Structured by Gender

Editor's Notes

• #3: In all, society has assimilated to these expectations; in doing so has created barriers for both men and women to pursue options that differ from their stereotypical gender roles. This gets us to (next slide)
• #4: what gender structures.....which is basically everything Our lifestyles In structuring these things it has created 2 barriers In order to understand these things we have to not only look at gender, but Lets begin with barrier one (next slide)
• #5: Entering the workforce, men and women are faced with the pressures of gender stereotypes. Essentially, each gender is automatically sorted into these occupations based on their socially ascribed behaviors. For men, they are faced with the social pressures of finding a job that demonstrates their strength, aggression, success, independence, and action; in other words, their masculinity. In addition to these, men are to be seen holding positions of authority and status. In contrast, women are faced with the social pressures of finding a job that highlights their “natural” abilities to care, nurture and give emotional support (quote Now if it is) -we get naturally male occupations and female occupations Then Overall (quote) This trend shows in the statistics as (next slide)
• #6: the majority of service occupations consist primarily of females. women make up 81% of the total employed, secretaries and administrative assistants with 94%, registered nurses with 90%, health aids with 89%, receptionists with 92%, childcare workers with 95%, preschool and kindergarten teachers with 98%, and social workers, where 80% of the employed being female Men on the other hand, make up the majority of engineering and construction occupations
• #7: As a result of these gendered occupational segregation barrier two is set into place (next slide)
• #8: The effects: In 2007, the Center for American Progress, found that over a 40-year period, female workers lose approximately $434,000 in wages due to this pay inequity (Aarons 2008). Image of this in the U.S. “out of 23 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, the United States has the seventh largest gender earnings gap. The gender wage gap in the U.S. is 21.6% well above the OECD average of 18.5%” (Department for Professional Employees 2010). Now what does this look like in various occupations? (next slide)
• #9: In spite of whatever occupation a woman holds, she continually makes less than her male coworker. To further explain why this problem exists it is necessary to look at the concepts of “glass ceilings”, “the mommy track” and “glass escalators.”
• #10: 1. Occupational segregation- little room for advancement in the lower paying service jobs But even in the higher managerial positions they face being ignored corporate levels is the "bunch of guys sitting together around a table" making all the decisions. In short, when deciding who to promote into management, male corporate leaders tend to select people as much like themselves as possible - so it is no surprise that women are frequently not even considered at promotion time. Instead, the men at the top look to former colleagues and old school ties; in both areas, women have been virtually absent.- an executive director When they do encounter opportunities they have to balance being too masculine and too feminine Another factor includes sexual harassment (IN GENERAL women aren’t taken seriously) WHICH LEADS US TO LOOKING AT (NEXT SLIDE) http://www.feminist.org/research/business/ewb_glass.html
• #12: In conclusion to looking at these concepts and the two barriers that create inequality in the workforce, particularly for women, my argument is that we need to focus on these gender stereotypes. Rather than placing women as best in service positions we need to encourage them into the male-dominated positions, but also males in female occupations. We need to address how much they are getting paid and break the money taboo. Instead of hiding the issue we need to implement ways of changing it. Then just for fun what would happen if we switched these gender roles? It might look something like this. Now this is not to say that dad’s can’t be great caretakers, I believe this is just the impression we have, yet don’t fully give women the credit they deserve