SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Human Female Sexuality
10 Jan 2017
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Taking on certain attributes that are connected with our sex. Feminine touch is gentle and delicate, protective pose. Male touch is about power and strength. Occupational segregation: types of jobs are more related to a typical gender (example: nurse = female) Until recently, women were overwhelmingly concentrated in routine, poorly paid o(cid:272)(cid:272)upatio(cid:374)s. i(cid:374) (cid:1005)85(cid:1004) i(cid:374) the us, fewer tha(cid:374) (cid:1005)% of (cid:272)lerk"s (cid:894)offi(cid:272)e workers(cid:895) were wo(cid:373)e(cid:374). The 20th century saw a mechanization of office work, accompanied by a downgrading of the (cid:272)lerk"s status together with secretaries into routine, low-paid occupations. Wo(cid:373)e(cid:374) filled these o(cid:272)(cid:272)upatio(cid:374)s, as the jo(cid:271)s" pay a(cid:374)d prestige de(cid:272)li(cid:374)ed. Today, most secretaries and office workers are women (reskin and roos) By the 1990s, women dominated preciously male dominated professions such as accounting, journalism, psychology, and public service. Women now account for about 1/3 of physicians and outnumber men in both law school and medical school.
