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The Benefits Of Women's Education : Warming Up A Cold College Climate For Women Undergraduates, Shannon Riley
The Benefits Of Women's Education : Warming Up A Cold College Climate For Women Undergraduates, Shannon Riley
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The existence of sex discrimination in American college classrooms, and the harmful effects of such discrimination on women students have been well established. The present study sought to determine if exposure to women's education could aid students in overcoming some of these deleterious effects. Twenty-eight female introductory psychology students and eleven women's studies students read various pieces of research and discussed the readings in experimental sessions. The introductory psychology students in the control group were educated about various well documented gender differences, while the introductory psychology and women's studies students in the experimental groups learned about sex discrimination in college …