Chapter 7 Flashcards
(37 cards)
Employed women
women who work for pay (salary)
Nonemployed women
Women who are not payed for their work; work with families in own home but do not receive money
Information on employed women
Woman is employed outside of the home is her educational background
Immigrant women and employment
Face different problems like language barriers, discrimination, and lack of formal education
TANF on women wages
TANF policy on welfare has long-term consequences of us women; women may be forced to leave college for low level job
Access discrimination in hiring process #1
Employer has strong gender streotypes
Access discrimination in hiring process #2
Access Discrimination occurs when applicant’s qualifications are ambiguous
Access discrimination in hiring process #3
Discriminate against women candidates who are assertive rather than feminine
Access discrimination in hiring process #4
When women apply for a prestigious position
Access discrimination in hiring #5
operates for both women and men when they apply for “gender-inappropriate” job
Gender-role spillover
beliefs about gender roles and characteristics
Affirmative action
Employer must make special efforts to consider qualified members of underrepresented groups during hiring, as well as decisions about salary and promotion
Discrimination in salaries
women earn less than men do; avg grad will earn 1.2 million less than male
Reason for wage gap
Men enter jobs that pay more money, gender difference in work experience and family responsibilities
Comparable worth
Women and men should receive equal pay for different jobs when those different jobs are comparable
Occupational Segregation
when gender gap attributes men and women who chose different occupations
Reactions to lower salaries
Women are more concerned with women’s lower wages
Entitlement
Based on their membership in the male social group, they have a right to higher reward
Denial of personal disadvantage
Women are reluctant to acknowledge that they personally are victims of discrimination
Glass ceiling
invisible but rigid barrier that seems to prevent women and people of color from reaching the top level in many professional organizations
Labyrinth Metaphor
Women in search of a promotions will encounter many difficulties along that route, including dead ends, detours and puzzling
Glass escalator
men who enter the field that are often associated with women, such as nursing, teaching, lib science and social work; move up higher
Discrimination in evaluation
more likely than men to receive negative evaluations,
Discrimination against lesbians in the workplace
many jobs require that gay individuals stay in the closet; US employers can fire for any reason
