Gender Inequality: Workplace

Question 1

Gender Inequality: Workplace
Horizontal Segregation

Answer 1

Men & women work in different sections of the economy

Public sector - Healthcare / Education / Teaching

Private sector - Clerical / Administrative / Retail & Personal Services

Question 2

Gender Inequality: Workplace
Vertical Segregation

Answer 2

Women occupy the lower levels of pay in particular jobs

SKILLS & STATUS:
Women concentrate at the lower levels
- They encounter the ‘glass ceiling’

PAY:
Women earn significantly less than men
Gov - Average pay gap in healthcare (2021) = 15.4%
Global Gender Gap Report - Estimates pay gay won’t be equal until 2277

Question 3

Gender Inequality: Workplace
Men Being Affected

Answer 3

Mac An Ghail - There is a general crisis in masculinity
- Fragment of masculinity
- Feminisation of the workplace

Question 4

Gender Inequality: Workplace
Functionalism

Answer 4

Parsons:
Women = less motivated & less suited to the labour market
Gender pay gap = reflects the greater ‘human capital’ that men have
:( - Olsen & Walby:
Women face systematic disadvantages in acquiring human capital
- Sexual discrimination
- Dismissal of part time work

Question 5

Gender Inequality: Workplace
Neo-Weberism

Answer 5

Barron & Norris:
Women = disadvantaged in the secondary sector
- Stereotypically unsuitable (less dependable / financially independent)
- Disruptive career development (child-rearing)

:( - Theory fails to explain inequalities within the primary sector