Group 2 Working Women

Women Hitting the Glass Ceiling in the Federal Government

Merit Systems, Protection Board. A Question of Equity: Women and the Glass Ceiling in the Federal Government. A Special Study. A Report to the President and the Congress of the United States., 1992. Web. http://www.refworks.com/Refworks/mainframe.asp?tsmp=1268810773572

This article describes a study done of women and men in the work place in regards to advancement, attitudes and stereotypes. While using facts, it also explores that opinion that equal opportunities for men and women ought to be employed.

Samantha Spalding

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Perceptions of Discrimination

Sipe, Stephanie, C. D. Johnson, and Donna K. Fisher. "University Students' Perceptions of Gender Discrimination in the Workplace: Reality Versus Fiction." Journal of Education for Business 84.6 (2009): 339-49. Web. http://www.refworks.com/Refworks/mainframe.asp?tsmp=1268810773572

This article explores how college students feel about discrimination in the workplace. According to these students, there is minimal discrimination. They do not thing that they will experience it.

Samantha Spalding

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Sexual Harassment

Wells, Elaine M. Sexual Harassment Experiences of University Employees: Actions Taken and Satisfaction with the Outcome., 1993. Web. http://www.refworks.com/Refworks/mainframe.asp?tsmp=1268810773572

Evaluating many women that felt harassed, the article looked at how the felt in response. Women felt like harassment was bad, but not something that could be avoided, or fixed. They felt that standing up to harassment put their job on the line.

Samantha Spalding

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Work and Children

Hotchkiss, Julie L., et al. "Working With Children? The Probability of Mothers Exiting the Workforce at Time of Birth. Working Paper 2008-8." Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (2008): ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 17 Mar. 2010. http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=3&hid=5&sid=5139d7c0-0f4e-471d-b1b1-26e1ddfc15de%40sessionmgr14&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=eric&AN=ED505606

This article discusses women leaving the working world upon giving birth and the thought processes made behind how they go about leaving. It fights the idea that women are simply "opting out."

Kristie Infantine

Rivers, Caryl, and Rosalind C. Barnett. "Women's Increased Participation in the Workforce Has Benefited Society." Opposing Viewpoints: Working Women. Ed. Mary E. Williams. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1998. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. INLAN - Gonzaga University Library. 15 Mar. 2010 <http://find.galegroup.com/ovrc/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T010&prodId=OVRC&docId=EJ3010175214&source=gale&userGroupName=gonzagaufoley&version=1.0>.

The authors of this article contend that increasing numbers of women in the workforce is beneficial. Their rationale is that being in the workforce improves the health as well as the self-confidence of women, and being contributing bread-winners of their families makes for financial security and stability for families. The article bashes myths that enforce old stereotypes of working fathers and home maker mothers.

Joanna Raustein

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Lower-Income Women in the work force

Women Employed Inst., Chicago, IL. "What Do You Want To Be?": Lower-Income Women Face the Job Market. A Report by the Women Employed Institute." (2002): ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 17 Mar. 2010.http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=3&hid=5&sid=5139d7c0-0f4e-471d-b1b1-26e1ddfc15de%40sessionmgr14&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=eric&AN=ED473307

This article explains a study done with lower-income women in the work force and recommends ways to help these women build up their careers.

Kristie Infantine

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Claims That Women Face Discrimination in the Workplace Are Exaggerated

Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth. "Claims That Women Face Discrimination in the Workplace Are Exaggerated." Opposing Viewpoints: Feminism. Ed. Jennifer A. Hurley. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2001. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. INLAN - Gonzaga University Library. 18 Mar. 2010 http://find.galegroup.com/ovrc/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T010&prodId=OVRC&docId=EJ3010122216&source=gale&userGroupName=gonzagaufoley&version=1.0

This article explores arguments on discrimination in the work place by gender and offers the opposing viewpoint that working women are NOT discriminated against.

Katie Wilson

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Going Against the Social Norm

Coontz, Stephanie. "Career Women Do Not Make Bad Wives." Opposing Viewpoints: Working Women. Ed. Christina Fisanick. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2008. Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center. Gale. INLAN - Gonzaga University Library. 15 Mar. 2010 <http://find.galegroup.com/ovrc/infomark.do?&contentSet=GSRC&type=retrieve&tabID=T010&prodId=OVRC&docId=EJ3010175249&source=gale&userGroupName=gonzagaufoley&version=1.0>.

This article uses surveys and evidence from the past and present to illustrate the change in social expectations in the last 20 years regarding women and marriage. According to the author, women today are less threatened by equality and are expected to seek education. Equality leads to better understanding in a marriage.

Joanna Raustein