Erin A. Cech

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    Trump supporters’ resistance to social justice efforts is driven by their meritocratic ideology, not bias.

Trump supporters’ resistance to social justice efforts is driven by their meritocratic ideology, not bias.

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Trump supporters are more resistant to social justice efforts than other Americans, but not because of bias. Rather, many Trump supporters are “rugged meritocratists”- those who resist social justice efforts because they believe that American society is already fair. Erin Cech argues that if rugged meritocratists are to heed calls for social justice, they must first be convinced that inequality actually […]

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    Future family plans don’t influence how men and women choose their college major or occupation.

Future family plans don’t influence how men and women choose their college major or occupation.

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Many traditional social science theories explain the persistence of occupational segregation between men and women with the idea that anticipating family responsibilities, women choose qualifications and jobs which will lead them to presumably more flexible women-dominated occupations. In new research which examines the future plans of college students, Erin A. Cech finds that only a small minority of women […]

September 12th, 2016|Education, Erin A. Cech|0 Comments|
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