SOCB26H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Beauty Queens, Blue-Collar Worker, High School Dropouts
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It used to be the case that girls were less likely to attend university than boys not any more. Beginning 20th century, females are more likely than males. Statistics: reveal that in that year women were 60% What factors influenced this: feminist movements: securing some measure of equality of opportunity among females and males. Increased expectations, encouraged women to be more secure in their occupational path. Moreover, more jobs are available to women requiring higher education. Encourages them to attend higher studies: the job/labour market has transformed. Women have started to enter professions equal to. * stats table: 1961, 1962 : no more than 25% of undergraduate population comprised of females, some universities with 0 female students. Majority of females enrolled in humanities and arts, less in math and technology. More women are concerned about the equal opportunities in universities and jobs, however it is still not achieved yet!
