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Table of ContentsList of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
“Gender as an Institution“ by Shannon N. Davis, Sarah Winslow, and David J. Maume
PART I: CHANGING AND UNCHANGING INSTITUTIONS
2. The Family
“There’s No Such Thing as Having It All: Gender, Work, and Care in an Age of Insecurity” by Kathleen Gerson
3. Higher Education
“Community Colleges as a Pathway for Low-Income Women to Enter the Engineering Technology Workforce” by Chrystal A. S. Smith
4. The Workplace
“ ‘Separating the Women from the Girls’: Black Professional Men’s Perceptions of Women Colleagues” by Adia Harvey Wingfield
5. Religion
“True Love Had Better Wait, or Else! Anxious Masculinity and the Gendered Politics of the Evangelical Purity Movement” by Sierra A. Schnable
6. The Military
“Gender, Residential Segregation, and Military Enlistment Patterns” by Allison Suppan Helmuth and Amy Kate Bailey
7. Sport
“Conference Realignment and Its Impact on Women Student-Athletes” by Earl Smith and Angela J. Hattery
Review Questions for Part I: Changing and Unchanging Institutions
PART II: GENDER POLITICS AND POLICIES
8. Corporate Boards and International Policies
“Gender Parity on Corporate Boards: A Path to Women’s Equality?” by Martha Burk and Heidi Hartmann
9. Corporate Boards and US Policies
“Hispanic Inclusion at the Highest Level of Corporate America: Progress or Not?” by Lisette M. Garcia and Eric Lopez
10. Work-Family Integration
“Work-Life Balance and the Relationship between Women in State Legislatures and Workers’ Schedule Control” by Beth A. Rubin, Sabrina Speights, Jianhua Ge, Tonya K. Frevert, and Charles J. Brody
11. Health
“Black, Women, or Black Women: An Intersectionality Approach to Health Inequalities” by Jielu Lin and Susan W. Hinze
12. Immigration
“Interactions between Gender and Immigration in Wage Inequality among STEM Workers, 1980–2010” by Erin M. Stephens, Joshua D. Tuttle, and James C. Witte
13. Sexuality
“Queer Eye on the Gay Rodeo” by D’Lane R. Compton
Review Questions for Part II: Gender Politics and Policies
PART III: CONCLUSION
14. Policies for Progress
“Unstalling the Revolution: Policies toward Gender Equality“ by Sarah Winslow, Shannon N. Davis, and David J. Maume
Review Questions for Part III: Conclusion
References
List of Contributors
Index
