Informing the Bent Golden Rule or Reforming It – The Platinum Rule

Abstract

Title IX and The Lilly Ledbetter (Fair Pay Act, 2009), an extension of the Civil Rights Act, have not changed the fact that women in academia are paid 78% less than males in the professoriate while sometimes experiencing subjugation and oppression. This context is juxtaposed with the Golden Rule and Platinum Rule as nudged by a mentor and mentee relationship between a professor and undergraduate, young female honor student. How does this constant social convention toward women academics effect matriculated university students?

Citation

Christensen, L.M. and Medina, A. (2016), "Informing the Bent Golden Rule or Reforming It – The Platinum Rule", Social Studies Research and Practice, Vol. 11 No. 2, pp. 92-95. https://doi.org/10.1108/SSRP-02-2016-B0007