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Prof. Robert Baskerville's SOC: Women and the future of society

This guide is used in supplement with Prof. Baskerville's Soc class for Fall 2017 in order to augment materials and learning objectives.

Journalistic Articles

Journalistic Articles

Why Women Still Can't Have It All. Anne-Marie Salughter, The Atlantic, July/August 2012

It's time to stop fooling ourselves, says a woman who left a position of power: the women who have managed to be both mothers and top professionals are superhuman, rich, or self-employed. If we truly believe in equal opportunity for all women, here’s what has to change.

The End of Men, Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, July/August 2010 Issue

Earlier this year, women became the majority of the workforce for the first time in U.S. history. Most managers are now women too. And for every two men who get a college degree this year, three women will do the same. For years, women's progress has been cast as a struggle for equality. But what is equality isn't the end point? What if modern, postindustrial society is simply better suited to women? A report on the unprecendented role reversal now under way--and its vast cultural consequences.

The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in STEM, Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, February 18, 2018

A new study explores a strange parodox: In countries that empower women, they are less likely to choose math and science professions.

 Why Are Women Still Choosing the Lowest-Paying Jobs? Kelley Field, The Atlantic, January 25th 2018

The vocational programs that tend to attract females also lead to the least-lucrative professions. That's hurting them--and the economy.

Why Is Silicon Valley So Awful to Women? Liza Mundy, The Atlantic, April 2017

Tech companies are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to improve conditions for female employees. Here's why much changed--and might actually work.

Careers And Marriage, Forbes

 

Academic Articles

Progress of the World's Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights. UN Women: United Nation's Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

Still a “Stalled Revolution”? Work/Family Experiences, Hegemonic Masculinity, and Moving Toward Gender Equality, Sarah Friedman, Sociology Compass, Volume 9, Issue 2, February 2015, pp. 140-155

Melody Crowder-Meyer, Shana Kushner Gadarian & Jessica Trounstine (2015) Electoral institutions, gender stereotypes, and women's local representation, Politics, Groups, and Identities, 3:2, 318-334, DOI: 10.1080/21565503.2015.1031803  CUNY does not subscribe to this journal, but you can order via Inter Library Loan.

Female athletes, women's sport, and the sport media commercial complex: Have we really “come a long way, baby”? Janet S.Fink, Sport Management Review, Volume 18, Issue 3, August 2015, Pages 331-342

Head, S. K., Zweimueller, S., Marchena, C., & Hoel, E. (2014). Womens lives and challenges: Equality and empowerment since 2000.  Abstract: This report assesses progress toward gender equality over the past decade. Through analysis of 95 surveys in 47 countries, the report reveals that there has been significant progress in some areas of the world, but women continue to face special challenges in many countries.

Is This a Man's World? Obstacles to Women's Success in Male-Typed Domains, Suzette Caleo and Madeline E. Heilman, pp. 217-233 in Gender in Organizations: Are Men Allies or Adversaries to Women's Career Advancement?  This article requires request of an article and possible payment.

The Evolution of Gender Gaps in Industrialized Countries, Claudia Olivetti and Barbara Petrongolo, Annual Review of Economics 2016 8:1, 405-434.  CUNY does not have access to this source.  Request via Inter Library Loan.

Unpaid care and women’s empowerment : lessons from research and practice - Policy Brief, Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GROW).  O’Neill, Mary; Vargas, Alejandra; Chopra, Deepta

Unleashing women’s economic potential will demand changes in how care work is valued and distributed within households and workplaces, and shared between men and women. 

Esteve, A. , Schwartz, C. R., Bavel, J. , Permanyer, I. , Klesment, M. and García‐Román, J. (2016), The End of Hypergamy: Global Trends and Implications. Population and Development Review, 42: 615-625. doi:10.1111/padr.12012

 

Books

Midlife Crisis at 30: How the Stakes Have Changed for a New Generation--And What to Do about It.  Lia Macko & Kerry Rubin.  CUNY does not have this book on the shelves.  Order via Inter Library Loan.

 

Infographics

Department of Labor, Women's Bureau, Data and Statistics Regarding Women and Labor Force

50 Years Later: Women, Work and the Work Ahead

Breaking Down the Gender Wage Gap

Videos

How Did Tech Become So Male-Dominated?

Have Feminists Sold Young Women a Fiction?

"It's time to Make 'Women's Work' Everyone's Work"