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Using Integrated Public Use Microdata Series-United States micro-census data from 1960 to 2010, this paper examines whether racial and Gender income disparities beget inequality by differentially impacting the growth prospects of the poor, the middle class, and the rich. Racial and Gender inequality is found to be bad for income growth of the poor, but not for that of the rich. An investigation into the channels of this effect suggests that higher racial and Gender inequality is associated with lower human capital accumulation among the poor and a reduction in the quality of their jobs.

Gender --- Gender and Development --- Gender Inequality --- Income Growth --- Inequality --- Poverty Reduction --- Race Inequality

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Against all evidence to the contrary, American men have come to believe that the world is tilted – economically, socially, politically – against them. A majority of men across the political spectrum feel that they face some amount of discrimination because of their sex. The authors of Gender Threat look at what reasoning lies behind their belief and how they respond to it. Many feel that there is a limited set of socially accepted ways for men to express their gender identity, and when circumstances make it difficult or impossible for them to do so, they search for another outlet to compensate. Sometimes these behaviors are socially positive, such as placing a greater emphasis on fatherhood, but other times they can be maladaptive, as in the case of increased sexual harassment at work. These trends have emerged, notably, since the Great Recession of 2008-09. Drawing on multiple data sources, the authors find that the specter of threats to their gender identity has important implications for men's behavior. Importantly, younger men are more likely to turn to nontraditional compensatory behaviors, such as increased involvement in cooking, parenting, and community leadership, suggesting that the conception of masculinity is likely to change in the decades to come.

Gender identity --- Masculinity --- Men --- Identity. --- economic threat. --- gender inequality. --- gender threat. --- gender. --- masculinity. --- men. --- politics.

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This revealing look at home care illustrates how elderly and disabled people and the immigrant women workers who assist them in daily activities develop meaningful relationships even when their different ages, abilities, races, nationalities, and socioeconomic backgrounds generate tension.

Home care services --- Home health aides --- Older people --- People with disabilities --- Home care --- Homecare, precarity, labor, gender inequality, migration.

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How can the simple choice of a men's suit be a moral statement and a political act? When the suit is made of free-labor wool rather than slave-grown cotton. In Moral Commerce, Julie L. Holcomb traces the genealogy of the boycott of slave labor from its seventeenth-century Quaker origins through its late nineteenth-century decline. In their failures and in their successes, in their resilience and their persistence, antislavery consumers help us understand the possibilities and the limitations of moral commerce.Quaker antislavery rhetoric began with protests against the slave trade before expanding to include boycotts of the use and products of slave labor. For more than one hundred years, British and American abolitionists highlighted consumers' complicity in sustaining slavery. The boycott of slave labor was the first consumer movement to transcend the boundaries of nation, gender, and race in an effort by reformers to change the conditions of production. The movement attracted a broad cross-section of abolitionists: conservative and radical, Quaker and non-Quaker, male and female, white and black.The men and women who boycotted slave labor created diverse, biracial networks that worked to reorganize the transatlantic economy on an ethical basis. Even when they acted locally, supporters embraced a global vision, mobilizing the boycott as a powerful force that could transform the marketplace. For supporters of the boycott, the abolition of slavery was a step toward a broader goal of a just and humane economy. The boycott failed to overcome the power structures that kept slave labor in place; nonetheless, the movement's historic successes and failures have important implications for modern consumers.

Quaker abolitionists --- Antislavery movements --- Abolitionists --- Abolitionism --- Anti-slavery movements --- Slavery --- Human rights movements --- History. --- Quakers, Abol. --- ition, Slavery, Consumerism, Gender inequality.

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"Bertha Wilson et Claire L’Heureux-Dubé ont été les premières femmes juges à la Cour suprême du Canada. L’une représentait le Canada anglais, l’autre le Québec. De milieux et de tempéraments opposés, les deux femmes ont affronté des défis similaires. Leurs nominations judiciaires dans les années 1980 ont ravi les féministes et bousculé l’establishment juridique. Constance Backhouse plonge ici au coeur des obstacles sexistes que les deux femmes ont affrontés en éducation, en pratique du droit et dans les cours de justice. Elle explore les divers moyens que celles-ci ont utilisés pour les surmonter, de même que les décisions marquantes qu’elles ont prises pour défendre les droits des femmes et leur traitement mitigé de la question raciale. Explorer les vies et les carrières de ces deux pionnières, c’est s’aventurer dans un monde de sexisme légal appartenant à une époque passée. Quand L’Heureux-Dubé a voulu s’inscrire à la Faculté de droit de l’Université Laval (défiant ainsi son père), un fonctionnaire de l’université lui a répondu que le droit était une discipline « réservée aux hommes ». Quand Bertha Wilson est entrée à la Faculté de droit de Dalhousie University, le doyen lui a suggéré de « retourner à la maison et se mettre au crochet ». Rappeler leurs efforts que ces deux femmes ont déployés pour naviguer dans une tempête de sexisme révèle les fondements des inégalités de genre dans notre passé. La question est maintenant : quelle part de ce sexisme a été relégué aux poubelles de l’histoire et quelle part continue de nous hanter ?"--

Femmes juges --- Juges --- L'Heureux-Dubé, Claire. --- Wilson, Bertha. --- Canada. --- Feminism. --- Gender Inequality. --- Law. --- Lawyers. --- Sexism. --- Supreme Court of Canada . --- Trailblazers. --- Women.