This course is in three sections. In the first section we review the literature on sex differences in biology, socialization and legal treatment to assess what these differences are, what causes the differences, and how these differences contribute to or justify sex-based wage and occupation differences. We will pay careful attention to MacKinnon's arguments about sex and the legal system.
In the second section, we examine and evaluate the major economic, sociological and psychological explanation of wage differences and the evidence for these explanations.
In the third section, we will investigate five areas of public policy and employment: comparable worth, affirmative action, sexual harassment, fetal vulnerability, sexual orientation and employment discrimination.
| Semester: | Fall 2007 |
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| Instructor: | Corcoran, Mary E. |
| Category: | PIP |
| U-M Class #: | 25895 |
| Program Type:
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Program Type describes the program in which you are pursuing, i.e., residential or online part-time.
At this time, residential students may not directly enroll in online program courses, rather a course enrollment petition is required.
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Residential |
| Credits: | 3 Credit Hours |
| W: | Social Work is not the home dept; home dept in parenthesis, contact home dept with questions |
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| X: | Social Work is the home department of this course |
University of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 South University Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106