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Tiêu đề

If and when sociology becomes a female preserve

Tác giả

DiFuccia M.; Pelton J.; Sica A.

Năm xuất bản

2007

Source title

American Sociologist

Số trích dẫn

DOI

10.1007/s12108-007-9001-2

Liên kết

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-51249150050&doi=10.1007%2fs12108-007-9001-2&partnerID=40&md5=0e2bc90b5b145251342f8922cdbded4c

Tóm tắt

This article investigates recent data on the prevalence of women in the field of sociology in order to understand whether or not the discipline has become a female preserve. Data on the top sociology departments in the USA were collected in 2007. For each university, we document the number of full time, tenured and tenure-track faculty members and present the gendered makeup of the department. Our data present mixed findings with regard to the question of whether the field is tipping toward female. Women, overall, are underrepresented in the sociology programs sampled, but a larger percentage of women occupy tenured positions within the top liberal arts programs than at the top graduate programs. And, women occupy a slim majority of assistant professor positions but have lower numbers at higher academic ranks. We can say with reasonable certainty that, while the proportion of women doctorates and assistant professors indicate a feminization of sociology, the entire discipline has not yet tipped toward female. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Từ khóa

Academic disciplines; Feminization; Occupational segregation; Sociology

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