Chapter 11

Question 1

what did Sweden come out with for expecting fathers

Answer 1

Called “daddy quotas” where the father gets paternity leave days about 25% of the total paid leave

Question 2

in Sweden fathers spend ____ as much time as mothers do on childcare

Answer 2

2/3

Question 3

Over the past 45 years the average women having their first child increased from ____ to ____

Answer 3

21 to 26

Question 4

What is the stalled gender revolution

Answer 4

A historical trend in the us in which women made large gains in the workforce between 1960-1980 but began to plateau in 1990’s

Question 5

___ of same sex couples share childcare responsibilities

Answer 5

74%

Question 6

OVer the course of a heterosexual marriage, husbands contributions to housework _______

Answer 6

declines

Question 7

Women today do __ as much housework as they did in 1965

Answer 7

half

Question 8

Relative income hypothesis is

Answer 8

The theory that whoever makes more money does less housework

Question 9

Women do up to ___ of housework before they report that its unfair where as men start to feel its unfair at ___

Answer 9

66% and men 36%

Question 10

Women make up ___ of the worlds workforce

Answer 10

40%

Question 11

Companies with more female executives have ____ profits

Answer 11

higher

Question 12

What is transformational leadership style

Answer 12

used more by women than men, a style in which you lead by mentoring actively, inspiring trust, and encouraging others to develop their full potential.

Question 13

What is Laissez-faire leadership style:

Answer 13

used more by men where you wait until problems are more severe to deal with them.

Question 14

Sticky floor refers

Answer 14

to barriers that keep low-wage workers from ascending from the bottom. Women are paid less than men in the same positions, and given less chances as promotions.

Question 15

Tug of war is

Answer 15

the gender bias in which women feel like they have to compete against one another for access to limited positions, promotions and workplace rewards

Question 16

Queen bee syndrome

Answer 16

is a phenomenon in which women who hold authority positions in male-dominated professions dissociate themselves from other women and treat women employees more critically

Question 17

In the usa ___ LGB individuals experienced employment discrimination and ___ experience work place harassment

Answer 17

42% and 35%

Question 18

__ of transgender individuals experience different types of work bias and discrimination at work

Answer 18

57%

Question 19

What group of people experience the most workplace harassment

Answer 19

Ethnic minority women

Question 20

Occupational feminization is

Answer 20

when an occupation is male dominated becomes female dominated and actually decreases the wages

Question 21

Occupational masculinization is

Answer 21

when an occupation is female dominated becomes male dominated and actually causes an increase in wages.

Question 22

Time availability theory

Answer 22

Whoever spends less time in paid work does more housework

Question 23

Maternal gatekeeping

Answer 23

Behaviors and attitudes that discourages men’s involvement in domestic labor and childcare

Question 24

Glass ceilings

Answer 24

Invisible barrier in the workplace that keeps women from rising to the top

Question 25

Glass cliff effect

Answer 25

The tendency to place women into leadership positions under risky, precarious circumstances in which likelihood of failure is high.

Question 26

Prove it again bias

Answer 26

Gender bias in which stereotypes about women’s unsuitability for high status positions result in women having to work harder than men to prove competence.

Question 27

Maternal wall

Answer 27

Reflects challenges that employed women face as mothers. That they’re less competent at their jobs.

Question 28

Tightrope

Answer 28

Gender bias in which employed women feel like they have to compete against one another for access to limited positions, promotions, and workplace rewards.

Question 29

Occupational segregation

Answer 29

Men primarily work in male dominated occupations and women primarily work in female dominated occupations