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Unconsciousness raising.(3 Fair play in organizations: Countering stereotypes by changing the rules)
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Regional Review
- Article date:
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January 1, 2005
- Author:
- Reskin, Barbara
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ALTHOUGH WOMEN HAVE MADE unprecedented headway in the work world over the last 30 years, it has been slow going. The pay gap between the sexes has narrowed by about a half a cent a year, the decline in sex segregation stalled in the 1990s, and women's share of executive jobs has only been inching up. In short, equal opportunity remains out of reach for most women.
In the past, discrimination against employed women was commonplace. No doubt, several bushels full of bad apples still intentionally discriminate, but overt, intentional discrimination almost disappeared after it was outlawed. Unfortunately, a second type of discrimination, one outside the reach of the law, ...