WMNST 325 Study Guide - Final Guide: Quid Pro Quo, Glass Ceiling, Sex Segregation
31 Aug 2016
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298): housework is a fulltime job for women. 298): chores tend to be assigned by gender. Relational status, invisible work, 2 -person career (pg. 301): the terms status-enhancing work and two- person career describe situations in which wives serve as unofficial (and often unacknowledged) contributors to their husbands" work. Example: corporate wife, wives of clergymen and college presidents, politician"s wife who must be able to give the speech when he can"t make it but to shut her mouth and listen adoringly when he is there. Housework, relational work, and the ladies" auxiliary do not provide a paycheck. Traditionally, women were supposed to be rewarded by a sense of vicarious achievement (pg. A woman is supposed to identify with her husband and feel gratified by his successes. Women who achieve through their husbands are vulnerable (pg. High-level female executives are much less likely to be married than high-level male executives.
