01.11.2015
THE MOMPRENEUR
The home worker/entrepreneur now constitutes a segment referred to as the mompreneur — the mother who decides primarily for family reasons to leave paid employment and establish a business operated from the home. A number of women are not content with choosing between the workplace or being a stay — at-home mum; they want a […]
Data on Hiring
Data on the hiring process, as described above, are scant. Unfortunately, nationally representative information is not available. First, there is no national evidence on applicant behavior. It is not known if male and female S&E doctorates apply to positions in a similar manner. Second, evidence of how search committees select one candidate over another is […]
The soviet legacy
As these changes were underway among transnational women’s activists and around the global conception of the issue of gender violence, Russia was also undergoing a huge transformation. For some seven decades in the twentieth century, Russia had been the leading republic in the Soviet Union. This multiethnic empire was marked by the Communist Party that […]
The modern happy family: Discursive contests
The loving and harmonious family in Vietnam is central to identity, belonging and a sense of stability (Marr 2000: 795). An influential discursive layer in the Vietnamese cultural landscape involves the remnants of neo-Confucian patriarchy. As William Duiker (1995: 165) explains, for nearly ten centuries Vietnamese society was profoundly influenced by Chinese cultural models, particularly […]
The Decision to Accept or Reject the Offer
The final decision is made by the candidate whether or not to accept the offer. Again, the candidate weighs many factors in making this decision. These include the benefits of the position, other employment opportunities, and the candidate’s preferences (possibly also including the preferences of a spouse or family members).
Signe Arnfred
than those of whites” (Gilman 1989:292). In this dictionary article the ‘Hottent — tot’ woman is seen as the epitome of lasciviousness, for which the author’s “central proof is a discussion of the unique structure of the Hottentot female’s sexual parts, the description of which he takes from the anatomical studies of his contemporary, Charles […]
Requests for Campus Visits, Interviews, and Selection
Once applications arrive, decision making reverts to the institution, typically through an appointed search committee. At this point, the search committee ranks the applicants and determines whom to invite to campus for interviews or for preliminary interviews at professional society meetings. Search committees also consider a variety of factors in determining who they feel are […]
A Win-Win
Here’s the bottom-line bonus about all of these changes. Bowing to our demands makes business sense not just because companies need to keep us, but also because we become more productive employees. The unintended consequence took Capitol One by surprise. “People in the workforce have specific needs, and if they feel like you’re going to […]
Behind the Footsteps
Between 8:05 a. m. and 6:05 p. m., both Nancy and Evan are away from home, working a “first shift” at full-time jobs. The rest of the time they deal with the varied tasks of the second shift: shopping, cooking, paying bills; taking care of the car, the garden, and yard; keeping harmony with Evans […]