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o Illinois Valedictorian project-
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self perception of intelligence,
career expectations and goals,
what majors and careers they went into. |
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| Illinois Valedictorian project gender differences- |
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same GPA
women concerned w/combining work and fam
went into stereotypical occupations |
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| Illinois Valedictorian project explainations: |
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social construction of gender- societal expectations of what m/w should be doing
• If we expect that women are primarily responsible for childcare, and men are providers |
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| interpretations of the graph or pink/white/blue collar jobs |
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| participants rated these occupations as req incumbants (those who work in the occupation) to have some feminine and some masculine characteristics, census data show that these highly prestigious jobs are primarily occupied by men. |
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| fathers that are more involved in the upbringsin of a child- |
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| the more cognitively and intellectually adv that chlid is |
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| • Why do we have gender differences in division of labor? |
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Social construction,
Time- the person more at home(but when both work, women still put in more time),
Relative power- person w/greater economic resources, has greater say in what he/she does in chores |
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| costs of women having multiple roles |
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role strain- stress associated with multiple roles (w>m)
• type of role strain= role overload- too many things to do and not enough time.
interrole conflict- conflict btw roles
• ex: w has meeting during daughters soccer game. She has to make decision |
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| benefits to having multiple roles |
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Enhancement hypothesis- by having multiple roles (employed and a mother) she has two ways to enhance self esteem
Buffering: by having multiple roles she can buffer self esteem when something goes wrong in one of the roles. |
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| o Types of work-place discrimation |
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| when women is being hired into work. It is illegal to overtly discriminate. Women are offered less attractive positions, pt, less salary, based on stereotypes: offered secretary instead of construction |
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| once working wage gap, comparable worth: correct the wage grap injustice with a comparable worth-we know that m&w do different jobs that are equally important strive for equal pay for equal importance, sexual harassment (w>m) most common form=comments, jokes |
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glass ceiling-invisible barrier prevents women to being promoted to higher positions. Blamed for why theres not more w CEO, govt/politics/presidents. When women are promoted they are moved laterally.
Glass escalator: men. Invisible promotion get-er-upper men are fast-tracked to higher positions
• Men experience this primarily in female dominated occupations. Ex: male teacher is promoted to principle. Goes into nursing and becomes a supervisor. “you belong in leadership” |
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| • Why are there differences in friendship? |
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o Social constructionism
• Ex: womens role to maintain and further emotional/supportive bonds with other
o Learning
• Girls and boys learn whos supposed to self disclose and who shouldnt talk about feelings
o Time and money
• Women have less time and money for leisure activities |
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| emphasize stereotypes and continue to maintain the power balance |
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| • Men benefit more than women from marriage in 3 ways |
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Social constructionism
• emotional support
2. Economic (both genders benefit
• income and benefits are combined
3. Spouses tend to encourage health-promoting behaviors |
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| o Styles of marriage (3 types) |
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companionship
independence
interdependence |
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Similarity of the partners and personal characteristics in the selection of partners
• The standard marrage models (1950s) |
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| Personal freedom and change (1960s) |
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| Flexibility of roles but calls for commitment based on MUTUAL dependence (both responsible for maintaining relationship) |
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are these mainintained in the three types of marriage (companion, independent, interdependent):
-traditional roles
-stable
-responsibility
-personal interest |
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traditional roles maintained ynn
stable yny
responsibility women, Neither, Both
personal interest Men, Both Both |
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traditional
modern
egalitarian |
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| o wife: not employed, control over home and child, Husband has ultimate say in house hold. “equal power”= control child, cleaners, decore, but husband decide if they will buy house |
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| o wife: likely to work outside of home, work comes second. Husband: maintains more power, bc he makes more |
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| both share equal responsibility for work, child, finances etc |
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| • Conflict resolutions (3) |
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o 1. Compromise
o 2. Put own feelings first
o 3. Put other feelings first |
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