Framed by gender : how gender inequality persists in the modern world / Cecilia L. Ridgeway.

Author/creator Ridgeway, Cecilia L.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Description1 online resource (viii, 233 pages)
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Subjects
Sex role--United States.
Social interaction--United States.
Women--Social conditions.
Women--Economic conditions.
Equality--United States.

Contents The puzzle of persistence -- A primary frame for organizing social relations -- Cultural beliefs and the gendering of social relations -- Gendering at work -- Gender at home -- The persistence of inequality -- Implications for change.
Summary Ridgeway asserts that widely shared cultural beliefs about gender act as a 'common knowledge' frame that people use to make sense of one another in order to coordinate their interaction.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on print version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Ridgeway, Cecilia L. Framed by gender. New York : Oxford University Press, c2011 9780199755776
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN9780199792443 (electronic bk.)
ISBN0199792445 (electronic bk.)

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