In referring to the Sociology Review magazine article 'Gender differences in education', by Eirene Mitsos and Ken Browne (1998), I have discovered that there are certain sociological reasons for why there are quite alarming gender differences in academic achievement. ... In order to gain a fair understanding of why girls do better academically than boys, you also have to look at the question 'why boys underachieve ', as well as' why do girls do so well?' ... Girls tend to choose the art subjects like English Literature, Textiles, History, Foreign Languages and...

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In order to discuss the role of women in corporate America, it is important to review the roots of feminine leadership. Biology and upbringing have a lot to do with this. ... Socialization and biology shape men and women. ... Women also ask questions while men tend to give answers. ... The question remains, if women are such great bosses, why aren't more of them in charge of a big company? ...

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Alleged differences in emotional level, sex-role programming, or personality type, are for the gender theorist, are unrelated to biology & can't be presumed to be studied merely by analyzing variations in biological sex. ... Haug does not answer this question (perhaps it is rhetorical) but I think Walby's (1990) theory is so powerful because it can reveal the answer to questions like this. ...

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Gender Equality or Reverse Discrimination: Title IX: Under Review. ... President Gerald Ford signed the Title IX regulations on May 27, 1975 and they were then submitted to Congress for review. ...

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Before the beginning of this sociological research there had been risen a big question of what means the absence of women in a governmental hierarchy of Kazakhstan. ... These are the results of the questionnaires, interview and literature review and the sources of the historical predisposition. ... Mainly, there will be answers on the questions about solving the problems that were highlighted earlier and do we need something to be done, and if yes, then what should be done in order to increase the advancement of women in a public sphere. ...

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