Sets forth the organizational and personal costs of sexual harassment on the job, the legal precedents for employer liability, and a policy that can protect employers from liability. (JM)

Implications of Title VII for dealing with sex discrimination are discussed. It is suggested that the impact should not be assessed purely in terms of visible change but in the changed perspectives that women have begun to assume as to their own potentials. (LBH)

Discusses ways in which historical wage structures still influence current salaries and underpay for female-dominated jobs. Examines the origins of the California State Civil Service's compensation structure, and finds that gender discrimination explicitly lowered wages for female-dominated jobs. Provides quantitative and qualitative evidence of…

Provides a history of the concept of sexual harassment, and discusses the condition under which the problem was first named and the ways in which it has expanded conceptually over time as a violation of civil rights. Suggests some of the educational implications of conceiving the problem in increasingly broad terms, including potential benefits…

The materials in this workshop package are one component of a multicomponent workshop package. They provide resources and a step-by-step quide for implementing one 3-hour workshop session designed to provide participants with the opportunity to identify the implications of Title IX for their own job functions, to increase their skills for…

The paper illustrates both theoretically and empirically that being married and having children have opposite effects on the wage rates of husbands and wives, and further that these diverging wage patterns are perpetuated over the length of the marriage. (Author)

Gender neutral public policies are those that are either silent on the question of the existence of significant gender differences or incorporate a perspective which mandates that such differences be ignored. Prominent voices today contend that gender neutrality favors males and have held the male standard as the one for which women should aspire.…

Women's representation in educational administration positions is inconsistent with the extent of their employment in education (and in management positions elsewhere.) Recent research by F. I. Ortiz reveals two distinct types of career patterns for female educational administrators: the specialist, supervisor, and elementary principalship path…

This document contains congressional hearings to raise a variety of issues and problems pertaining to women in the workplace. It focuses on legislation that might alleviate any adverse conditions that might exist, especially H.R. 2577, the Economic Equity Act of 1987. Issues include barriers in pay equity, wider opportunities for women and…

Educational factors which must change if jobs opportunities for women are to equal those for men are the traditional exclusion of girls from a wider scope of vocational courses, cultural pressures and assumptions, and counseling and administrative policies and circumstances. (JH)

Presents facts and figures disputing many of the traditional sex stereotypes of working women. (WM)

Predicts multiple, far-reaching and profound social changes in American society resulting from the growth of feminism which advocates a new and human ethos based on an end to stereotypes, hierarchies, power-based relationships and force. Topics discussed include Federal policies toward women, the effects of feminism on men and building a new…

Considered the obstacles and opportunities for women in securing employment in professional and managerial careers. (RK)

The author delineates several problems in dealing with sex discrimination among college administrators. (HMV)

Millions of older women who work face combined age and sex discrimination. Fifty percent more women aged 45-54 (3.5 million) will enter the job market in the next two decades and face the same problems. Illegal discriminatory practices encountered by older women when job hunting include exclusion from a job opportunity because of a male selecting…