SOCIOL 2R03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Nancy F. Cott, Human Capital, Gender Inequality
18 Oct 2013
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Masculinity as both a privilege and a vulnerability. Gender inequality and inequality in the workplace. Gender and earnings-accounting for women"s lower earnings (might not finish all of this, we can continue next class) Parliamentary information and research service library of parliament. Why are women under represented in parliament: they need to select themselves. They need to be selected as candidates by the parties. They need to be selected by voters. (from julie cool 2010) Hold a disproportionate share of household and family responsibility. Socialized to see life in politics are undesirable. Women also underrep in upper echelons of power (institutions) Adversarial and combative nature of the work. William goode (1992, cited in sernau, 2014: 142-143) sociology of superordinate . Not notice the talents of those below us. Those at the top rarely recognize social structures that advantage them. Created two distinctions between men and women"s work. Called for a separation of family life form paid work.
