192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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In accessible and jargon-free language, Margrit Eichler provides a systematic approach to identifying, eliminating, and preventing sexist bias in social science research. She begins with a general discussion of the problems and implications of sexism in research, and then identifies four primary sources of bias: androcentricity, overgeneralization, gender insensitivity, and double standards. Three... Read more
Chapter 1 Sexism in Research; Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Androcentricity; Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Overgeneralization; Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Gender Insensitivity; Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Double Standards; Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Sex Appropriateness, Familism, and Sexual Dichotomism; Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Guidelines for Nonsexist Research;
Biography
Margrit Eichler is Professor of Sociology at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. She is the author of The Double Standard: A Feminist Critique of Feminist Social Science and Families in Canada Today: Recent Changes and Their Policy Consequences.
