Boring and Women in Psychology
He published an article on his own in 1951 in the American Psychologists that focused on women in the field and emphasized his beliefs. He wrote about the disadvantages women in psychology face as the result of society which affects their professional advancement. This he called this the “women problem.” Boring describes the standard procedure men undergo to achieve prestige in their career: a man must receive a Ph.D., conduct meaningful research that gets published, and undertake administrative work. If work is done well enough to impress their boss men are likely to be promoted to higher positions and work in broader tasks such as publishing books, or becoming a dean or college president, allowing them to influence a wider range of people. It was the pursuit of prestige at higher positions that women lacked, largely because they were blocked from the higher level jobs in the first place.
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