FEMST 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Male Privilege, Equal Opportunity, Structural Level
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Fem 20 notes: formal equality (most common): social & legal fairness (equal rights); treating everyone same way; giving everyone same chances. Approach/solution: remove barriers that get in the way of equality of opportunity and changing laws/workplace policies or rulers for membership in organization. Ex: equal pay for equal work: equal opportunity legislation: Equal pay act 1963 federal law requires men & women be given equal pay for equal work in same establishment. Legal challenges to sex discrimination in education: title ix, education amendment. Native: 65%; black: 64%; american islander: 59% latino: 54%; asian-american: 90% 75-80% compared to men: men make less than women in women-dominated fields but still make more than women, glass escalator: men"s under-representation not linked to discrimination- get preferential treatment. Men"s gender constructed as positive difference in non-traditional occupations; get pressure to move out of female-dominated areas & up to more legit male positions.
