SOCIOL 1C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: The Glass Wall, Glass Ceiling, List Of True Blood Characters
11 Oct 2018
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Socio 1c03 c01- canadian society: social problems, social policy and the law. Q: maryann has worked as a lower-level supervisor for 8 years at a mining site, a profession that is dominated by men. She has wanted to be promoted to senior manager and has made her interest known to her boss. Despite her interest and high performance evaluations, maryann has not been promoted. Over the years, maryann has watched men get promoted to the senior manager position. What is maryann likely experiencing: the glass escalator, the glass runaway, the glass wall, the glass ceiling. Transitions: changes in status and roles that occur over the life course. Sociologists focus on the entry into and exit out of roles and statuses. The social institution responsible for transmitting knowledge, skills, and cultural values in a formally organized structure (kendall et al. , 2016:254) This assumes that students are very passive. Education systems just give you the knowledge.
