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Title: Structural Sexism and Health in the United States
Citation Type: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Year: 2018
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Abstract: In this dissertation, I seek to begin building a new line of health inequality research that parallels the emerging structural racism literature by developing theory and measurement for the new concept of structural sexism and examining its relationship to health. Consistent with contemporary theories of gender as a multilevel social system, I conceptualize and measure structural sexism as systematic gender inequality in power and resources at the macro-level (U.S. state), meso-level (marital dyad), and micro-level (individual). Through a series of quantitative analyses, I examine how various measures of structural sexism affect the health of men, women, and infants in the U.S.
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Authors: Homan, Patricia, A
Institution: Duke University
Department: Department of Sociology
Advisor: George, Linda K.; Lynch, Scott M.
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Publisher Location: Durham, North Carolina
Pages: 133
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Topics: Gender
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