SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Devaluation, Social Capital
Document Summary
Women"s employment: sex segregation and barriers to moving up. Sex: biological differences, based on chromosomal differences, hormonal differences, physical appearance. Gender: socially constructed attributes that we superimpose on sex refers to masculinity and femininity, social processes and interaction. Gender differentiation process: notice difference (beliefs that we attach to it, rank based on difference. Ie, caring for young children, seen as a nature characteristic of women, thus pay/status is lower: behave based on rank (discrimination) What can be done about it? (remedies) Gender biological discrimination sex gender (behaviour) gender difference differentiation inequality gender (outcome) bias (attitude) Labour market sex segregation (the actual job that women can get) Levels: industries, occupations, jobs, industries: mining, fishing (men), services and sales (women, occupations: different establishments, core markets(men), peripheral work(women), full-time/benefits (men), part-time/contract (women) Jobs: same job title different work for men and women. Men and women doing different work (with the possibility of equal value)
