SOC366H1 Lecture Notes - Sex Segregation, Social Network, Glass Ceiling
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Lack of women in one of top ceo company. Active versus structural discrimination women might not be in their network. If you know better morally doesn"t mean it is discrimination legally. Government hiring practice: get internal posting so that everyone has equal playing field. Employer also hires on social relational aspect. Not just hiring based on education but personality and ability to sell themselves. This is where a lot of discrimination often comes into play. Definition: treating people differently, negatively or adversely based on their ages, sex, sex orientations, etc: legal definitions are very ambiguous. Discrimination involving 3 processes: 1) noticing and labeling. Noticing difference and attach a label to the difference. I notice that you are female, i am attaching label female ( nothing going on yet). We socially categorize people all the time because it sets up interaction: 2) activating beliefs and values about that difference.
