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The Psychology of Women at Work © 2010 ABC-Clio. All Rights Reserved. Recent Titles in Women’s Psychology ‘‘Intimate’’ Violence against Women: When Spouses, Partners, or Lovers Attack Paula K. Lundberg-Love and Shelly L. Marmion, editors Daughters of Madness: Growing Up and Older with a Mentally Ill Mother Susan Nathiel Psychology of Women: Handbook of Issues and Theories, Second Edition Florence L. Denmark and Michele A. Paludi, editors WomanSoul: The Inner Life of Women’s Spirituality Carole A. Rayburn and Lillian Comas-D ıaz © 2010 ABC-Clio. All Rights Reserved. The Psychology of Women at Work Challenges and Solutions for Our Female Workforce Volume 3 Self, Family, and Social Affects Edited by MICHELE A. PALUDI Praeger Perspectives Women’s Psychology © 2010 ABC-Clio. All Rights Reserved. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The psychology of women at work : challenges and solutions for our female workforce / edited by Michele A. Paludi p. cm. — (Women’s psychology, ISSN 1931-0021) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-275-99677-2 ((set) : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-275-99679-6 ((vol. 1) : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-275-99681-9 ((vol. 2) : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-275-99683-3 ((vol. 3) : alk. paper) 1. Women—Employment—Psychological aspects. 2. Work and family. 3. Women—Job stress. 4. Women—Psychology. I. Paludi, Michele Antoinette. HD6053.P75 2008 158.7082—dc22 2008004119 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright C 2008 by Michele A. Paludi All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2008004119 ISBN: 978-0-275-99677-2 (set) 978-0-275-99679-6 (vol. 1) 978-0-275-99681-9 (vol. 2) 978-0-275-99683-3 (vol. 3) ISSN: 1931-0021 First published in 2008 Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.praeger.com Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 © 2010 ABC-Clio. All Rights Reserved. For Antoinette and Michael Paludi, who encouraged me to define what women’s work is for myself © 2010 ABC-Clio. All Rights Reserved. Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi Chapter 1: Aggressive Men and Witchy Women: The Double Standard Susan Strauss 1 Chapter 2: Lessons from My Father: In My Own Voice Susan Lehrman 21 Chapter 3: Self-Esteem and High-Achieving Women Tina Stern 25 Chapter 4: Women in Human Resources: In My Own Voice Linda Dillon 55 Chapter 5: Stress and Health Paula Lundberg-Love and Donna Lee Faulkner 59 Chapter 6: Preparing to Be Employed: In My Own Voice Christa White 85 Chapter 7: Mental Health Impact of Sexual Harassment Susan Fineran and James Gruber 89 Chapter 8: Religion and Women at Work Michael B. Mathias 109 Chapter 9: Workforce Issues: In My Own Voice LuAnn Hart 143 Chapter 10: Society’s Gains: Economics of Women in the Workplace Zhilan Feng and Maneechit Pattanapanchai 149 Index 173 About the Editor and Contributors 179 © 2010 ABC-Clio. All Rights Reserved. Acknowledgments I thank Debbie Carvalko at Praeger for her encouragement and support throughout the writing of these three volumes. It is an honor to work with her. I also thank the graduate students in my human resources classes for their commen