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Week 9:
•Most university graduates are women
•It’s the choice of universities that is different
•Women are more likely going into nurturing courses, sociology, anthropology
•Men are more likely going into science fields: engineering, science, math, physics,
etc.
•Women are going into business much more likely than they used to
•When women go into a particular field, men start moving out of that field over time
•Then it becomes female dominated because the men move out
•The women are going into university, but men and women are going into different
fields of study
•It makes a big difference for the jobs that men and women get
•The gender gap hasn’t changed much in the last 30 years
•Women would make about 70 cents to every dollar men made, now it’s 75 cents to
every dollar made
•Men are going into engineering jobs, which are highly paid jobs
•Women continue to earn less than men because of the field of study they choose
•Women are encouraged to enrol in university because women would be able to have
access to jobs and make the same kind of money that men did
Men’s fields in university:
•Management
•Math
•Engineering
•Computer
•Political science
•Philosophy
•Physics
Characteristics of men-dominated fields:
•Practical
•Technical
•Rational
•Logical
•Systematic
•Difficult
•Prestigious
Women fields in university:
•Sociology
•Gender studies
•Biology
•Health studies
•Nursing
•Social work
•Teaching/elementary education
Characteristics of women-dominated
fields:
•Theory
•Interpersonal
•Activist
•Nurturing/caring
•Critical, social justice
•Tolerance, patience
•Open-minded
Video Clip:
•People become accustomed to what is appropriate and inappropriate for boys and
girls
•Boys and girls develop gender identity and stereotypes about male and female
gender roles (expectations about what men and women do, what boys and girls wear)
Breaking the gender norm – video clip:
www.notesolution.com
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