Listed in this article are 13 general guidelines for ethical and effective psychotherapy with women. Each guideline is presented with a verbatim example drawn from complaints of respondents to the initial survey of the Task Force on Sex Bias and Sex Role Stereotyping in Psychotherapeutic Practice.

A card game to initiate discussions of institutionalized sexism. (Author)

Examined the effect of sex-role stereotypes on leadership attribution. Subjects were asked to view photographs of groups where either a man or a woman sat at the head of a table. Data were consistent with the hypothesis that sex stereotypes still control social judgements and that discrimination operates unconsciously. (CMG)

Incisive quotes from Lucy Stone, Florynce Kennedy, John Kenneth Galbraith, Elizabeth Janeway, Eldridge Cleaver, Marge Piercy and others on the need and right of women to be liberated from sex discrimination. (SF)

English grammar is a sexist tool used by men to oppress women. (DD)

Measured attitudes of female subjects toward gender roles, gender inequality, and the women's movement using a 24-item attitudinal inventory. Subjects were highly aware of gender inequality and supportive of the women's movement, although they were reluctant to identify themselves as feminists. (Author/LHW)

Four instances of sexism in nursing and medicine are presented and analyzed. An ethical analysis of sexism in the health professions is presented along with suggestions on how to deal with sexism. (CT)

Many of the efforts lately directed toward overcoming sexism in our society have focused on women. However, the elimination of sexism requires an understanding of issues that concern men as well. This article accordingly reviews the recent literature in social work journals to determine the extent to which concerns relevant to both sexes have been…

Finds that some editors of both sexes tend to reject news items about women and about persons in nontraditional sex roles. (GW)

Women as Managers Scale scores were positively correlated with internal (ability and effort) attributions and negatively correlated with external (luck and easy job) attributions for subjects reading success descriptions. (Author)

Discusses children's stories which attempt to heighten social consciousness and reduce sexist and racist attitudes. (DD)