Gender Flashcards
(16 cards)
West and Zimmerman what is sex
socially agreed upon biological criteria
a sex category
application of sex criteria in everyday life
gender
conduct in light of normative conceptions of attitudes appropriate for sex categories
doing gender - Goffman’s
gender created through interactions
omnirelevance - doing gender
doing gender unavailable, socially partitioned, relevant and enforced
division of household labour
gender normative expectation - women household and children
social implications of doing gender
gender hierarchy maintained, historically specific, legitimate choice and limits
Claudia Goldin on gender
quiet revolution, women’s increased involvement in economy
the gender revolution
start women paid work, low skilled work
opportunities in skilled
married women participate
mother participate
what is the continued gender gap
employment and earning, part time
what is the motherhood wage
mothers earn less compared to fathers or childless women
- less experience, less productive, discrimination
Budig and England 2001
hourly wage reduced overtime - 7% penalty per child, 5% unexplained
measuring productivity in gender
difficult to estimate empirically, skewed against those with caring responsibility
Correll et al
control for workplace performances - fictitious applicants, different parental styles
conflicting schema’s
fathers more committed
West and Zimmerman main ideas on gender
gender defined categories
engage in behaviour at risk of gender assessment
women ask more questions and more attention getting to be heard
Correll et al main ideas on gender
motherhood penalty, employer bias, fatherhood advantage, women’s careers, policy implications
