SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Second-Wave Feminism, Gender Pay Gap, Sex Segregation
29 Nov 2016
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Gender gap in income is a stable feature of our labor market. Women"s paid employment constrained by their caregiving. Paid and unpaid labor are mutually reinforcing: channeling women towards lower paying jobs and towards domestic labor. Persistent finding that men earn more than women gender pay gap. Women do more unpaid labor than men and these gender inequalities persist among dual-earner families where women work full-time. Greater sharing among same-sex couples, younger couples, and women with greater educational attainment. Both men and women perceive division of unpaid labor as fair impacts women"s health (some possible explanations for this contradiction) Support for the cultural theory of gender differences in unpaid labor. Maternal rights feminists (i. e. moral crusades and social services) 1st wave was in the late 1800s two groups: equal rights. Feminists (to vote, education, economic independence for women, legal rights when it came to family law and custody of children)
