ABSTRACT

Promoting gender equality through balanced analysis of both sexes, Gender and work in Today's World: A Reader explores the experiences of both men and women in the work force, focussing especially on gender-non-traditional jobs (i.e. men as nursed and women in the police force) and non-traditional work structures (i.e. Part-time,temporary, and odd-hour work), work over the life course, and sexual harassment.

part |2 pages

Part I: Women at Work

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|7 pages

Nickel and Dimed: Selling in Minnesota

chapter 3|11 pages

Domestica: Maid in L.A.

part |2 pages

Part II: Men at Work

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter 5|16 pages

Jobs for Black Men: Missing in Action

part |2 pages

Part III: Women and Men in Nontraditional Jobs

part |2 pages

Part IV: Nontraditional Work Structures

part |2 pages

Part V: Gender Matters

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter 14|9 pages

The Wage Gap: Myths and Facts

part |2 pages

Part VI: Problems on the Job

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter 17|17 pages

Sexual Harassment

chapter 19|16 pages

Resolving the Harassment Dilemma

part |2 pages

Part VII: Work/Home Conflict: Time and Domestic Labor

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter 20|7 pages

Time Bind

chapter 21|26 pages

Family Man

part |2 pages

Part VIII: The Parent Trap

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter 24|9 pages

Dilemmas of Involved Fatherhood

part |2 pages

Part IX: Work over the Life Course

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter 27|4 pages

The Quest for Children

chapter 29|13 pages

Retirement: Golden Years for Whom?