Summarize the evidence that suggests that sexism exists in social work
What will be an ideal response?
Females have held, and currently do hold, a number of leadership positions in social work, serving as deans of graduate schools, chairs of undergraduate social work programs, directors of agencies, and presidents of national, state, and local social work organizations. There have also been a vast number of female authors of social work texts and professional journal articles. However, overall, males predominate in leadership positions in social work. Because more than two-thirds of social workers are female, there is the perception that social work is a female-dominated profession. Some different statistics suggest otherwise. Gibelman and Schervish analyzed the demographics of the membership of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and found that "male social workers disproportionately hold managerial positions, assume such positions earlier in their careers, and earn more money in these positions than do their female counterparts." Female social workers earn about 80 cents for every dollar earned by male social workers. In 2011 the NASW found that the median income for female social workers was $7,000 less than for male social workers.
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A) temporal; ecological B) spatial; temporal C) ecological; economic D) economic; spatial
Mrs. Taylor was referred to a social worker after her alcoholic husband was hospitalized following an acute episode. She felt there was no reason to see a social worker as she had consulted with several doctors and read popular books on alcoholism. She feels that her husband sees her as a mother symbol and blames her for all his problems. She offered him a psychology book to read that she thought would help him understand his behavior. Mrs. Taylor found passages from an abnormal psychology book that she thought described her husband. She read sections of the book to Mr. Taylor, especially chapters describing personality disorders, egocentricity and dependency. Mrs. Taylor's major defense mechanisms are
A. reaction-formation. B. denial and intellectualization. C. obsessions and compulsions. D. compensation and displacement.
Which of the following represents a method of primary prevention?
a. Informational session about healthy lifestyles b. Blood pressure screening c. Interventional cardiac catheterization d. Diagnostic cardiac catheterization
One argument that social workers should consider integrating faith and spirituality into practice
is the links between one's personal spirituality and A) improvement in the ability to cope with crises B) an increase in cognitive functioning C) a decrease in depression and an increase in greater social support D) all of the above