Exam 9: Gender and Work

Explain how gender differences in standards of comparison have an impact on women's and men's perceptions of their entitlement to pay. Specifically, why do many women not feel entitled to high pay for their work in the way that men do?

Which of the following is a factor in reducing the motherhood penalty?

The wage gap occurs despite the fact that, on average, women are actually better educated compared to men. Identify the factors that influence this circumstance.

Occupational segregation by gender, the chronic underpayment of women and of women's work, and the lack of equal opportunities for women are examples of ______.

Compare and contrast what the scarcity hypothesis and the expansionist hypothesis would say to a woman who is considering adopting a baby. She is already happily married, is 35 years old, and has a successful career.

The wage gap for women gets smaller over the course of women's careers.

Corporations with more women at the top perform better than other corporations.

In a classic experiment done by Goldberg, 1968, participants read and evaluated essays written either by a male author or female author. The essays were identical except for the names of the authors. Results showed that ______.

Livingston et al. (2012) compared evaluations of leaders at the intersection of race and gender, asking participants to rate leaders who were (a) Black or White, (b) female or male, and (c) dominant and assertive or communal and compassionate. The researchers found that ______.

An intersectional analysis suggest that women in ______ may also experience a more severe motherhood penalty.