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Work and Gender
Columbia University
17
Sociology
Undergraduate 3
03/11/2013

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Stephanie Coontz
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- The myth of Make Decline
- Summary: Their is still a pay gap between men and women. And men still receive a lot of benefits that women do not receive in the work place
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Linda Detman
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- Women Behind Bars
- Bartending was become more of a women's job because they have become worse jobs and changes in laws have allowed them too
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Barbara Thomas and Barbara Reskin
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- A Women's place is selling homes
- Residential real estate is a women's job, because women know more about a house and it is a much more flexible job. Whereas commercial real estate is a man's job that pays much better.
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Trond Petersen and Laurie Morgan
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- Separate and Unequal
- A lot of the pay gap can be explained by different occupations, but there is still something missing
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Glenn
Definition
- From Servitude to Service Work
- One most look at race to understand gender inequality (and vis versa)
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Mary Blair Loy
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- Cultural Constructions of Family Schemas
- Family devotion schema and work devotion schema. Less separation as we got more modern. However, women end up choosing family, while men choose work
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Correll
Definition
- Gender and the Career Choice Process
- Segregation starts at a young age. People choose careers for social reasons
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Mullen
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- Majors and Knowledge
- Gender and social class influences to a large extent what majors students choose
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Belkin
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The Opt-Out Revolution
- Women should not opt out to be a mom. Instead, they should stay in the work place
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Hirshman
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- Homeward Bound
- Women should opt out, because the glass ceiling is at home (this is due to social constructions)
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Kuperberg
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- The Media Depiction of Women Who Opt-Out
- The media promotes traditional images of heterosexual women. In conclusion, women who opt out are a minority and thus new feminine mystique will not be as powerful as the old
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Schlit
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- Just One of the Guys
- Transgender article. Challenges Human capital theory and shows gender organization theory
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Hall and Cooper
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- Women's History Goes to Trai: EEOC vs Sears
- The Sears discrimination case
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Scott
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- The Sears Case
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Liptak
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- Supreme Court to weigh Sociology Issue un WalMart Discrimination Case
- Walmart
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Milmark
Definition
- Gender at Work
- Auto and electric industries during WW2
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Williams
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- The Glass Escalator
- Men and Women both face discrimination when they work in a field that is non traditional occupations. However, women are more likely to face discrimination from inside their job, while men face prejudice from outside their profession.
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