Sociology 2241E Lecture 5: Lecture 5 - Gender Inequality
7 Feb 2017
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Women are half of the (cid:449)orld"s population, working two thirds of the worlds working hours. Gender is not static socially constructed. Ideas of masculinity and femininity differ among cultures, historical periods and classes. More differences among females and males than there are between men and women* (ex. In italy, men kiss eachother on the cheek when they greet eachother) Gender roles: learned in many different ways (home school peers media) Age(cid:374)ts of so(cid:272)ializatio(cid:374) (doi(cid:374)g so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g out of the ordi(cid:374)ar(cid:455) is(cid:374)"t (cid:862)appropriate(cid:863) Gender inequality: rooted in ideas that people hold about gender. Contemporary gender inequality: gender segregation in paid work. Concentration of women and men in different occupations, jobs, and workplace. Teaching females typically teach primary grades, more status if teaching sciences over english and history) Female ghetto (pink ghetto): unequal rewards and opportunities built into labour market: the gender wage gap. Wage should not have anything to do with sex.
