SOC 001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Glass Ceiling, Sexual Orientation, Gender Pay Gap

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Sociology (SOC)
• Course: SOC 001
• Professor: silva

Document Summary

Power gained early in human history biological underpinning. Conflict theory focuses on gender inequality: sees gender inequality built into the social structure. Men"s domination the result of gender power. Symbolic interaction: everyday processes that produce and reinforce gender roles. Inequality results from learning gender roles and learning sexuality. Examples of what we do based on our gender and those expectations. Sexism: an attitude or behavior that discriminates against one sex, usually women, based on assumed superiority of the other sex. Gender stratification: people"s unequal access to wealth, power, status, prestige, and other valued resources. Sexual harassment: is especially common in male-dominated occupations. Men are less likely to come forward with being sexually harassed. Women are much less likely to be elected to office, especially at higher levels. Gender pay gap women make . 82 to men"s . 00. On average, men"s domestic work has increased. Sexual harassment became illegal with the civil rights act of 1964.