Panes Of The Glass Ceiling The Unspoken Beliefs Behind The Laws Failure To Help Women Achieve Professional Parity Kerri Lynn Stone by Kerri Lynn Stone 9781108427593, 9781108551793, 9781108693028, 1108427596, 1108551793, 1108693024 instant download after payment.

"We begin this book with an unspoken "belief" that is likely sub- or unconsciously held; it is most aptly said to be a description of what people often do without realizing or taking responsibility for it-viewing women (and other marginalized groups) through a certain lens. This is typically done in the process of stereotyping them. People may be stereotyped descriptively, whereupon they are seen as being a certain way more readily than others. This occurs with women when, for example, a woman is perceived as being "pushy" and "abrasive" when she is assertive at work, whereas a man who acts similarly is perceived as being "strong" or "tough." Women may also be stereotyped prescriptively, whereupon they are expected or anticipated to be a certain way that others are not. This occurs, for example, when a performance review suggests that a female employee is "not that nurturing," in some capacity, but does not even evaluate a similarly-situated man for the same characteristic"--