SOCB22H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Chief Operating Officer, Quid Pro Quo, Roofer
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Women do most of the emotional labour job, women do this while doing many other things as well. In spite of the many advances women have made in the workplace, gender discrimination and sex segregation still exist. Vertical segregation: segregation associated with differences of education, experience and skill within the same field (i. e. more women are likely to be legal secretaries than they are to judges more female paralegals than lawyers). Certain occupations seen as more appropriate for one gender: cautious caregi(cid:448)ers ge(cid:374)der stereot(cid:455)pes a(cid:374)d the se(cid:454)ualisatio(cid:374) of (cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:374)urse"s touch: Male nurses are vulnerable to biases against men who take up work that has been historically associated with women. Even though men are entering the profession of nursing in record numbers sterotypes that males nurses are sexual aggressors or are gay persist ( i. e. they don"t measure up to the hegemonic standard of masculinity)
