This book has been published with the help of a grant from the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW ), using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Women's Program of the Secretary of State. [...] By Don~d Power, Marlene Stewart and Viola Nikkila from Lakehead University, "Sexism in Language in the Curriculum of Ontario Schools: The Case of 'Man in Society' " presents the results of their survey designed to investigate the question "Do people consider the title of the Ministry guideline 'Man in Society' to be sexist?" The paper presents the sorts of argument given by those who felt that the [...] Using Eichler's characterization of the nature of sexist science, Joy discusses the waves of the debate concerning male bias within anthropology and reveals the complexity of the issues of theory, methodology and language raised by the controversy. [...] As Cameron states, "How one evaluates affirmative action programmes and other policies directed at eliminating sex discrimination in the labour market depends on one's analysis of the causes of that discrimination." In the development of her theme, Cameron outlines the biases evident in the approach of the Fraser Institute to the issues. [...] In the final sections, she shows how "The existence of each type of child abuse can be traced back to the patriarchal organization of society." She also demonstrates the failure of the research on child abuse to make links between the abuse of women and the abuse of children - often by women.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- 300/.7/2
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- 19
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- The papers contained in this volume represent part of the proceedings of the Conference 'Sexism in research and its policy implications' sponsored by the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women and held in Ottawa, November, 1982"--page [3] Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- T23 1984eb
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title 2
- Copyright 3
- Table Of Contents 4
- Preface 6
- Acknowledgements 8
- Introduction 12
- SEXISM IN RESEARCH AND ITS POLICY IMPLICATIONS 26
- SEXISM IN LANGUAGE: DOES IT MATTER? 50
- Naming The World: Consciousness in a Patriarchal Iceberg 52
- Sexism in Language in The Curriculum of Ontario Schools: The Case of "Man in Society" 66
- WHAT IS SEXISM IN RESEARCH? 80
- Females, Sport and Biosocial Explanations 82
- Hegemony and Superstructure: A Feminist Critique of Neo-Marxism 94
- Sexism in Research: Anthropological Perspectives 110
- Sexism in Psychological Research 125
- THE POLICY CONSEQUENCES OF SEXIST RESEARCH 142
- Labour Market Discrimination and Affirmative Action 144
- Research on Child Abuse in Liberal Patriarchy 165
- Sexism in Social Science Research on Aging 194
- Sexism in Policy Relating to Welfare Fraud 218
- Women, The Forgotten Housing Consumers 228
- Male-Dominated Criminology: Implications for Women in Correctional Institutions 252
- Index 266
