Week 8 Flashcards
(44 cards)
Civil rights case for diversity:
labour markets a key…….
Labour markets a key arena determining life chances in our society, and everyone has the right to participate without discrimination
Business case for diversity:
hiring people from…….
Hiring people from diverse backgrounds and managing that diversity is a key to business success
Business case for diversity:
4 positive points
expand markets
Ensure loyalty
Lower legal costs
Increase creativity, profitability
Marjorie Cohen (historical background): history overlooks _______ ______
(Give 3 examples)
Women’s work
(Trade, industrialization, stretching wages)
Cohen (historical background):
Critical linkages between ____ ______ and _____
Labour market
Household
Cohen: critical links between LM and household:
Household sustains workers through ‘___________ _________’
Social reproduction
Cohen: critical links between LM and household:
Gender ‘division of labour’ in LM _______ household _____
Mirrors
Work
Cohen: critical links between LM and household:
Current trends build on and shaped by past
_____ _________ ________
(Give 2 examples)
Labour market patterns
(Attitudes, wage levels)
Professions: women were legally _____ until the late _____/______
Excluded
Late 1800s/early 1900s
Who was Clara Brett Martin
(And year)
First female lawyer in Ontario
(1897)
Who was Elsie MacGill
(And year)
First female graduate in electrical engineering, U of T
(1927)
Feminized ‘_____-professions’
Semi
Feminized semi professions: seen as “_____” for women
(And 2 examples)
Suitable
(Nursing, teaching)
Feminized semi profession: nursing:
Working class ____, often unpaid ______
Low _____, hard _____ conditions
Women
Student
Pay
Working
Feminized semi profession: teaching:
Historically ____, but rapid growth lead to ‘________’
By early ______, bulk of elementary teachers were _____
BUT ______ pay rates and expectations
Male
‘Feminization’
1900s
Female
Differential
What event saw important shifts in women’s work
WWII
WWII important shifts in women’s work:
women _______ into work in large ______
Drawn
Numbers
WWII important shifts in women’s work:
Women did highly ‘____-______’ jobs
Non-traditional
WWII important shifts in women’s work:
Governments provide ______ and ________
Support
Incentives
WWII important shifts in women’s work:
Employers ‘_______’ women’s work
Accommodate
We’re there many IMMEDIATE changes post WWII
NO
Short term impacts of WWII:
men return to jobs, veteran’s ________
Preference
Short term impacts of WWII: many women
____/______ jobs
Lost/left
Short term impacts of WWII: public attitudes generally ______ this change
Support
