Question 1

An androcentric pay scale implies which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The percentage of women in an occupation is a good predictor of it being a less well-paid one. 
B)  Men and women get paid according to their skill levels, but men are more skilled on average. 
C)  The gender composition of the job has no effect on wages, but women get paid less for it. 
D)  The gender composition of a job is less important than workers' experience, and men have more experience. 
A)  The percentage of women in an occupation is a good predictor of it being a less well-paid one. 
B)  Men and women get paid according to their skill levels, but men are more skilled on average. 
C)  The gender composition of the job has no effect on wages, but women get paid less for it. 
D)  The gender composition of a job is less important than workers' experience, and men have more experience. A

Question 2

All of the following factors contribute to the gender wage gap in the United States EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  occupational segregation. 
B)  interruptions to women's employment over the course of their working life. 
C)  devaluation of women's work. 
D)  laws excluding women from certain jobs. 
A)  occupational segregation. 
B)  interruptions to women's employment over the course of their working life. 
C)  devaluation of women's work. 
D)  laws excluding women from certain jobs. D

Question 3

Which of the following statements best describes the desertion hypothesis for explaining job segregation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men and women respond to gender stereotypes when planning, training, and applying for jobs. 
B)  Hiring often occurs through personal networks, which are themselves gendered, so hiring is gendered in turn. 
C)  Employers tend to prefer men for masculine jobs and women for feminine jobs, slotting applicants into gender-consistent roles during hiring and promotion. 
D)  Workers tend to abandon counter-stereotypical occupations at a higher rate than stereotypical ones. 
A)  Men and women respond to gender stereotypes when planning, training, and applying for jobs. 
B)  Hiring often occurs through personal networks, which are themselves gendered, so hiring is gendered in turn. 
C)  Employers tend to prefer men for masculine jobs and women for feminine jobs, slotting applicants into gender-consistent roles during hiring and promotion. 
D)  Workers tend to abandon counter-stereotypical occupations at a higher rate than stereotypical ones. D

Question 4

Symbolic threat reflects

Accepted Answer

A)  the realistic fear that women's entrance into a male-dominated occupation will bring down prestige and wages for everyone. 
B)  the possibility that any woman at a job site may feel sexually harassed and report a male employee to the boss. 
C)  women's frustration when men ride the glass escalator and are promoted ahead of them. 
D)  how men would feel if the wage gap were closed. 
A)  the realistic fear that women's entrance into a male-dominated occupation will bring down prestige and wages for everyone. 
B)  the possibility that any woman at a job site may feel sexually harassed and report a male employee to the boss. 
C)  women's frustration when men ride the glass escalator and are promoted ahead of them. 
D)  how men would feel if the wage gap were closed.

Question 5

Care work―work that involves face-to-face caretaking of the physical, emotional, and educational needs of others―is

Accepted Answer

A)  a job that includes a glass escalator for women. 
B)  paid even less than other feminized jobs. 
C)  the only kind of job done primarily by women that is paid equal to the average job held by men. 
D)  one occupation in which there is almost no wage gap. 
A)  a job that includes a glass escalator for women. 
B)  paid even less than other feminized jobs. 
C)  the only kind of job done primarily by women that is paid equal to the average job held by men. 
D)  one occupation in which there is almost no wage gap.

Question 6

The gender pay gap

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A)  is similar in every U.S. state. 
B)  differs only by race and ethnicity. 
C)  shrinks as women get more education. 
D)  tends to grow larger over the course of a career. 
A)  is similar in every U.S. state. 
B)  differs only by race and ethnicity. 
C)  shrinks as women get more education. 
D)  tends to grow larger over the course of a career.

Question 7

The practice of filling occupations with mostly male or mostly female workers is

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A)  illegal but rarely prosecuted. 
B)  rare since the Civil Rights Act was passed. 
C)  called gendered job segregation. 
D)  impossible to prevent, since men and women naturally have different abilities and interests. 
A)  illegal but rarely prosecuted. 
B)  rare since the Civil Rights Act was passed. 
C)  called gendered job segregation. 
D)  impossible to prevent, since men and women naturally have different abilities and interests.

Question 8

Are discrimination against women and discrimination against mothers in the job market two separate, important phenomena or just two names for the same thing? Make a case for the similarities and differences that you think matter most and why. Use concepts and empirical evidence from the chapter to shape your answer.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Are discrimination against women and discrimination against...

Question 9

What does the concept Androcentric Pay Scale refer to?

Accepted Answer

A)  the idea that business women need to act more like men in order earn equal pay 
B)  the correlation between average wages and the average gender composition of a job 
C)  the unwillingness of employers to pay women to do the most demanding jobs 
D)  the gender wage gap between men and women within the same occupation (different pay for equal work) 
A)  the idea that business women need to act more like men in order earn equal pay 
B)  the correlation between average wages and the average gender composition of a job 
C)  the unwillingness of employers to pay women to do the most demanding jobs 
D)  the gender wage gap between men and women within the same occupation (different pay for equal work)

Question 10

The glass cliff is defined as

Accepted Answer

A)  the invisible barrier between women and the top positions in stereotypical male occupations. 
B)  the invisible ride to the top offered to women in male-dominated positions. 
C)  the tendency for women to be placed in jobs with a high risk of failure. 
D)  the higher barrier faced by women of color in the labor market compared to men and white women. 
A)  the invisible barrier between women and the top positions in stereotypical male occupations. 
B)  the invisible ride to the top offered to women in male-dominated positions. 
C)  the tendency for women to be placed in jobs with a high risk of failure. 
D)  the higher barrier faced by women of color in the labor market compared to men and white women.

Question 11

Which of the following occupations has maintained the same gendered profile since the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A)  computer programmer 
B)  pharmacist 
C)  engineer 
D)  medical doctor 
A)  computer programmer 
B)  pharmacist 
C)  engineer 
D)  medical doctor

Question 12

What is one of the main points provided by the example of flight attendants?

Accepted Answer

A)  As women enter previously male-dominated professions, these professions gradually come to seem less glamorous. 
B)  Women's work is thought of as involving other qualities and skills than men doing the same job. 
C)  Unlike today, women in the 1960s were sexualized in the job market and sexually harassed on the job. 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  As women enter previously male-dominated professions, these professions gradually come to seem less glamorous. 
B)  Women's work is thought of as involving other qualities and skills than men doing the same job. 
C)  Unlike today, women in the 1960s were sexualized in the job market and sexually harassed on the job. 
D)  All of the above.

Question 13

The network hypothesis

Accepted Answer

A)  seeks to explain how gendered hiring occurs through differences in personal networks. 
B)  says that applications are not overtly gendered, but employers are looking for gender clues in people's social networks. 
C)  states that hiring increasingly occurs through personal networks and, since these are gender neutral, hiring now tends to be gender neutral. 
D)  says that your networks only matter if you want a certain type of job. 
A)  seeks to explain how gendered hiring occurs through differences in personal networks. 
B)  says that applications are not overtly gendered, but employers are looking for gender clues in people's social networks. 
C)  states that hiring increasingly occurs through personal networks and, since these are gender neutral, hiring now tends to be gender neutral. 
D)  says that your networks only matter if you want a certain type of job.

Question 14

The idea that an employee should devote themselves exclusively to their job without interference from family responsibilities is called

Accepted Answer

A)  the ideal worker norm. 
B)  the glass ceiling 
C)  illegal sex discrimination. 
D)  the mommy track. 
A)  the ideal worker norm. 
B)  the glass ceiling 
C)  illegal sex discrimination. 
D)  the mommy track.

Question 15

Which of the following expressions refers to invisible barriers to women's promotion in the workplace?

Accepted Answer

A)  the glass escalator 
B)  the glass ceiling 
C)  the glass cliff 
D)  the glass cellar 
A)  the glass escalator 
B)  the glass ceiling 
C)  the glass cliff 
D)  the glass cellar

Question 16

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 had which one of the following effects?

Accepted Answer

A)  It ended marriage bans that had been applied to female airline workers, but only after court cases brought by the flight attendants. 
B)  It immediately forced the airlines to discontinue marriage bans and appearance rules. 
C)  It ended gender discrimination by airlines for all jobs, but only after the airlines started losing money. 
D)  It allowed women to be given preference over men as flight attendants, but barred discrimination against women pilots. 
A)  It ended marriage bans that had been applied to female airline workers, but only after court cases brought by the flight attendants. 
B)  It immediately forced the airlines to discontinue marriage bans and appearance rules. 
C)  It ended gender discrimination by airlines for all jobs, but only after the airlines started losing money. 
D)  It allowed women to be given preference over men as flight attendants, but barred discrimination against women pilots.

Question 17

In Gender, Wade and Ferree write: "Men and women tend to find themselves in jobs that are stereotyped for their own gender. This in itself, however, doesn't contribute to the pay gap. Gendered job segregation is only the beginning." Please explain the above statement with concepts from the chapter. What other factors are important in explaining the pay gap?

Accepted Answer

In Gender, Wade and Ferree are referring

Question 18

What does the term the mommy track describe/refer to?

Accepted Answer

A)  the extra housework that women have, in addition to paid work outside the house 
B)  a career path with fewer opportunities for raises, promotions, or even equal pay 
C)  an average decrease in women's salaries with every child they have 
D)  the interruptions that occur in women's work lives because men do not share childcare equally 
A)  the extra housework that women have, in addition to paid work outside the house 
B)  a career path with fewer opportunities for raises, promotions, or even equal pay 
C)  an average decrease in women's salaries with every child they have 
D)  the interruptions that occur in women's work lives because men do not share childcare equally

Question 19

If women now have equal protection in the workplace, why aren't they as successful as men at work?

Accepted Answer

There are a variety of factors that cont

Question 20

What is emotion work?

Accepted Answer

A)  the androcentric assumption that women get more emotional in the workplace than men 
B)  the characterization of certain jobs as demanding more caring emotions (therefore befitting women better) 
C)  work that is done to manage the emotions of oneself and others 
D)  the idea that women's emotional skills are made invisible when they provide care 
A)  the androcentric assumption that women get more emotional in the workplace than men 
B)  the characterization of certain jobs as demanding more caring emotions (therefore befitting women better) 
C)  work that is done to manage the emotions of oneself and others 
D)  the idea that women's emotional skills are made invisible when they provide care

An androcentric pay scale implies which of the following?

All of the following factors contribute to the gender wage gap in the United States EXCEPT

Which of the following statements best describes the desertion hypothesis for explaining job segregation?

Symbolic threat reflects

Care work―work that involves face-to-face caretaking of the physical, emotional, and educational needs of others―is

The gender pay gap

The practice of filling occupations with mostly male or mostly female workers is

What does the concept Androcentric Pay Scale refer to?

The glass cliff is defined as

Which of the following occupations has maintained the same gendered profile since the 1970s?

What is one of the main points provided by the example of flight attendants?

The network hypothesis

The idea that an employee should devote themselves exclusively to their job without interference from family responsibilities is called

Which of the following expressions refers to invisible barriers to women's promotion in the workplace?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 had which one of the following effects?

What does the term the mommy track describe/refer to?

If women now have equal protection in the workplace, why aren't they as successful as men at work?

What is emotion work?

Ideas

Bodies

Performance

Intersections

Inequality, Men and Masculinities

Inequality: Women and Femininities

Institutions

Change

Sexualities

Families

Politics

Filters

Exam 12: Work

An androcentric pay scale implies which of the following?

All of the following factors contribute to the gender wage gap in the United States EXCEPT

Which of the following statements best describes the desertion hypothesis for explaining job segregation?

Symbolic threat reflects

Care work―work that involves face-to-face caretaking of the physical, emotional, and educational needs of others―is

The gender pay gap

The practice of filling occupations with mostly male or mostly female workers is

What does the concept Androcentric Pay Scale refer to?

The glass cliff is defined as

Which of the following occupations has maintained the same gendered profile since the 1970s?

What is one of the main points provided by the example of flight attendants?

The network hypothesis

The idea that an employee should devote themselves exclusively to their job without interference from family responsibilities is called

Which of the following expressions refers to invisible barriers to women's promotion in the workplace?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 had which one of the following effects?

What does the term the mommy track describe/refer to?

If women now have equal protection in the workplace, why aren't they as successful as men at work?

What is emotion work?

Ideas

Bodies

Performance

Intersections

Inequality, Men and Masculinities

Inequality: Women and Femininities

Institutions

Change

Sexualities

Families

Politics

Filters