Discrimination Against Women: Prevalence, Consequences, Remedies

by Hope Landrine and Elizabeth Adele Klonoff

Book Overview

How frequently do women experience sexist discrimination? Is it widespread or concentrated in specific populations? Does sexism have any effect on women s mental or physical health? How can we measure the impact of sexism, both blatant and subtle, on women exposed to it? In Discrimination Against Women, authors Hope Landrine and Elizabeth A. Klonoff offer the first empirically validated scale for measuring the health effects of sexism and present...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761909540
• ISBN13: 9780761909545
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.8"