1. Gender Inequality
The Workplace

2. Discrimination
Patriarchy- a system in which men are dominant over women.
Sexism: set of beliefs, attitudes, norms and values used to justify gender inequality.
This ideology has been used to justify men’s leadership and power positions in the economic , social, and political spheres of society.

3. Workforce
There has been a steady increase in the number of women who work outside the home:
out of 4 workers were women
out of 3 workers were women
Today 1 out of 2 workers are women

4. Figure 11.4 Gender Changes in Professional Degrees
Source: Statistical Abstract 2002: Table 281.

5. Pay Gap
The pay gap:
Women who work full time average 77% of what men are paid
Exists in all age groups and education levels.
Causes:
“Career Choices”
Occupational sex segregation: concentration of women in lower-status positions
Women typically choose lower-paying jobs
Changing?
“Gender Discrimination”
Equal qualifications but paid less

8. Figure 11.8 The Gender Gap Over Time: What Percentage of Men’s Income Do Women Earn?
Source: By the author. Based on Statistical Abstract 1995: Table 739; 2002: Table 666, and earlier years. Note: The income jump from 1990 to 1995 could be due to a statistical procedure. The 1995 source (for 1990 income) uses “median income,” while the 1997 source (for 1995 income) merely says “average earnings.” How the “average” is computed is not stated. For a review of this distinction, see Table 5.2. Broken lines indicate the author’s estimates.

9. Figure 11.5 Women’s and Men’s Proportion of the U.S. Labor Force
Sources: By the author. Based on 1969 Handbook on Women Workers, 1969: 10; Manpower Report to the President, 1971: 203, 205; Mills and Palumbo, 1980: 6, 45; Statistical Abstract 2002: Table Note: Pre 1940 totals include women 14 and over: totals for 1940 and after are for women 16 and over. Broken lines are the author’s projections.

10. The Glass Ceiling
The glass barrier that keeps women from reaching the executive suite
Men who dominate the corporate world seek potential leaders who are like them
Women are seen as weak and given subordinate jobs
Women lack mentors

11. The Glass Ceiling is Cracking
More women are reaching the executive jobs
Of the nations 500 major corporations 2012 holds record at 18 headed by women.
2011 – 12 women
2010 – 15 women
They learn to play by men’s rules, giving up sleep and time with their families
Presidential debate question:
John Edwards responds to Hillary Clinton comment
Hillary tearing up?

12. Glass Escalator
The mostly invisible accelerators that push men into higher-level positions, more desirable work assignments, and higher salaries.
The Stereotype that because someone is male he is more capable.
This takes place in traditionally female jobs: nurses, librarians, elementary school teachers etc.

13. The “Mommy Track”
To help resolve the conflict of taking care of the children and being employed full time, female workers may have the option of the “mommy track”
Would emphasize both career and family
Compared to the “fast track” that would require out of town meetings and work down at night
Has faced severe criticism
Women may be encouraged to be satisfied with lower pay etc.
No “daddy track”

14. Sex and Gender
Men

15. Reexamining the Plight of Young Males
Research says that boys are in trouble
Boy babies die in greater numbers in infancy and are more fragile as babies than girls
Boys are more likely than girls:
To be told they have learning disabilities
To be sent to the principal’s office
To be given medication for ADHD disorder
To be suspended from high school
To commit crimes
To be diagnosed as schizophrenic or autistic
In adolescence, they commit suicide 5 times more often than girls do
In adulthood, they are being incarcerated at ever-increasing rates, abandoning families, and becoming more likely to be both the perpetrators and victims of violence.

16. Are men oppressed? In many ways yes…. Women outnumber men
Women live longer than men (7 years)
Men suffer from stress related problems more than women (although increasing for women)
Men die of work-related injuries 20:1 over women
Men are drafted for wars, not women
Breast cancer research receives about 6 times more funding than prostate cancer research even though men are only slightly less likely to die from prostate cancer than women with breast cancer.
Men are twice as like to be victims of violent crimes; men are 3 times more likely to be murdered.
Can we as a society, change the way we raise our males so that they do not fall into the male stereotype?