SOC275H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Jennifer Lawrence, Glass Ceiling, Emotional Labor
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Main topics of the day: shifting notions of gendered and work from historical perspectives, gendered segregation; gendered discrimination; persisting masculine norm in the workplace, gender, race and reproductive labor (glenn) The modern divide between the public and private sphere in the 19th century. Paid work is something that exists outside because of industrialization. Domesticity is feminine a modern idea (19th century) The changing gender composition of the labor force. The percentage of women working: 16. 2% in 1911 to more than 62% in 2008 (between. Shift from the male breadwinner model to the dual-earner couple. Persistence of the second shift (the responsibilities of childcare and housework born disproportionately by women, in addition to their paid work) The rise of precarious work and the feminization of labor. From standard employment relationship (family wage, benefits, long-term contract) to precarious work: if one person works they will be able to support everyone else (standard employment)
