SOCA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pink-Collar Worker, Dowry, Eleanor Maccoby
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Soca02 introduction to sociology week 2, lecture 2 january 17, 2013. Gender inequality grasping the amount of inequality & explaining it. Refers to differences between women and men in the distribution of power, income and prestige. Male domination and female subordination evident in all social relations: ex. Gender inequality older than class inequality: ex. Because women would collect berries and etc, women could"ve provided more protein than man. Women not brought in boats, conquered or colonized: not segregated. Faced legal restrictions: not allowed to vote, own property and etc. Women allocated to the private sphere (home): men the public sphere. Women had a bigger economic dependence on men: fathers, then spouse , more part-time work, occupational segregation (pink collar) Increased demand for service workers: a decrease in the average number of children per family. Women typically do jobs that involve caregiving, or household-type management functions. Occupational sex segregation has decreased since the 1960s.
