Rating : - More than meets the eye
I picked this book up out of curiosity. This book far exceeds the fact that Augusta has a "Men-Only" membership policy. This book is very eye opening in large amount of sexual discrimination that is in the corporate world. Martha Burk does extensive research to back up her claims that we still live in a world that accepts and condones discrimination.
It wasn't until the 1990's that the racial barrier was removed from golf with the Shoal Creek Country Club, which was a white only club. When they were due to host the Masters and it became public that it was a white only club, Shoal Creek Country Club then decided to admit others who were not white. Once again that incident happened in 1990.
Burk goes on to discuss general topics of pay differientials, women in levels of business, and a variety of other gender based issues. One topic she really discusses is how exclusionary clubs work in business. For example, if all of the top male leaders are in a say mens only club or organization, they automatically exclude any female leadership of that company when they gather. As we all know much business is done while socializing. If you are limiting your employees in how they can socialize you create barriers.
I really enjoyed reading this book. Another great book on gender differences would be "Women Don't Ask". This book discusses several reasons why women do not make as much money as men do. There are differences between genders and how they are treated in the workplace. Burk does an excellent job of pointing out how exclusionary practices hurt some of the workforce.