SOC362H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Where We Are, Verbal Behavior, Job Satisfaction
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The six problems women face in the workplace. Social culture as an explanation, a cause of what we see. The different waves of feminism and their effects on female labour force participation. The six problems: sex segregation in jobs and occupations. Wages, salary, and other benefits: the family wage- used to justify paying men more than women he has a family to look after . Media doesn"t specify, most often speaking about annual earnings. Verbal, non-verbal, and physical behavior directed at an individual because of his/her gender: gender harassment. 4: verbal behavior directed at individual because of their gender, women in traditional male jobs often face this. Recent research: gender harassment & power female supervisors: report even more harassment, stereotypes managers are men, harassed by employees, harassment is form of resistance to female authority, way for male employees to regain a balance of power.
