Myra Strober Looks at the History of Gender Scholarship
Thirty-seven years after she organized the Business School’s first Women and Work class, Professor Myra Strober looks at the state of workplace equality scholarship today. Share, Email or Print: Also...
View ArticleQOTD: Motherhood Penalty Still a Problem in Workplace
“At some level, there is still a perceived incompatibility between family and the workplace, which disadvantages mothers … My research finds that mothers are judged by a harsher standard, which leads...
View ArticleHow Do Police Respond to Women’s Protests and Demonstrations?
As part of her research on social movements, Sarah Soule, a professor at the Graduate School of Business, has studied the movements that have galvanized women, including the Equal Rights Amendment,...
View ArticleJust Making Things Pink Doesn’t Sell Technology to Women
The best way to sell technology to women? Do not simply turn products “pink” advises Dr. Martina Schraudner, a visiting scholar at Stanford’s Clayman Institute for Gender Research and professor for...
View ArticleRace, Gender, and Social Class Still Matter
Becoming a fully engaged participant in our democracy requires more than simply pulling oneself up by his or her proverbial bootstraps. Indeed, it requires hard work and the personal fortitude required...
View ArticleWomen are Shortchanged by The Wealth Gap
STANFORD UNIVERSITY — On the surface, the financial gender gap appears to be closing. Women now earn 78 cents for every dollar men earn, and women under 25 working full-time earn 95% of what their male...
View ArticleTaking the Macho Out of Offshore Oil Rigs
STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS — Can a macho workplace shed its machismo? It happened on an oil rig, that most macho of work environments, say researchers who found that crew members on an...
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