SOCB22H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Roofer, Nanny, Cisgender
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Glass ceiling: artificial barriers, based on attitudinal or organizational bias that prevent qualified individuals from advancing upward within their organization into management level positions. Glass escalator being a man entering a female job results in positive discrimination (male nurses, librarians etc. are often given preferential treatment and are promoted more rapidly and frequently). Glass cellar: men are also true victims of sex discrimination in the workplace, they are often stuck in the most hazardous and dangerous jobs. 250 occupations ranked by the jobs related almanac, the 25 worst jobs (truck driver, roofer, construction worker) were all male. In canada, men are 30 times more likely to die on the job than are women. Also oppressive: men supposed to remain stoic and uncomplaining in the face of danger: they might shun safety procedures or equipment because they see them as being unmanly. Important caveat is that many of these jobs offer very high pay (unionized construction work etc. )
