WST 371 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Glass Ceiling, Sex Segregation, Gender Pay Gap
27 Feb 2017
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Pg 22 wmw - notion of separate spheres. Married women forced to leave work force - comes from upper middle class ideology. Recalibrated what women could or couldn"t do. Reinforced stereotypes - feel as though we are meeting social norms. Mim - women forced to settle & marry - trying to please the parents. People looked down on husband when wife had to go out and work. Widow - married again - dependence on men. Domestica (reading 3- gw) --- spanglish (movie) Has to do with commitment to the job. Childcare responsibilities increase ~ may become a threat to the parents. Their choice to work there but limited choices. Paid work but exploitation - not being paid the amount they should. Even though she was poor, because she was white, she had an advantage. Can"t buy, commit, plan - b/c no set of wages. Insecurity extreme in 1 or 2 groups (minorities)
