SOCB22H3 Chapter Notes -Tokenism, Sex Segregation, Fide
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The changing gender composition of the labour force. In the 20th century, the % of both women and men entering the labour foce increased, but womens rate of increase far outpaced mens. Working enabled men to confirm their manhood as breadwinner and family providers: workplace becomes a testing ground of masculinity. The persistence of gender discrimination in the workplace: for many years,, the chief obstacle facing women who sought to enter the labour force was sex discrimination. And yet women have colonized mens arenas far more then the reverse; in part this is cuz once again, his is recognized as better than hers. We give more value (and pay) to occupations we associate with stereptypically. Income discrimination the wage gap: women earn less than men, the wage diff is called the wage gap. In every field, women tend to be concentrated at the botton of the pay scale.
