week 11

Question 1

predictors of the division of domestic labour
time availability theory

Answer 1

• couples decide how much time to spend on housework based on how much time they have available

Question 2

predictors of the division of domestic labour
relative income hypothesis

Answer 2

• couple members trade off income for housework such that whoever makes more money does less housework

Question 3

predictors of the division of domestic labour
gender role ideology hypothesis

Answer 3

• a couples beliefs about gender roles influence the division of housework

Question 4

predictors of the division of domestic labour
gender role paradox

Answer 4

• when husbands rely more on their wives for financial support they tend to do less housework
• this resistance may serve as a way for economically dependent men to display power and masculinity

Question 5

predictors of the division of domestic labour
maternal gatekeeping

Answer 5

• attitudes/behaviours by women that discourage men’s involvement in domestic labour and childcare
• prevalent among women with a strong sense of identity from their expertise in housework and childcare

Question 6

glass celling

Answer 6

• invisible barriers that keep underrepresented individuals from rising to the upper rungs of the corporate ladder regardless of their qualifications or achievements

Question 7

glass cliff effect

Answer 7

• tendency to place women and individuals from other marginalized groups into leadership positions under risk, precarious circumstances in which the likelihood of failure is high

Question 8

glass escalator

Answer 8

• men in typically female occupations tend to advance farther and faster than women in these professions due to assumptions about men’s greater competence and leadership ability

Question 9

sticky floor

Answer 9

• barriers that keep low wage works from ascending from the bottom

Question 10

workplace bias against women
prove it again bias

Answer 10

• doubts about women’s competence especially in positions of leadership and power that are typically reserved for men

Question 11

workplace bias against women
maternal wall

Answer 11

• challenges employed women face as mothers

Question 12

workplace bias against women
tightrope

Answer 12

• gender bias in which employed women are viewed as less likeable if they are assertive and less competent if they are warm

Question 13

workplace bias against women
tug of war

Answer 13

• women feel like that have to compete against one another for access to limited positions, promotions and workplace rewards

Question 14

workplace bias against women
queen bee syndrome

Answer 14

• women who hold authority positions in male dominated professions distance themselves from other women and treat female employees more critically

Question 15

workplace bias against women
sex based harassment

Answer 15

• any behaviour that derogates or humiliates an individual based on sex, sexual orientation and gender identity

Question 16

gender wage gap

Answer 16

• subtle and structural biases
• men tend to work higher paying jobs
• men more likely to negotiate, get paid more initially
• motherhood penalty
• office housekeeping
  -societal expectation of men as breadwinners, work more