SOC275H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Parental Leave, Equal Pay For Equal Work, Tokenism
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Persistence of gender ideologies: workplace was a site of homo social reproduction men created themselves a men, if men earn less than their wives = deviance neutralization (understanding her income or exaggerating his contribution to preserve the idea of the male breadwinner, arlie hochschild emotion work: making sure masculine workplace was well oiled and functioning smoothly. Horizontal segregation within occupation sin different fields that are roughly similar in terms of educational and skill requirement roughly similar in terms of educational and skill requirement: job segregation by sex largest cause of the pay gap, sales and secretarial more common for women, women"s occupations pay less bc women do them 232 challenges to workplace integration: the 2 keep them stuck at the bottom and unable for promotion, glass ceiling consists of those artificial barriers based on attitudinal or organizational bias, prevent qualified individuals from advancing upwards within their organization into management level positions.
