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Similar to the sticky floor, the frozen middle describes the phenomenon of women's progress up the corporate ladder slowing, if not halting, in the ranks of middle management. [86] Originally the term referred to the resistance corporate upper management faced from middle management when issuing directives.
Another commonly cited barrier, complementary to the bamboo ceiling, is the "sticky floor". When applied to the Asian American experience, the sticky floor refers to the phenomenon by which young professionals of Asian descent are often trapped in low-level, low-mobility jobs. [ 30 ]
The term feminist psychology was originally coined by Karen Horney. In her book, Feminine Psychology , which is a collection of articles Horney wrote on the subject from 1922–1937, she addresses previously held beliefs about women, relationships, and the effect of society on female psychology.
The prefix “anti” meant “not” or “against” until Ibram Kendi attached it to the word “racism” and created a new term that meant “anti-white.” Or maybe “white” is synonymous ...
She won the presidential election and was reelected for a second term in 2014. She was then impeached in 2016. In 2016, Theresa May became leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom shortly after a referendum result to leave the EU caused the pound to drop in value to levels not seen in 30+ years. [37]
This category relates to specifically sociological terms and concepts. Wider societal terms that do not have a specific sociological nature about them should be added to social concepts in keeping with the WikiProject Sociology scope for the subject.
The term "Historical Institutionalism" began appearing in publications in the early 1990s, although it had been used in the late 1980s. [9] The most widely cited historical institutionalist scholars are Peter Hall, Paul Pierson , Theda Skocpol , Douglass North , and Kathleen Thelen . [ 10 ]
Adele Andaloro says she was simply trying to remove squatters who had taken up residence in a home she owned, yet she was the one who got arrested last month after she called the police. The New ...