Preface
Equal Employment Opportunity for Women: An Introduction and Overview = 1
Seventeen Blue-collar Women: The Collective Voice = 9
United States Employment Discrimination Law: a Social Policy Analysis = 19
Pathways to Employment: Early Preparation for Traditionally Male Blue-collar Jobs = 41
The Hiring Process: Women's Entry Into Traditionally Male Blue-collar Occupations = 57
On The Job, Doing The Job: Reconsidering Job Descriptions, Performance and Evaluations = 69
Walls and Doorways: Employers' Barriers and Supports to Job Performance = 93
Gatekeepers to Opportunity and Protectors Against Discrimination: Management, Supervisors and Unions = 115
Good Guys/bad Guys: How to Determine What Is Reasonable = 129
How Men Treat Women: "working" Relationships between The Sexes = 145
Negotiating The Hostile Work Environment: Strategies for Women to Alleviate Employment Discrimination and Sex-based Harassment = 159
Mitigating The Hostile Work Environment: Conclusions & Recommendations = 173
Appendix 1: Nontraditional Occupations for Women in 2001 = 191
Bibliography = 199
Equal Employment Opportunity for Women: An Introduction and Overview = 1
Seventeen Blue-collar Women: The Collective Voice = 9
United States Employment Discrimination Law: a Social Policy Analysis = 19
Pathways to Employment: Early Preparation for Traditionally Male Blue-collar Jobs = 41
The Hiring Process: Women's Entry Into Traditionally Male Blue-collar Occupations = 57
On The Job, Doing The Job: Reconsidering Job Descriptions, Performance and Evaluations = 69
Walls and Doorways: Employers' Barriers and Supports to Job Performance = 93
Gatekeepers to Opportunity and Protectors Against Discrimination: Management, Supervisors and Unions = 115
Good Guys/bad Guys: How to Determine What Is Reasonable = 129
How Men Treat Women: "working" Relationships between The Sexes = 145
Negotiating The Hostile Work Environment: Strategies for Women to Alleviate Employment Discrimination and Sex-based Harassment = 159
Mitigating The Hostile Work Environment: Conclusions & Recommendations = 173
Appendix 1: Nontraditional Occupations for Women in 2001 = 191
Bibliography = 199