LEADER 04640nam 2200661 450 001 9910783095303321 005 20230607222640.0 010 $a1-283-59200-2 010 $a9786613904454 010 $a0-8135-4247-2 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813542478 035 $a(CKB)1000000000748062 035 $a(EBL)435049 035 $a(OCoLC)609837385 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000357197 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11263397 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357197 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10352861 035 $a(PQKB)10265670 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21413 035 $a(DE-B1597)530329 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813542478 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC435049 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL435049 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL390445 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000748062 100 $a20151016h20022002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBiology at work $erethinking sexual equality /$fKingsley R. Browne 210 1$aNew Brunswick, New Jersey ;$aLondon, [England] :$cRutgers University Press,$d2002. 210 4$dİ2002 215 $a1 online resource (295 p.) 225 1 $aRutgers Series in Human Evolution 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-3053-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Introduction --$t2. Sex Differences in Temperament --$t3. Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities --$t4. Once One Breaks the Glass Ceiling, Does It Still Exist? --$t5. Occupational Segregation --$t6. The Gender Gap in Compensation --$t7. Why Socialization Is an Inadequate Explanation --$t8. Hormones --$t9. Evolutionary Theory and the Ultimate Cause of Biological Sex Differences --$t10. Difference or Disadvantage? --$t11. A Thumb on the Scales --$t12. Mitigating Work /Family Conflict --$t13. Sexual Harassment --$t14. Conclusion --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex --$tAbout the Author 330 $aDoes biology help explain why women, on average, earn less money than men? Is there any evolutionary basis for the scarcity of female CEOs in Fortune 500 companies? According to Kingsley Browne, the answer may be yes. Biology at Work brings an evolutionary perspective to bear on issues of women in the workplace: the "glass ceiling," the "gender gap" in pay, sexual harassment, and occupational segregation. While acknowledging the role of discrimination and sexist socialization, Browne suggests that until we factor real biological differences between men and women into the equation, the explanation remains incomplete. Browne looks at behavioral differences between men and women as products of different evolutionary pressures facing them throughout human history. Women's biological investment in their offspring has led them to be on average more nurturing and risk averse, and to value relationships over competition. Men have been biologically rewarded, over human history, for displays of strength and skill, risk taking, and status acquisition. These behavioral differences have numerous workplace consequences. Not surprisingly, sex differences in the drive for status lead to sex differences in the achievement of status. Browne argues that decision makers should recognize that policies based on the assumption of a single androgynous human nature are unlikely to be successful. Simply removing barriers to inequality will not achieve equality, as women and men typically value different things in the workplace and will make different workplace choices based on their different preferences. Rather than simply putting forward the "nature" side of the debate, Browne suggests that dichotomies such as nature/nurture have impeded our understanding of the origins of human behavior. Through evolutionary biology we can understand not only how natural selection has created predispositions toward certain types of behavior but also how the social environment interacts with these predispositions to produce observed behavioral patterns. 410 0$aRutgers series in human evolution. 606 $aSex differences (Psychology) 606 $aSexual division of labor 606 $aSex differences 615 0$aSex differences (Psychology) 615 0$aSexual division of labor. 615 0$aSex differences. 676 $a305.3 700 $aBrowne$b Kingsley$01520340 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783095303321 996 $aBiology at work$93758872 997 $aUNINA