Everyday Sexism in the Third Millennium - Softcover

Ronai, Carol Rambo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415915511 ISBN 13: 9780415915519

Publisher: Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

This collection features new and original research on the range of sexism still faced every day by women in US society. It documents oppression across ethnic, racial, class, and sexual orientation groups in a wide range of gendered spaces, including the home, the workplace, unions, educational institutions, and the Internet. Exploring the way these different but related systems of oppression interact, the editors come to view sexism not as a static thing, but as part of a "dialectic of domination" in which women are simultaneously oppressed and capable of oppressing others through their discourse and practice. With its broad range of approaches, its focus on discourse and experience in gendered spaces, and its debunking of the personal and societal fictions of gender, this book goes a long way toward explaining why sexism is still so pervasive in everyday life.

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Review:

Every social movement that catches fire attracts a variety of odd bedfellows. Witness the battles against sexism that have been waged for several decades. While hard-core and dedicated feminists still see plenty to carp about, moderates and the faint of heart in both sexes slid off the bandwagon some time ago, convinced that women had, indeed, "come a long way, baby." While Everyday Sexism in the Third Millennium acknowledges some advances at home and work, it firmly negates the fantasy that sexism has been laid low. Unabashedly academic and slightly stiff, this broad-based collection of new and original research on sexism does a worthy job of pointing out its different offshoots, such as heterosexism and junctures of racism and sexism. Particularly ironic is the essay on an Internet discussion group formed to identify and respond to sexual harassment that degenerated into flame wars between a few men.

About the Author:

Carol Rambo Ronai is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Memphis. Barbara A. Zsembik is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Florida. Joe R. Feagin is Graduate Research Professor of Sociology at the University of Florida, and author of White Racism: The Basics (Routledge, 1995) and The Agony of Education: Black Students at White Colleges and Universities (Routledge, 1996).

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0415915511
• ISBN 13: 9780415915519
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 250