SOC 2390 Study Guide - Final Guide: Glass Ceiling, Emotional Labor, Occupational Segregation
27 Nov 2018
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Terms: gender employment gap; gender wage gap; arlie hochschild; emotional labor; second shift; maternity and parental leave; lean-in (executive feminism) On provincial government scraps most of the recent bill 148 labor reform legislation. Scraps move for two guaranteed sick days for employees; pay equity for part-time and casual worker, and unpaid emergency and family leave measures. Cultural and social discourse and practices naturalize social hierarchy and ideas of gender difference: e. g. media; fashion and beauty; medicine and healthcare. Histories (e. g. work, education, politics) that influence distribution of resources and women"s independence: e. g. legal and inheritance rights; gender equity policies; higher education and professional accreditation; voting maternity policies. Women"s full participation in the labor force has transformed employment and economy. Further, not all women benefit in the same way from the rise in employment. E. g. recent immigrant women have highest unemployment rates. Visible minority women experience higher levels of unemployment.
