Women's Studies 2260 Chapter Notes - Chapter Guppy & Luongo : Gender Equality, Household Division

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2260
• Professor: Tugce Ellialti Kose

Document Summary

Especially during the depression of the 1930s, when jobs were hard to find, men"s employment was prioritized. The ban on married women working in the federal government was not lifted until 1955. While women continue to be employed in what used to be considered traditional jobs, such as librarian, nurse, secretary, and teacher, a growing number of women chose to pursue nontraditional jobs, such as doctor, lawyer, manager, and professor. Married or cohabiting women are contributing more to household incomes and are thus gaining greater economic power among couples. the gap has declined in part because of greater educational and occupational attainment for women. Third, the gender wage gap is larger among lower income earners, evidence of the uneven nature of the gender-equity revolution. Women underrepresented in stem, despite men w lower math scores entering it than women w higher scores. Women performed the largest share of housework, even when working full-time in the labor force.