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Chapter 12

The Architecture of Inequality: Sex and Gender


Sociologists at Work

Richard Levinson: Uncovering Sex Discrimination in Jobs

Margaret Mead: Sex and Temperament

 

Micro-Macro Connections

Tokenism in the Workplace

 

Related Resources

ERIC Database

ericir.syr.edu

ERIC is "the world's largest source of education information, with nearly 1 million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice." Some of these papers provide useful sociological information on the relationship between education and gender. Abstracts of the papers are free; the site also explains how to obtain copies of the papers, many at low cost.

Stateline

www.stateline.org

Gender statistics on various social issues can be called up by state or compared across states. This site was created for journalists but provides reliable data for sociological analysis.


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