evidence of gender inequalities in the workplace

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  • GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE
    • female disadvantage
      • ADKINS
        • found evidence of horizontal and vertical segregation in the workplace. Women in theme parks worked in catering and men worked as ride operators. In these roles, women regularly face sexual harassment from other staff and customers
      • FAWCETT SOCIETY
        • gender pay gap in 2019= 13.7%  vs gender pay gap in 2017=13.9%  for every £1 a man makes, a women earns £0.86p
      • FINANCIAL TIMES
        • the pay gap in 2018 meant that if a men and woman worked the same level job, a woman would for free from the 30th November. The pay gap is biggest in the financial and insurance sector
      • LAURA BATES
        • in UK parliament, men outnumber women 4 to 1. only 18/108 high court judges are women.
      • SPORTSTHINKTANK.COM
        • says that male premier league players earn £772 a minute vs FA women's super league players earn £16.72 per minute
    • male disadvantage
      • MAC AN GHAILL
        • crisis of masculinity. Deindustrialsation and feminisation of the labour market has led to increased unemployment for men.
      • WILLIS
        • states that working class 'lads' are fatalistic about their futures due to following in their father's footsteps- leading them into low status, low paid, basic manual labour jobs.
      • DOYAL
        • claims that as males dominate the high risk industrial jobs, they are more likely to suffer workplace accidents.
      • BENATAR
        • In his book 'the second sexism' states that the least desirable jobs and most dangerous jobs, and those with the least pay and security remain largely the domain of men.
      • DERMOTT
        • argues men work longer hours than women regardless of their status of their fathers
      • FARRELL
        • the 'glass cellar'- of the 25 professions ranked lowest, 24 of them are 85-100% male dominated, e.g. roofer, welder, rubbish collector and sewer maintenance.
      • REACH MEDIA MONITORING PROJECT
        • found that coverage of black young males in the news often links them with violent crime, and particularly murders involving knives and/or gangs. This negative image of black males can therefore provides negative role models.

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