SOC275H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Canadian Human Rights Act, Sex Segregation, Equal Pay For Equal Work
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In this chapter, work is described as paid work outside of the home. We have a limited conception of what work is, if we are challenging ideas about paid work, we need to also examine housework. We have a narrow definition of work as it does not include housework, family work, and things such as taking care of our health, and ourselves as this can be seen as work as well. Gendered ideologies about work: snaf, women"s participation has increased dramatically in the twentieth-century: 2008: 62: this trend has been especially pronounced for women, but male breadwinner/female housewife model has not with young and school-aged children. yet caught up with the empirical reality. Looking exclusively at paid labour force, women"s participation has increased in canada and is continuing to. Gender ideology gap : both women and men are negatively impacted by. In addition to discrimination on the basis of gender ideology, women are also:
