Employment Flashcards
Occupational sex segregation
Occupation dominated by either men or women
Vertical segregation
Segregation associated with differences of education, experience, and skill within the same field
Horizontal segregation *most important
Segregation WITHIN occupations in different filers of educational and skill requirements
women dominated jobs = pay less
Women are under represented in occupations that matter and over represented in jobs that do not matter
Pink collar jobs
Performs jobs in the service industry
Blue collar jobs
Skilled or unskilled Manuel labor
Sex segregation
Physical, legal, and cultural separation of people according to their biological sex
Emotion work
Work done in a conscious effort to maintain the well being of a relationship
Glass ceiling / sticky floor
An unofficially acknowledged barrier to advancement in a profession, especially affecting women and members of minorities
Glass cellar
Lowest tier of hazardous and poorly paid jobs
Glass escalator
Female dominated professions where I men enter those professions and rise up past women, reviewing promotions at quicker rates than women
Token
Recruiting a small number of people from underrepresented groups in order to give the appearance of sexual or racial equality within a workplace
Statistics
Population in men = lower
Work force in men = higher
Educational statistics
Ages 25-44
Men = 88.3% women 82%
More educated = more likely to participate in labor force
3/4 of women work after uni
% of employed women with children
Female lone parents = spike in 1995 (welfare reform)
2/3 of women work when children hit the age of 3
increase in Labor force over the last 30-40 years
Make dominated occupations
(White supremacy)
Women in trades = lower than 2% - do not need uni education
Principals = men (secondary schools) (elementary more equal = but still higher)
Female dominated occupations
Early childhood educators 96.8% difficult for men, sexual predators
Nurturers, emotion work - bring why they do at home to the work force
Marginalized as irrelevant, no effort
27% chair positions (too devoted to children)
Journalism = talk about health
Gendered occupations - little cross over
Male occupations: Mechanics Repair men Electricians Plumbers Construction Mining
Female: Dental assistants Early childhood educators Care providers Receptionists Nutritionists
Feminization of occupations
Nurturers
Emotion work
Wage gap
Personal choices (agency) Sexist cultural expectations (structure)
AB 63%
More education = gap
Better for men to go to private sphere
Gap increases as both genders age
Kids effect jobs (promotions, salary) reduces 15% per year
8% men are nurses but dominate in surgeons
Women key to success = man up, ignore
Glass escalator pushes promotion for men but penalizes women
Foreign born make more than women
Childress women sometimes earn the same as men - personal choices effect expectations
Annual earnings for women and men
Difference
Women earn less
Bona fide occupational qualifications
Employment law
Employers are allowed to consider when making decisions on the hiring and Retention of employment
NO DISCRIMINATION
Deviance neutralization
How deviants justify their deviant behaviour by providing alternative definitions of their actions and providing explanations
Employment equity
Encourages representations from people with disabilities, women, aboriginals, and visible minority’s
Family friendly workplace policies
Polices that make it possible for employees to more easily balance family and work and to fulfill both their family and work obligations
Hostile environment sexual harassment
Sexual actions based on sex , gender, gender identity , or sexual orientation that creates a hostile workplace environment