HIUS 157 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Motherhood Penalty, Omen, Susan Douglas Rubes
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Hius 157 lecture 18 women, work, and welfare: 1980s to the present (continued) A post-feminist society: no longer surprising to see women in powerful positions. Wage gap by gender/parental status: 2016 women earned 79 cents to what men earned, not uniform. State right, california has it: only unpaid leave, did(cid:374)"t get u(cid:374)til cli(cid:374)to(cid:374) What changes in culture made women move away from feminism as a self-identifier: public identifies feminism with glorification of market work, devaluation of care- giving, market success, celebration of women moving into high-power positions. If (cid:449)e keep goi(cid:374)g at (cid:272)urre(cid:374)t rates, (cid:449)o(cid:374)"t (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:271)at pa(cid:455) gap for (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) (cid:455)ears. Least between asian men and women, and then white men and women. k over course of working life: women have financial burdens of children more than men, american women more likely to be poor, 2015 13. 4% of women, 9. 9% of men.
