SOC275H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Hostile Work Environment, Quid Pro Quo, Sex Segregation
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Glass ceiling: barriers (often informal, unconscious, or invisible) to the advancement of a qualified person within a given organization, solely on the basis of that person"s sex or minority status. Glass cellar: warren farrell"s term for the clustering of male workers within hazardous occupations. Glass escalator: the phenomenon whereby men in female-dominated occupations experience preferential hiring and promotion. Horizontal segregation: segregation within occupations in different fields that are roughly similar in terms of education and skill; for example, secretarial work and truck driving. Hostile environment sexual harassment: the creation of a threatening and hostile atmosphere aimed at making women (or others) feel unwelcome, unsafe, and compromised. Male breadwinner/female housewife model: a theoretical construct, once supported by legislation and policy, that saw the family as constituted by an earner whose wages supported a dependent non-earner; in this model, His" role was to provide, hers" to care.
