Why So Slow?

The Advancement of Women

Virginia Valian (Hunter College, City University of New York)

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MIT Press
07 January 1999

Social discrimination; Gender studies: women; Psychology; Labour economics

Series: The MIT Press

Virginia Valian uses concepts and data from psychology, sociology, economics, and biology to explain the disparity in the professional advancement of men and women.

Why do so few women occupy positions of power and prestige? Virginia Valian uses concepts and data from psychology, sociology, economics, and biology to explain the disparity in the professional advancement of men and women. According to Valian, men and women alike have implicit hypotheses about gender differences-gender schemas-that create small sex differences in characteristics, behaviors, perceptions, and evaluations of men and women. Those small imbalances accumulate to advantage men and disadvantage women. The most important consequence of gender schemas for professional life is that men tend to be overrated and women underrated.

Valian's goal is to make the invisible factors that retard women's progress visible, so that fair treatment of men and women will be possible. The book makes its case with experimental and observational data from laboratory and field studies of children and adults, and with statistical documentation on men and women in the professions. The many anecdotal examples throughout provide a lively counterpoint.

By: Virginia Valian (Hunter College City University of New York)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9780262720311
ISBN 10: 0262720310
Series: The MIT Press
Pages: 421
Publication Date: 07 January 1999
Recommended Age: From 18
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Virginia Valian is Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, and Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center. She is the author ofWhy So Slow- The Advancement of Women and coauthor of An Inclusive Academy- Achieving Diversity and Excellence (both published by the MIT Press).

Reviews for Why So Slow?: The Advancement of Women

Why So Slow? is a breakthrough in the discourse on gender and has great potential to move the women's movement to a new, more productive phase. * Publisher's Weekly *