SOSC 1510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Motherhood Penalty, Human Capital, Visible Minority
17 Nov 2016
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How we define masculine vs feminine roles. Capitalism = inequality between owners and workers. Where fathers and husbands hold power in the family. Women"s participation in the labour force has increased. 1/3 of adult women are working outside the home in 1970. Nearly 2/3rds are working outside the home by 2008. Women work a double day - a shift - a double burden. Triple work - student studying - work - homework(chores) Family wage - it assumes the man is the breadwinner or that he brings home the bacon )unless he is muslim or jewish) How do women chose between work and family: some opt outand prefer to be home-centered while others are more career-centred, they don"t chose ! They work at crummy jobs and try to raise their family - due to. Work is inflexible, childcare is not available, they are discriminated againstrun up against maternal walls and glass ceilings:
