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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Part I: Women at Work
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Part II: Men at Work
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Part III: Women and Men in Nontraditional Jobs
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Part IV: Nontraditional Work Structures
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Part V: Gender Matters
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Part VI: Problems on the Job
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Part VII: Work/Home Conflict: Time and Domestic Labor
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Part VIII: The Parent Trap
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Part IX: Work over the Life Course