Why So Slow?
Virginia Valian uses concepts and data from psychology, sociology, economics, and biology to explain the disparity in the professional advancement of men and women. Why do so few women occupy positions of power and prestige? Virginia Valian uses concepts and data from psychology, sociology, economics, and biology to explain the disparity in the professional advancement of men and women. According to Valian, men and women alike have implicit hypotheses about gender differences-gender schemas-that create small sex differences in characteristics, behaviors, perceptions, and evaluations of men and women. Those small imbalances accumulate to advantage men and disadvantage women. The most important consequence of gender schemas for professional life is that men tend to be overrated and women underrated. Valian's goal is to make the invisible factors that retard women's progress visible, so that fair treatment of men and women will be possible. The book makes its case with experimental and
Misto
Roman 'Misto', zavershenij u 1927 rotsi, stav pershim urbanistichnim tvorom v ukrajinskij literaturi z novimi gerojami, problematikoju ta maneroju opovidi. Avtor opisav u nomu molod, jaka na pochatku 1920-kh rokiv potjagnulasja iz sil, schob zavojuvati ta zrobiti svojim ukrajinske misto. Pismennik pokazuje bazhannja molodikh seljan 'vijti v ljudi', analizuje jikhnju psikhologiju, rozpovidaje pro konflikt, jakij rozgorjajetsja mizh ljudmi z riznimi svitogljadami.
City
Valerian Pidmohylnyi's The City was a landmark event in the history of Ukrainian literature. Written by a master craftsman in full control of the texture, rhythm, and tone of the text, the novel tells the story of Stepan, a young man from the prov...
Misto
Valer'jan Pidmogilnij (1901-1937) - ukrajinskij pismennik i perekladach, odin iz najvidatnishikh prozajikiv ukrajinskogo 'rozstriljanogo vidrodzhennja'. Minulo majzhe sto rokiv vid napisannja romanu 'Misto', ale vin i dosi je aktualnim. I sogodni mrijniki virushajut u mandri, polishajuchi svoji domivki v selakh, u poshukakh kraschoji doli j daleko ne zavzhdi znakhodjat te, scho shukajut. Molodij energijnij silskij junak Stepan Radchenko prijizdit do Kijeva, vstupaje do ekonomichnogo vishu j spodivajetsja povernutisja z novimi znannjami na selo. Vin zustrichajetsja iz silskoju divchinoju Nadijkoju, sumlinno navchajetsja v instituti, ale gordinja j ambitsiji berut svoje, i Stepan virishuje pidkoriti misto... Pislja masovikh represij inteligentsiji 1930-kh rokiv, pid jaki potrapiv takozh i Valer'jan Pidmogilnij, roman 'Misto', jak i inshi tvori pismennika, buv zaboronenij do 1989 roku. U seriji 'Ridne' takozh vijshli drukom knizhki V. Pidmogilnogo 'Dobrij Bog. Opovidannja', 'Nevelichka
