SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Second-Wave Feminism, Occupational Segregation, Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill
14 Jan 2017
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Gender gap in income is a stable feature of our labour market. Women paid employment constrained by their caregiving. Horizontal occupational sex segregation; there are different jobs that women and men nd themselves in, they differ in the elds that they are dominated in. male dominant jobs tend to pay more then women dominated jobs. Vertical occupational sex segregation; within the same occupation, women continue to use less. Paid and unpaid labour are mutually reinforcing: channeling women towards lower paying jobs and towards domestic labour. Occupational segregation= what kind of job people have; there are some male dominated trades and female dominated trades (service sector); gives rise to gender differences in opportunities and holding positions of authority. Two types of occupational segregation are vertical and horizontal. Female lawyers earn lower incomes on average and are less likely to become partners then male lawyers. Horizontal occupation has been declining; mostly due to women moving into male dominant.
