GEOG 2LE3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Microcredit, Deindustrialization
4 Jun 2018
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Lecture 20 - Gendered Economies
What is Gender?
-Gender is a social ategor that refers to a rage of harateristis pertaiig to differetiatig hat is
masculine and what is feminine.
Jobs and Gender
Common Trends:
• men and women tend to hold differet kids of jos
• jobs associated with males: construction, mining (industry), manufacturing or warehousing
• jobs associated with females: nurses, administration assistants, elementary school teachers
Conventional Explanation:
• physical differees etee the sees aout for these differees
• differet aptitudes associated with gender
Common Trends:
• oe are less represeted i high poer jos
Conventional Explanation:
• motherhood and marriage place limits on women
Common Trends:
• although women are increasing their participation in the workforce, the nature of the work is
part-time
Conventional Explanation:
• women need to juggle paid in the labour force with unpaid work of the home
Common Trends:
• there is a gap etee e ad oes ages
• for the exact same job men tend to earn more than women
Conventional Explanation:
• many female jobs are considered extensions of conventionally feminine roles in domestic spaces
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