SOSC 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: International Labour Organization, Glass Ceiling, Omen

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1350
• Professor: Reese Simpkins

Document Summary

Lecture 20: paid, unpaid labour and sexual harassment. Wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:449)o(cid:396)k (cid:374)ot (cid:272)o(cid:374)side(cid:396)ed p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e (cid:449)hile the (cid:449)o(cid:396)k of highl(cid:455) t(cid:396)ai(cid:374)ed (cid:373)e(cid:374) a(cid:396)e (cid:272)o(cid:374)side(cid:396)ed productive to the economics of the country. Stay at home partners work more then 9-5 = women do majority of household labour. Gendered division of labour + gendered understanding of productivity/value linked to the ideology of motherhood. Married women entered after the edition of daycare. Post wwii men excepted to assume their positions in the workplace = women were unhappy to have low paying jobs 60s/70s/80 steady. High (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s la(cid:271)ou(cid:396) fo(cid:396)(cid:272)e pa(cid:396)ti(cid:272)ipatio(cid:374) blue/white (cid:272)olla(cid:396) jo(cid:271)s = (cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:448)s. (cid:858)pi(cid:374)k(cid:859) (cid:272)olla(cid:396) jo(cid:271)s (service industry: nurses, teachers ) = women = low pay. 80s/90s- present women paid significantly less than men (74%) glass ceiling women have to try harder to get a promotion. Employment and pay equity in canada two separate problems, two separate bodies of legislation employment equity seeks to redress the wage gaps between men/women.