Glass ceiling, biological floor

Article Abstract:

Full-time working women earn just three-quarters of the salary of men and they account for just 5-7% of major corporations' top executives. Women complain they are unjustly discriminated against, but anthropologists claim that men and women demonstrate different temperaments, such as competitiveness and shyness, that are genetically-affected rather a response to social constructs. Women who demonstrate masculine traits, such as assertiveness, achieve better careers than those with feminine traits. Some economists believe men are paid more because they work in more hazardous jobs and for longer hours.

Demographic aspects, Genetic aspects, Sex discrimination against women, Pay equity

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Few and far between

Article Abstract:

Only 9% of the UK's architects are women, but women architects are now beginning to gain a higher profile. Women have been involved in a number of projects which have attracted public attention over recent years, and have been particularly influential in housing and social projects. It is likely that women architects will play an increasingly significant role within the profession, especially as women now account for 32% of those going to university to study architecture.

Influence, Women architects

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Chronicle of a tragedy foretold

Article Abstract:

The history of the relationship between writer Gayl Jones and Bob Higgins and their standoff with police in Lexington, KY is featured. Her successes in the 60's and 70's are noted and their belief that a racist society had doomed them to repeat the violent history of their forebears are examined.

Analysis, Works, Domestic relations, Family relations, Jones, Gayl

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