Gender Inequality- Weberian

Question 1

What are the two types of occupational segregation Weber discusses?

Answer 1

Horizontal - difference in number of men/women in occupations
Vertical - men’s domination of the higher ranked jobs.

Question 2

What are the male ‘hidden advantages’?

Answer 2

• men natural leaders
• men seen as making rational, not emotional decisions
• rarity of some men in female dominated occupations makes them stand out

Question 3

Who discusses the ‘Dual Labour Market theory’?

Answer 3

Barron and Norris

Question 4

How can the dual market theory be applied to women?

Answer 4

• women concentrated in the secondary labour market
• women more likely to work in low paid jobs

Question 5

What do men gatekeep?

Answer 5

Social closure

Question 6

How can this theory on gender be critiqued?

Answer 6

• Weber did not discuss gender inequality, his theories are only applied.
• Doesn’t explain why some jobs have more status.
• Postmodernists would say there’s no longer a job more important than others.