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Week 8 Flashcards

1
Q

Civil rights case for diversity:

labour markets a key…….

A

Labour markets a key arena determining life chances in our society, and everyone has the right to participate without discrimination

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2
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Business case for diversity:

hiring people from…….

A

Hiring people from diverse backgrounds and managing that diversity is a key to business success

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3
Q

Business case for diversity:

4 positive points

A

expand markets

Ensure loyalty

Lower legal costs

Increase creativity, profitability

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4
Q

Marjorie Cohen (historical background): history overlooks _______ ______

(Give 3 examples)

A

Women’s work

(Trade, industrialization, stretching wages)

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5
Q

Cohen (historical background):

Critical linkages between ____ ______ and _____

A

Labour market

Household

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6
Q

Cohen: critical links between LM and household:

Household sustains workers through ‘___________ _________’

A

Social reproduction

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7
Q

Cohen: critical links between LM and household:

Gender ‘division of labour’ in LM _______ household _____

A

Mirrors

Work

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8
Q

Cohen: critical links between LM and household:

Current trends build on and shaped by past
_____ _________ ________

(Give 2 examples)

A

Labour market patterns

(Attitudes, wage levels)

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9
Q

Professions: women were legally _____ until the late _____/______

A

Excluded

Late 1800s/early 1900s

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10
Q

Who was Clara Brett Martin

(And year)

A

First female lawyer in Ontario

(1897)

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11
Q

Who was Elsie MacGill

(And year)

A

First female graduate in electrical engineering, U of T

(1927)

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12
Q

Feminized ‘_____-professions’

A

Semi

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13
Q

Feminized semi professions: seen as “_____” for women

(And 2 examples)

A

Suitable

(Nursing, teaching)

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14
Q

Feminized semi profession: nursing:

Working class ____, often unpaid ______

Low _____, hard _____ conditions

A

Women

Student

Pay

Working

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15
Q

Feminized semi profession: teaching:

Historically ____, but rapid growth lead to ‘________’

By early ______, bulk of elementary teachers were _____

BUT ______ pay rates and expectations

A

Male

‘Feminization’

1900s

Female

Differential

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16
Q

What event saw important shifts in women’s work

A

WWII

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17
Q

WWII important shifts in women’s work:

women _______ into work in large ______

A

Drawn

Numbers

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18
Q

WWII important shifts in women’s work:

Women did highly ‘____-______’ jobs

A

Non-traditional

19
Q

WWII important shifts in women’s work:

Governments provide ______ and ________

A

Support

Incentives

20
Q

WWII important shifts in women’s work:

Employers ‘_______’ women’s work

A

Accommodate

21
Q

We’re there many IMMEDIATE changes post WWII

A

NO

22
Q

Short term impacts of WWII:

men return to jobs, veteran’s ________

A

Preference

23
Q

Short term impacts of WWII: many women
____/______ jobs

A

Lost/left

24
Q

Short term impacts of WWII: public attitudes generally ______ this change

A

Support

25
Q

Short term impacts of WWII: government ______ changed

A

Policy

26
Q

WWII longer term impacts:

economic _____ and _______ aspirations

A

Need

Changing

27
Q

Why was the Canada labour code amended?

A

Amended to provide maternity leave and equal pay for work of equal value

28
Q

What does the unemployment insurance act provide?

A

Maternity benefits for 15 weeks

29
Q

What time period is referred to as the “ legal right to work”

A

1970’s

30
Q

Why was the minimum wage legislation amended?

A

Provincially amended to eliminate lower minimum wage for women

31
Q

What does the Canadian humans rights act do

A

Prohibits discrimination on several grounds, including sex

Requires equal, pay for work of equal value

32
Q

List the years and order for each thing in the “legal right to work” period

A
33
Q

List the two supply side mechanisms

A

Gender role socialization

Human capital theory

34
Q

Listen to demand-side mechanisms

A

Labour market segmentation/occupational segregation

Gendered organizations/gender bias

35
Q

Define animus discrimination

A

Dislike of women

36
Q

What type of evidence is there an animus discrimination?

A

Qualitative

37
Q

List the three types of discrimination

A

Animus

Statistical

Cognitive

38
Q

Define statistical discrimination

A

Productivity, reducing characteristic associated with gender

39
Q

What type of discrimination has an unconscious bias?

A

Cognitive

40
Q

Cognitive discrimination involves _____

A

Stereotyping

41
Q

Define stereotyping

A

Attribute treats that we habitually associate with a group to individuals that belong to that group

42
Q

Policies on gender inequality: list the two current issues

A

Employment equity

Pay equity

43
Q

Pay equity is the ____ stage in the evolution of equal ____ legislation

A

Third

Pay

44
Q

List the three stages in the evolution of equal pay legislation, and their time periods

A

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