To Teach is to Learn: Overcoming Tokenism with Mentors
- 1 March 1985
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychology of Women Quarterly
- Vol. 9 (1) , 119-131
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1985.tb00865.x
Abstract
Active mentors, persons who are not simply role models, have been shown to facilitate and enhance career growth, yet the token role of women entering traditionally masculine professions was shown to inhibit sponsorships. An analysis of a sample of exit interviews from the first women cadets to graduate from West Point revealed that the marginal peer acceptance of tokens within a competitive, somewhat constrained atmosphere discouraged the development of these sponsorships. If women plan to play sustained roles in the professions, they must actively sponsor other women. A first step in this process is to be aware of the situational pressures, noted in the present paper, that are directed against sponsorships within a token group.Keywords
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