In the Way of Women: Men's Resistance to Sex Equality in OrganizationsHow are men responding to feminism? In particular, at work dealing with the challenge to their power and privilege represented by positive action for sex equality? The 1980s saw many organizations, from major companies to left-wing local councils, take action to improve women's chances. The research on which this book is based evaluates the part of men in the equality process. The author demonstrates the social mechanisms through which women's aspirations for change are thwarted and draws lessons from experience for feminist activism in organizations in the 1990s. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
rights and wrongs | 16 |
Room at the top | 46 |
Defined in domesticity | 76 |
Womans worth | 105 |
on whose terms? | 138 |
Of men and monsters | 171 |
Towards parity | 215 |
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In the Way of Women: Men’s Resistance to Sex Equality in Organizations Cynthia Cockburn Limited preview - 1991 |
In the Way of Women: Men's Resistance to Sex Equality in Organizations Cynthia Cockburn Limited preview - 2018 |
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