SOC275H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: The Hooters, Precarious Work, Sex Segregation
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Soc275 lecture 6: the gendered world of work. The place of work became outside the home, which is a public sphere where work happened, and home as private sphere where reproduction, domestic responsibilities happened. In the twentieth century, the rate of women entering the labour force exceeded that of men. In the twentieth century, the percentage of women working: 16. 2% in 1911 to more than. 62% in 2008(between age 25-54, more than 80% in 2003): shift from male breadwinner model to the dual-earner couples, distributing family responsibilities. Precarious work and feminization of labor: from standard employment relationship (family wage, benefits, long-term contract) to precarious work. Not guaranteed employment at a factory unlike standard employment relationship. Hence, they are still better off than how they would get paid in their own countries: most importantly, women"s overrepresentation in precarious employment contributes to the gender wage gap.
