SOCIOL 2R03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Reductionism, The Feminine Mystique, Ibm Officevision
7 Sep 2013
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Women continue to be underrepresented in areas that count (from federal politics to corporate boardrooms) and overrepresented in areas that don"t count (from disproportionate shre of childbearing responsibilities and unpain caregiving and domestic chores, despite growing partner involvement) Womenly skills and traits including social intelligence, open communication, and adaptability to new srroundings rather than physical strength are increasingly in demand in a postindustrial/ manufacturing service economy. Gender gaps: legal/domestic inequality, institutionalized access to power, privilege, and property, abuse (physical, emotional, and psychological), demeaning stereptypes, politics, womens work (domestic work, clierical, sales, service, girl ghettos , second shift (work and domestic) 2004: 7th best place to be a mother 2012: dropped out of top 20. Canada scored a gender gap of 21% Canada has good freedom from violence, workplace opportunities, and quality of health. Women earned more then men in the fiels of physical and life sciences and in health/parks/recreation/leisure: in this case women earned . 07 for their male counterpart.
