211:(2007) are among the largest surveys on these workplace topics; the other surveys focused on issues related to body image, intimate relationships, sexual behaviors, and sexual satisfaction. Each of her teams’ internet surveys has been reanalyzed for social science, management, health, and medical audiences, two of their articles won awards (see publication notations).
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because the editors believed the articles exemplified some of the “strongest feminist scholarship” in the discipline. Referring to the articles, scholar Toni
Calasanti reflected: “It is a tribute to the creativity and clarity of the arguments made: To transcend these works required the solid
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who said, “By addressing the most fundamental of problems addressed by the social sciences, elevates sociology of sport to a subdiscipline of the highest importance,” while endorser Ian Taylor noted, “Lever’s interest in
Brazilian soccer and her friendship with
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concluded: "Lever has given the reader a small book as well written as it is thoughtful: the role of sport in human society is deserving more study, and this account is a happy example painted in the bright colors and sharp contrasts of
Brazilian Life."
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In addition to fundraising in the academic community, Lever supplemented paying for her legal fees in the protracted battle by cohosting “Women on Sex,” an all-female (crew and audience, as well as cast) advice show on the new
141:, but was less appreciated by senior faculty in the physical sciences. She was denied tenure by a single vote by the university promotions committee after a review that had several deviations from routine. In 1981, Lever sued
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Lever, J., Frederick, D. A., Laird, K., Sadeghi-Azar, L. (2007). Tall women’s satisfaction with their height: General population data challenge assumptions behind medical interventions to stunt girls’ growth.
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English, Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese. Waveland Press kept the book in production through 2017. University of Chicago Press endorsements included James F. Short, Jr., then president of the
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and later an ambitious representative survey of 1000 street prostitutes in LA County. As a bridge between the research community and society at large, Lever spearheaded ten new surveys, funded by
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and concluded that the denial of tenure to Lever was “a loss to the students she might have taught, and a loss to the world of scholarship." Federal Judge Nancy
Gertner, in her book
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Lever, J., Zellman, G., and
Hirschfeld, S.J. “The Truth About Sex in the Office: You Can’t Stamp Out Workplace Romance, so Here’s How to Handle It Better” (March/April 2006)
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described the twofold challenges of Lever v. Northwestern: (1) the difficulty of proving a case based on disparate treatment and (2) the astronomical cost of litigation.
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Being a pioneer in the emerging fields of gender studies and sociology of sport won her the unanimous support of her colleagues in sociology in her bid for tenure at
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Lever’s most notable solo-authored academic achievements include 1970’s articles on sex differences in children’s play. This research was invited to appear in
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Kretchmer, Barbara Nellis, Janet Lever, and Rosanna Hertz), "The Playboy Readers' Sex Surveys ."
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Elsesser, K.M. and J Lever (2011) Does gender bias against female leaders persist? Quantitative and qualitative data from a large-scale survey?
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Lever, J, Kanouse, D.E., Rogers, W.H., Carson, S, and Hertz, R. "Behavior
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Gillespie, B.J., Lever, J., Frederick, D.A., and Royce. T. (2014) "Close Adult
Friendships, Gender, and the Life Cycle."
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magazine's "Sex and Health" column for nearly all the 1990s, and then drawing on that advice to publish the 1998
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Glamour, “Sex and Health” coauthored by Janet Lever, Ph.D. and Pepper
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Places for Passion: The 75 Most Romantic Destinations in the World -- and Why Every Couple Needs to Get Away
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Lever, J., Frederick, D. A., & Hertz, R. Paying for dates: Following versus challenging gender norms.
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Lever, J. "Sexual Orientation and Sexual Behaviors," with David E. Kanouse, literature review chapter in
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Frederick, D.A. Lever, J., Gillespie, B.J. & Garcia, J.R. (2017) What Keeps Passion Alive?
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The Great Sex Weekend: A 48-hour Guide to Rekindling Sparks for Bold, Busy, or Bored Lovers.
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foundations they erected so that we could move ahead and not retrace our steps."
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should become one of the folk tales of the sociology of sport.” The review in
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Readers Sex Survey, the largest magazine study of the era.
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