SOCIOL 1Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Safe Sex, Essentialism, Heterosexuality
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13% have been fired for being trans. 18% have been turned down for a job because they were trans. 17% declined a job offer because of a lack of a trans-positive and safe work environment. 28% of trans ontarians could not get employment references with their current name or pronoun. 58% could not get academic transcripts with the correct name or sex designation (limiting graduate and employment opportunities) Similar proportion of women and men living with disabilities* (does not differentiate types of disabilities [i. e. physical vs mental illness; severity]) aged 25-54 participated in the labour market (61% and 63%, respectively) (canadian context; statistics canada) Depends on kinds of work that explains gender equality for those with disabilities. Implications of the gender inequality in the workplace. The feminization of poverty (rates higher than for men) Remember poverty = lack of economic resources (i. e. money) for single women. Underemployment (not unemployment) short-term jobs, continuously laid-off. Exclusion from social spaces (norm of working)
