Definitions

Question 1

Patriarchy

Answer 1

a system in which men are assumed to be superior to women and thus must have authority over them.

Question 2

Patriarchy’s system (6)

Answer 2

Household production 
Wage work 
The state 
Violence against women 
Sexuality 
Cultural institutions

Question 3

LABOUR MARKET SEGMENTATION THEORY

Answer 3

Explains patterns of over/under-representation not as the outcome of skills, interests, qualifications or experience, but as a function of rules that govern access to a particular employment sector and mobility within the sec

Question 4

Labour Force Segmentation explained

Answer 4

How the labour force can be segmented by labour skill, pay and security. Can also be segmented by gender.

Question 5

Essentialism and gender & labour

Answer 5

Humans can be divided into two groups (men and women) based on fundamental (innate, inherent, fixed, unchanging) biological differences

Men: more physically stronger and more rational (“logical”)

Women: physically weaker less rational (more emotional)

Question 6

Social Constructionism and gender & labour

Answer 6

Bodies exist on a continuum; there are no two fundamentally different types of human.

Example: Not all men are rational and muscular, and not all women are emotional, weak and caregivers

Question 7

Gender

Answer 7

Refers to the attributes that a society/culture constitutes as “masculine” or “feminine.” It refers to social and cultural construction of masculinities and femininities

Question 8

Glass ceiling

Answer 8

an unofficially acknowledged barrier to advancement in a profession, especially affecting women and members of minorities.

Question 9

Glass ceiling and gender

Answer 9

Because women can’t reach those higher echelons - they tend to earn less than men, even when doing the same job.