Equal employment opportunity for women : an introduction and overview -- Seventeen blue-collar women : the collective voice -- United States employment-discrimination law : an analysis of social policy -- Pathways to employment : early preparation for traditionally male blue-collar jobs -- The hiring process : women's entry into traditionally male blue-collar occupations -- On the job, doing the job : reconsidering job descriptions, performance, and evaluation -- Walls and doorways : employers' barriers and supports to job performance -- Gatekeepers to opportunity and protectors against discrimination : management, supervisors, and unions -- Good guys/bad guys : how to determine what is reasonable -- How men treat women : "working" relationships between the sexes -- Negotiating the hostile work environment : strategies for women to alleviate employment discrimination and sex-based harassment -- Mitigating the hostile work environment : conclusions and recommendations.