SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Sex Segregation, Economic Inequality, Stereotype
5 Jan 2019
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Argues that a lot of women have always been and still, most likely work two shifts. But when they come home, the responsibilities at home are put on her shoulder as well. More inclined to judge the work done by women rather than men: sex segregation. Merely an observation of the reality that although changing, men and women tend to be confined to different sectors of the economy. Sex segregation is the physical, legal, and cultural separation of people according to their biological sex. This is distinct from gender segregation, which is the separation of people according to social constructions of gender: sex typing. The stereotypical categorization of people, or their appearance or behavior, according to conventional perceptions of what is typical of each sex: glass-ceiling. Females now have greater opportunity in the workplace; better pay, benefits. etc. Once they hit the top of their opportunity they cannot excel further: nonstandard work.
