SOC275H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Living Wage, Fide
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Traditional gendered division work: separate spheres. Gendered composition of the labour force change dramatically women enter the labour market. It is for all races and ethnicities and both canada and the usa. Women with children at home have been one of the fastest-growing group in the labour force. Many north american still believe in the traditional male breadwinner/female housewife model. Since 19th century, workplace was where men prove their manhood as breadwinners and family providers. Deviance neutralization: understanding his income is less than his wife or exaggerating his contribution to preserve the idea of the male breadwinner. Another dissatisfaction has to do with the nature of the workplace that men have rarely experienced any ability to discuss their inner lives, the feelings and needs. 20th century where all-male workplace, women"s role was often to lubricate the male-male interaction. Women emotional work, make sure masculine workplace went smoothly and remained unmistakably heterosexual.
