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Diversity at college : real stories of students conquering bias and making higher education more inclusive / by Stellar, James R.,author.; Martinez, Chrisel,contributor.; Eggan, Brandy,contributor.; Poy, Beny,contributor.; Weiser, Chloeʹ Skye,contributor.; Eager, Rachel,contributor.; Cohen, Marc,contributor.; Buras, Agata,contributor.;
Includes bibliographical references.Introduction and overview -- Beny's story, implicit bias -- Rachel's story, self-handicapping -- Chrisel's story, low socioeconomic status and peer support -- Marc's story, in-group. out-group -- Agata's story, stereotype threat -- Conclusions. Experiential education in leveraging diversity."In this book, five recent undergraduates share their deeply personal struggles as students. From being a Latino at a campus filled with white faculty, to being a female medical student advised to "marry a doctor" - the stories in this book share the relatable struggles of real students, and how they overcame bias, stigma, stereotypes and ignorance to create a college experience that truly prepared them for the world. These genuine stories are all curated by a professor with decades of experience in experimental education and behavioral neuroscience, who explores each experience through the lens of social science principles like implicit bias or stereotype threat. Together, these perspectives offer an actionable roadmap for students, faculty and administrators for genuine learning about diversity in a world that desperately needs it"--back cover.
Subjects: Inclusive education; Education, Higher; Education, Higher; Discrimination in higher education; Sex discrimination in higher education; College environment;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Bad girls from history : wicked or misunderstood? / by Gordon, Dee,author.;
"You won't be familiar with every one of the ... women featured in these pages, but all, familiar or not, leave unanswered questions behind them. The range is extensive ... [with] insight into the lives and minds of women in different centuries, different countries, with diverse cultures and backgrounds: ... mistresses, murderers, smugglers, pirates, prostitutes, and fanatics with hearts and souls that feature every shade of black ... From Cleopatra to Ruth Ellis, from Boudicca to Bonnie Parker, from Lady Caroline Lamb to Moll Cutpurse, from Jezebel to Ava Gardner"--Back cover.
Subjects: Biographies.; Women; Women; Female offenders.; Discrimination & Race Relations.; Gender studies.; Corruption & Misconduct.; Sex.; Political science.; Social sciences.; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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Sex differences and discrimination in education / by Anderson, Scarvia B.(CARDINAL)137716;
Bibliography: pages 106-112.I. Sex differences : 1. What kind of difference does sex make? / Samuel Messick : The nature of sex differences ; Determinants of sex differences ; The future of sex differences : Differences in value ; The value of differences -- 2. Sex differences in intellectual functioning / Eleanor E. Maccoby : Correlations between intellectual performance and personality characteristics : Impulse control ; Fearfulness and anxiety ; Aggression and competitiveness ; Level of aspiration and achievement motivation ; Sex-typing ; Dependency, passivity, and independence. Possible casual factors of sex differences in intellectual abilities : Developmental timetable ; Direct effects of sex-typed interests ; Opportunities to learn ; "Identification" and modeling ; Sex-typed personality traits as mediating processes. Genetic versus environmental contributions -- II. Schools and preschools : 3. He only does it to annoy / Marshall P. Smith : Differences start at or before birth ; The girls are ready for the school ; The school is the way the children see it ; Upper grades - more of the same ; Girls get the A's but the boys grow ; What way out? -- 4. "Look, Jane, look! See Dick run and jump! Admire him!" / Karen DeCrow : Textbook content and women ; Social studies content ; Reading about differences ; Women in literature -- 5. Are little girls being harmed by "Sesame Street"? / Jane Bergman : Puppets and cartoons ; Films ; "Real" people ; Perpetuation of stereotypes -- 6. Down the up staircase: sex roles, professionalization, and the status of teachers / Barbara Heyns : Status of teachers ; Historical background ; Sex roles in teaching ; Salaries ; Teacher organizations -- III. Higher education : 7. Some dilemmas of women's education / David Riesman : Minority status : Solidarity among women. The "male" mode : Reactions to the "male models. Women, careers, and marriage ; What educational institutions can do ; Security for the men ; Still a man's world ; Women in sciences ; A look at other societies -- 8. The effect of race and sex on college admission / Elain Walster, T. Anne Cleary, and Margaret M. Clifford : Procedure ; Independent variables ; Dependent variables ; Results ; Analysis of additional variables -- 9. Coeducation -- 10. How coeducation fails women / Sheila Tobias : Fear of success ; Passivity and dependence ; Inferiority ; Countering the culture ; Women's studies -- 11. A myth is better than a miss: men get the edge in academic employment / Lawrence A. Simpson -- 12. Women in universities / Ethel Bent Walsh : Discrimination in admissions ; Discrimination in employment ; The role of government -- 13. Comment: "education's and not nature's fools," / Scarvia B. Anderson.
Subjects: Discrimination in education; Sex.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Breaking through! : helping girls succeed in science, technology, engineering, and math / by Mosatche, Harriet S.,1949-author.(CARDINAL)730101; Lawner, Elizabeth K.,author.(CARDINAL)671489; Matloff-Nieves, Susan,1956-author.(CARDINAL)412897;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Science; Mathematics; Girls; Sex differences in education; Girls.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The patriarchs : the origins of inequality / by Saini, Angela,1980-author.(CARDINAL)352710;
Includes bibliographical references and index."For centuries, societies have treated male domination as natural to the human species. But how would our understanding of gender inequality--our imagined past and contested present-- look if we didn't assume that men have always ruled over women? If we saw inequality as something more fragile that has had to be constantly remade and reasserted? In this bold and radical book, award-winning science journalist Angela Saini explores the roots of what we call patriarchy, uncovering a complex history of how it first became embedded in societies and spread across the globe from prehistory into the present." -- Amazon.com."For fans of Sapiens and The Dawn of Everything, a groundbreaking exploration of gendered oppression-its origins, its histories, our attempts to understand it, and our efforts to combat it"--Domination -- Exception -- Genesis -- Destruction -- Restriction -- Alienation -- Revolution -- Transformation.
Subjects: Equality.; Sex discrimination.; Oppression (Psychology); Patriarchy; Male domination (Social structure);
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Letter to a young female physician : notes from a medical life / by Koven, Suzanne,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-300).Introduction: Letter to a young female physician -- Risk factors -- Prerequisites -- Admissions -- Clinical skills -- Mnemonics -- We have a body -- Things shameful to be spoken of -- Lineage -- The last three pounds -- Mom at bedside, appears calm -- Curbsiding -- An inherited condition -- The disease of the little paper -- The noncompliant patient, reconsidered -- The hateful patient -- The doctor's new dilemma -- Off the charts -- Head and shoulder -- Sequelae -- Science and kindness -- Bury me in something warm -- Extension -- Mixed emotions -- They call us and we go -- Epilogue: Women in STEM."A poignant, funny, personal exploration of authenticity in work and life by a woman doctor. In 2017, Dr. Suzanne Koven published an essay describing the challenges faced by women doctors, including her own personal struggle with "imposter syndrome"-a long-held, secret belief that she was not smart enough or good enough to be a "real" doctor. Accessed nearly 300,000 times by readers around the world, Koven's "Letter to a Young Female Physician" has evolved into a work that reflects on her career in medicine, in which women still encounter sexism, pay inequity, and harassment. Koven tells engaging stories about her pregnancy during a grueling residency in the AIDS era; the illnesses of her son and parents during which her roles as a doctor, mother, and daughter converged; and the twilight of her career during the COVID-19 pandemic. Letter to a Young Female Physician offers an indelible eyewitness account from a doctor, mother, wife, daughter, teacher, and writer that will encourage readers to embrace their own imperfect selves"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Koven, Suzanne.; Women physicians; Physicians; Medicine; Physician and patient; Sexism in medicine; Sex discrimination in medicine;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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The spectrum of sex : the science of male, female, and intersex / by Viloria, Hida,author. ; Nieto, Maria,(Professor of Biology)author.; Law, Alex,illustrator.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-141) and indexes.This transformative guide completely breaks down our current understanding of biological sex and gender diversity. Introducing readers to seven variations of human sex, commonly considered intersex, the book challenges the myth that sex and gender are exclusively binary and explores the inherent diversity of biological sex and its relationship to gender identity and expression, and the impact this has on society. Examining historical, linguistic and socio-cultural understandings of sex and gender, as well as genetic and scientific definitions, the book is an important resource for dismantling gender and sexuality-based discrimination and promoting understanding and inclusivity. Co-written by one of the world's leading intersex activists and a highly respected scholar in biological sciences, and accompanied with detailed anatomical illustrations throughout, this pioneering text is the essential introduction to gender and sex diversity for gender studies, women's studies, biology and genetics courses, as well as professionals working with intersex and trans communities.
Subjects: Gender identity.; Intersex people; Gender expression.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Native women changing their worlds / by Cutright, Patricia J.,author.(CARDINAL)853554; Burnham, Ashley Callingbull.; Mann, Henrietta,1934-; Buffalo, Ruth Anna.; Cobell, Elouise.(CARDINAL)892100; Roy, Loriene.(CARDINAL)290649; Davids, Sharice Lynnette.; Jamieson, Roberta.; Haaland, Debra A.,1960-; Knott, Elsie Marie.; Ross, Mary Golda,1908-2008.; Thompson, Heather Dawn.; Washines, Emily.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-115).Introduction -- Ashley Callingbull Burnham: Enoch Cree Nation -- Henrietta Mann, PhD: Southern Cheyenne -- Ruth Anna Buffalo: Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation -- Elouise Pepion Cobell: Blackfeet -- Loriene Roy, PhD: Anishinabe, White Earth Reservation -- Sharice Lynette Davids: Ho-Chunk Nation -- Robert Jamieson: Kanyen'keh:ka, Six Nations of the Grand River Territory -- Deb Haaland: Pueblo of Laguna -- Elsie Marie Knott: Mississauga Ojibwe -- Mary Golda Ross: Cherokee -- Heather Dawn Thompson: Lakota, Cheyenne River Sioux -- Emily Washines: Yakama Nation with Cree and Skokomish lineage."Twelve biographies of Indigenous women who, as modern-day warriors, have infused their communities with strength and leadership. The women overcame unimaginable hardships--racial and gender discrimination, abuse, and extreme poverty--only to rise to great heights in the fields of politics, science, education, and community activism"--Grades 7-9Ages 121160L
Subjects: Biographies.; Young adult literature.; Indian women activists; Indian activists; Indian women; Indians of North America; Ethnic relations.; Race discrimination; Sex discrimination against women; Women political activists; Political activists; Women; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 13 / Total copies: 14
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Failing at fairness : how America's schools cheat girls / by Sadker, Myra Pollack.(CARDINAL)145895; Sadker, David Miller,1942-(CARDINAL)145870;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-336) and index.Hidden lessons -- Through the back door: the history of women's education -- Missing in interaction -- The self-esteem slide -- High school: in search of herself -- Test dive -- Higher education: colder by degrees -- The miseducation of boys -- Different voices, different schools -- The edge of change.Failing at Fairness is a powerful indictment of sexism in America's classrooms. The findings from twenty years of research by two of America's most distinguished social scientists show that gender bias in our schools makes it impossible for girls to receive an education equal to boys'. Girls are systematically denied opportunities in areas where boys are encouraged to excel, often by well-meaning teachers who are unaware that they are transmitting sexist values. Girls are taught to speak quietly, to defer to boys, to avoid math and science, and to value neatness over innovation, appearance over intelligence. In the early grades girls, brimming with intelligence and potential, routinely outperform boys on achievement tests, but by the time they graduate from high school they lag far behind boys - a process of degeneration that continues into adulthood. By the time girls enter the working world, the damage has been done. Our daughters, tomorrow's women, learn that to be female is to be passive and deferential: We have, effectively, made girls second-class citizens in a world whose survival will depend on their contributions. The implications are devastating: If the cure for cancer is incubating in the mind of one of our daughters, we may never find it. Professors Myra and David Sadker have produced a comprehensive, compelling, and essential resource.
Subjects: Sex discrimination in education; Sexism in education; Women; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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All in her head : how gender bias harms women's mental health / by Pratt, Misty,author.(CARDINAL)891143;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Hysteria in action -- Gender bias in mental health care -- Biology, hormones, and mental health -- What's truly broken? How mental health care has failed women -- The cultural construction of mental illness -- The problems with patriarchy -- Are you mentally ill or mentally overloaded? -- The promises (and pitfalls) of therapy -- There's a pill for that -- Making peace with our moods -- From hysteria to healing."Why are so many women feeling anxious, stressed out, and depressed, and why are they not getting the help they need? Over the past decade, mood disorders have skyrocketed among women, who are twice as likely to be diagnosed as men. Yet in a healthcare system steeped in gender bias, women's complaints are often dismissed, their normal emotions are pathologized, and treatments routinely fail to address the root causes of their distress. Women living at the crossroads of racial, economic, and other identities face additional barriers. How can we pinpoint what's wrong with women's mental health, and what needs to change? In All in her head, science writer Misty Pratt embarks on a crucial investigation, painting a picture of a system that is failing women on multiple levels. Pratt, who shares her own history of mental illness, explores the stereotypes that have shaped how we understand and treat women's distress, from the ancient Greek concept of "hysteria" to today's self-help solutions. Weaving together science and women's personal stories, All in her head debunks mental health myths and challenges misconceptions, addressing the following questions: What are specific risk factors for common mental disorders that disproportionately affect women? How did 'burnout' become a women's disease? What can we do to make peace with our moods and embrace the gifts of our emotions? Pratt also tackles the thorny topic of medication, taking a nuanced and evidence-based approach. Women who present at their doctor's office with depression, anxiety, or stress are often prescribed antidepressants as a first-line treatment: at least one in four American women are now taking these medications. Antidepressants have a real effect that can be helpful for some individuals; however, Pratt persuasively argues that our current approach ignores the underlying causes of most women's depressive symptoms. Today, a rising movement of women is demanding better when it comes to mental health treatment. Armed with the latest science, insight from those who have been through the therapeutic system, and enough humor to lighten the load, All in her head provides women with hope and courage to reframe and reclaim their mental health." --
Subjects: Sex discrimination against women; Discrimination in medical care.; Women; Sexism in mental health services.; Women and psychoanalysis.; Mentally ill women; Mental illness; Women.; Womyn.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
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