Employment Flashcards

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Occupational sex segregation

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Occupation dominated by either men or women

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Vertical segregation

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Segregation associated with differences of education, experience, and skill within the same field

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Horizontal segregation *most important

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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

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Pink collar jobs

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Performs jobs in the service industry

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Blue collar jobs

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Skilled or unskilled Manuel labor

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Sex segregation

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Physical, legal, and cultural separation of people according to their biological sex

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Emotion work

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Work done in a conscious effort to maintain the well being of a relationship

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Glass ceiling / sticky floor

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

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Glass cellar

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Lowest tier of hazardous and poorly paid jobs

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Glass escalator

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Female dominated professions where I men enter those professions and rise up past women, reviewing promotions at quicker rates than women

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Token

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Recruiting a small number of people from underrepresented groups in order to give the appearance of sexual or racial equality within a workplace

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Statistics

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Population in men = lower

Work force in men = higher

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Educational statistics

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Ages 25-44
Men = 88.3% women 82%
More educated = more likely to participate in labor force
3/4 of women work after uni

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% of employed women with children

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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

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Make dominated occupations

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(White supremacy)

Women in trades = lower than 2% - do not need uni education

Principals = men (secondary schools) (elementary more equal = but still higher)

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Female dominated occupations

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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

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Gendered occupations - little cross over

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Male occupations:
Mechanics
Repair men
Electricians
Plumbers
Construction 
Mining
Female:
Dental assistants
Early childhood educators
Care providers
Receptionists
Nutritionists
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Feminization of occupations

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Nurturers

Emotion work

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Wage gap

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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

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Bona fide occupational qualifications

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Employment law
Employers are allowed to consider when making decisions on the hiring and Retention of employment

NO DISCRIMINATION

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Deviance neutralization

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How deviants justify their deviant behaviour by providing alternative definitions of their actions and providing explanations

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Employment equity

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Encourages representations from people with disabilities, women, aboriginals, and visible minority’s

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Family friendly workplace policies

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Polices that make it possible for employees to more easily balance family and work and to fulfill both their family and work obligations

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Hostile environment sexual harassment

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Sexual actions based on sex , gender, gender identity , or sexual orientation that creates a hostile workplace environment

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Male breadwinner
Ideal of the family in which men earn a family wave and provide while wives do domestic labor
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Female house wife model
Women do the domestic labor and stay at home
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Meiorin test
Employers need to consider in establishing job-related requirements
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Mommy track
A career path for women who opt to sacrifice promotions and pay raises in order to devote more time to raising their children
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Pay equity
Eliminating sex and race discrimination in the wage setting system
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Pin money
A small sum of money for spending on inessentials
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Precarious work
Nonstandard employment that is poorly paid, insecure, unprotected, and cannot support a household
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Quit pro qui sexual harassment
Occurs in the workplace when a manager or other authority figure offers or merely Hints that he or she will give the employees something (a raise or promotion) in return for that employees satisfaction of a sexual demand Raise or promotion in exchange for sex
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Sexual harassment
Harassment in a work place or professional setting - unwanted sexual advances
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Women's movement
1960
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Trends encouraging women's labor force participation
1.Dissatisfaction with homemaker/ mother role 2.Women's movement 1960 3. Changing gender roles Changing more for women than men 4. Birth control 5. Educational opportunities 6. Job aspirations 7. Expanding economy More jobs opened up 8. Delay in life events (marriage/children) 9. Economic necessity Cost of living, education increased
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Gendered educational tracks ->
Gendered occupations
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Representation and climate
When men enter feminine occupations their masculinity is under attack Deviant Men get the most physically demanding jobs ``` The glass escalator Move out of female dominated areas Promoted quickly Experience quick vertical ascend Take their gender privileges with them ```
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Gender inequality in employment
Gendered education streams Leads to feminized occupations - unequal distribution Feminization of occupations (pink collar jobs) Accommodating for family responsibilities Job tenure and experience Taking time off effects job responsibilities- affects promotions, make complex jobs Family responsibilities Women take more time off compared to men Different work patterns Often based around a mans schedule Workplace discrimination Intent needs to be proven - glass ceiling and sticky floors
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Solutions
Employment equity legislation Inequalities lead to sticky floors Pay equity legislations Family friendly workplace policies Impacts the quality of life Cultural changes that address gender stereotypes Nurturer vs breadwinner Cultural changes that address separate sphere arrangement Emotion work Cultural changes that address devaluation of women's work
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Meritocracy
Government holding power by people delved on the basis of their ability