Explain how gender stereotypes and gender discrimination can turn into a self-perpetuating feedback loop. What evidence is there to support the theory? Do you find it persuasive? Why or why not?
Minimally required sources: You must explicitly use and cite these.
1 Hoffman and Averett, Women and the Economy: Family, Work, and Pay (2nd ed.)H&A, pp. 302-316.
2 McCrate, lecture notes on statistical discrimination
3 Doris Weischelbaumer, “Discrimination in Gay and Lesbian Lives,” ch. 15 in Handbook of Research on Gender and Economic Life, D.M. Figart and T.L. Warnecke, eds., 2013. This is an e-book available through the Bailey-Howe catalog.
4 Optional: selections from Deborah Tannen, Talking from 9 to 5: How Women’s and Men’s Conversational Styles Affect Who Gets Heard, Who Gets Credit, and What Gets Done at Work.