Gender, sex and sexuality Flashcards
(21 cards)
What is the feminization of work?
The feminization of an occupational sphere occurs when a particular job, profession, or industry comes to be dominated by or predominantly associated with women.
What are the implications of the feminization of an industry?
It is linked to lower earnings, less job protection, fewer benefits.
Provide examples of occupations affected by the feminization of work.
- Financial service advisers
- Administrative assistants
In which sectors did men outnumber women by a ratio of at least 2 to 1 in 2000?
- Forestry, fishing, mining, and oil and gas
- Manufacturing
- Construction
- Agriculture
What percentage of the workforce did women represent in healthcare and social assistance, accommodation and food services, educational services and finance and insurance in 2000?
53%
What was the labour force participation of men in the goods-producing sector in 2018?
78%
What are the top three jobs with a university degree since 1991?
- Elementary school teacher
- Registered nurse
- Secondary teacher
What is the earnings ratio of women to men?
Women earn 87 cents for every dollar a man earns.
What are the four performances of masculinity identified by Connell?
- Hegemonic masculinity
- Subordinate masculinity
- Marginalized masculinity
- Complicit masculinity
How does being a gender minority in a gendered job affect one’s gender performance?
It can have a profound impact on one’s gender performance at work.
What was the daily pay gap between male and female doctors in Ontario in 2021?
13.5%
What are some reasons female physicians work fewer days than male physicians?
Taking maternity leave
Family responsibilities
What biases contribute to the gendered pay gap among physicians?
- Referral bias
- Sexual discrimination
- Lack of leading female physicians
What keeps women from taking Math and Engineering in school?
STEM is dominated by men
Unemployment rate for grads is higher for women than men
women are more likely to be underemployed
What was the labour force participation of women in the service-producing sector in 2018?
78%
referral bias
male physicians are more likely to be the doctors patients are referred to
what does the lack of leading female physicians mean
there is nobody negotiating with governments for payment policies
hegemonic masculinity
practices that normalize and naturalize men’s dominance and women’s subordination
subordinate masculinity
practices that could threaten the legitimacy of hegemonic masculinity
marginalized masculinity
adaption of masculinities to issue such as race and class
complicit masculinity
practices that do not embody hegemonic processes but benefit from them
