GENDER INEQUALITIES - EMPLOYMENT

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  • Created on: 23-03-17 11:44
FACT:
2005: 70% WOMEN EMPLOYED // 1971: 56%
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FACT:
42% OF WOMEN WORK P/T VS. 10% OF MEN
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FACT:
WOMEN ONLY GET 82% OF THE AVERAGE MALE WAGE UP FROM 63% IN '71
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DERMOT
regardless of their status as fathers, men tend to work longer hours than women
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women working full time are less likely than men to achieve authority positions
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HORIZONTAL SEGREGATION
men and women have different types of jobs // Women: primary school, secretary, hotels etc // MARXIST FEMINIST: women paid less
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VERTICAL SEGREGATION
men predominate in high paid jobs, women in low // 2003, 83% of directors and CEOs were men, 74% of waiting staff were women
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GLASS CEILING CONCEPT
women can reach certain posititions, but find it hard to get to the top
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EQUAL PAY ACT
paid same for the same work
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SEX DISCRIMINATION ACT
illegal in all employment, education etc.
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EQUALITY ACT
all public bodies must act to remove all illegal discrimination against women
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MAC AN GHAIL
rise of service sector and female employment ; leading to a crisis of masculinity
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WILLOT & GRIFFIN
masculinity not in crisis ; alothough trad elements of masculinity were weakening
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