SOC362H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sex Segregation, Gender Inequality, Homophily
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Which one is most likely to be effective, and why. Social policies associated with the six problems of women in the workplace. Numbers of self-employed by sex: 2000 to 2013. 1. family: self employement to take care of childrens" need, upper management, once so far up the ladder, things get bad. Less time for other things, more meetings, more after hours: end of career, things are winding down and you don"t want to stop entirely. Less involved with your kids then your career. Ideas of what women can and should do. Ex. 2 race and ethnicity: cultural change follows structural change. During world wars, women entered the workforce due to men leaving off to war: a lot of times efforts to change culture is just to make us feel good. Adding posters to office walls, the effect of doing so is very small.
