CRM/LAW C113 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Feminist Legal Theory, Occupational Segregation, Fortune 1000
20 Apr 2016
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In 2011, more than seventy occupations (including electricians, auto mechanics, plumbers, roofers, carpenters, firefighters, and airplane pilots) were at least 95% male, while ten (including secretaries, dental assistants, and preschool and kindergarten teachers) were 95% female (cid:1) (cid:1) Most career choices are probably the result of a complex set of factors. Traditional explanations for the phenomenon of occupational segregation by sex focus on supply-side reasons that men and women enter the labor market with different education, training, and preferences. Some occupational aspirations are formed early, as boys and girls are channeled educationally into or away from math or science. Social expectations may stake out appropriate career territories for men and women, and people may make vocational choices on the basis of traditional social roles. Segregation by sex persists not only horizontally across occupations. In the business sector, only 4. 2% of ceos of fortune 500 and fortune (cid:1) (cid:1) but also vertically within workplaces (cid:1) (cid:1)
