Modern sexism : blatant, subtle, and covert discrimination /

An important addition to the literature on sex discrimination that defines and describes subtle and covert discrimination and contrasts these with overt discrimination. The authors, with the help of personal anecdotes and research findings, show that overt discrimination has declined but that the other forms are alive and not difficult to document. Benokraitis and Feagin provide the reader with an updated view of discrimination and a conceptual clarity that is often lacking in other discussions of sexual inequality. The last chapters describe the consequences of sexual inequality and what can be done about it. A chapter about the special problems of minority women is also included. Although this is an excellent study-well written and researched, with an extensive bibliography-it tries to cover too much ground in fewer than 200 pages. The reader longs for more background and in-depth discussion. Despite this shortcoming, the book would make a good companion to earlier works, such as Carol Whitehurst's Women in America: The Oppressed Majority (CH, Jun '77), and is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students as well as the general public.-D. Harriford, William Paterson College of New Jersey