SOC 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nonverbal Communication, Argot, Cultural Imperialism
28 Jun 2018
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Lecture 6 part 2
Women in the workforce in Canada
Glass Ceiling: invisible barrier that blocks promotion of qualified individuals in work
environment because of a person’s gender, race, or ethnicity
“mommy track” jobs: jobs that are reserved for women who interrupt their careers to have and
rear children; or who do not pursue careers and work at part time or precarious lower-paying jobs
while having and rearing children
Patterns of gender socialization are not homogenous, but vary by social class
Double jeopardy: refers to the discrimination that women experience as a result of compounded
effects of gender, race and ethnicity
Multiple jeopardies: refers to the compounded effects of gender, race and ethnicity, class, age, or
physical disability
Women in the workforce in Canada
- Social consequences of Women’s Employment
- The “second shift”:
- Even as men have done more work at home, women are still in charge at home
- Double burden that working women face working outside the home followed by:
- Childcare and housework
- Which few men share equitably
- Second shift is the idea of double shifts for women
Interactionist approach
Study micro level of everyday behaviour
Men are more likely than women to:
- Change topics of conversation
- Ignore topics chosen by women
- Minimize ideas of women
- Interrupt women
Interactionism and gender performance
- Idea that gender is not some fixed thing, it is a performance we put on- gender
performance
- Micro-level analysis
- Gender and gender identity is a product of interactions between men and women, women
and women and men and men
- Doing gender: “whenever he or she is interacting with another in a way that displays
characteristics of a particular gender… is a process not an end product
- Clips from “Tough Guise”
Matthews: The Body Beautiful
- How do media images of beauty affect young women?
- There is not a simple answer to this question
- Adolescents work to negotiate and achieve their identities
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Document Summary
Glass ceiling: invisible barrier that blocks promotion of qualified individuals in work environment because of a person"s gender, race, or ethnicity. Mommy track jobs: jobs that are reserved for women who interrupt their careers to have and rear children; or who do not pursue careers and work at part time or precarious lower-paying jobs while having and rearing children. Patterns of gender socialization are not homogenous, but vary by social class. Double jeopardy: refers to the discrimination that women experience as a result of compounded effects of gender, race and ethnicity. Multiple jeopardies: refers to the compounded effects of gender, race and ethnicity, class, age, or physical disability. Even as men have done more work at home, women are still in charge at home. Double burden that working women face working outside the home followed by: Second shift is the idea of double shifts for women.
