WGSS 1000 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Class Discrimination, Microeconomics, Rachel Carson

• School: Ohio University
• Department: Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
• Course: WGSS 1000
• Professor: Melissa Wales

Document Summary

Masculinity : possession of the qualities traditionally associated with men. Violence : behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something. Gender division of labor : occupational segregation is the distribution of people across and within occupations and jobs, based upon demographic characteristics, most often gender. Second shift : coined after arlie hochschild"s 1989 book, the term second shift is another way of describing the labor performed at home in addition to the paid work performed in the formal sector. Glass ceiling : a metaphor used to represent an invisible barrier that keeps a given demographic (typically applied to women) from rising beyond a certain level in hierarchy. Sticky floor : used to describe a discriminatory employment pattern that keeps a certain group of people at the bottom of the job scale. Feminization of poverty : the phenomenon that women represent disproportionate percentages of the world"s poor.