SOCI 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Glass Ceiling, Precarious Work, Gender Pay Gap
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Gender stereotyping and inequality continue in some workplaces. A glass ceiling results in earning differences between men and women. Women"s work is concentrated in the low-wage stratum of the work force clerical work, sales, light manufacturing and service work pays less and less inflation-proof. Women perform a disproportionate amount of unpaid labour, even when they work the same number of full-time hours as their husbands. Men could do work but it would be delayed. Gender inequalities are greater at midlife as women care for both children and aging parents. Gender segregation in tasks is common (i. e. women doing laundry, men yard work) Hoschild (1989) term for women who performed a grated share of domestic work than men when they return from their first shift in paid work. Situation where wives felt lucky and grateful for having husbands who did any amount of domestic labour because they are aware that not all husbands did.
