Exam 8: Gender Inequality

What is the gender wage gap? How has it changed in Canada since 1992?

Claudia works for a company where only women are employed.She realizes that they are all underpaid,considering the numerous skills they bring to their jobs.Why is it unlikely that the equal pay for equivalent work legislation can help her and her fellow workers get their wages raised?

In the agrarian society,men are expected to plow and plant the fields while women tend to household chores such as cooking,cleaning,and childcare.What term describes this process whereby productive tasks are separated on the basis of being male or female?

What are the two areas of policy development that relate to inequality in the workplace? How are they the same?

Even though Katrina does a completely different job than her brother Kenneth at the processing plant,their wages are the same because they are based on the level of skill,training,and responsibility that each of them needs for the job.What do we call this situation?

Sarah Mitchell has worked for the ABC Corporation for more than 20 years.She has continuously received glowing work reviews and for the past 10 years has been the manager of the accounting department.When a new VP of finance was selected last week,ABC executives announced that John Martin,a 12-year employee from the public relations department,was given the position.Which of the following explains why didn't Sarah receive the promotion?

For his term paper,Jeremy is going to argue that female-male pay differences are a result of differences in women's and men's education,skills,training,and work experience.Which theory is Jeremy using?

Women who endorse the prospect of intensive motherhood often find housework and childcare to be rewarding.

According to the text,which of the following factors has affected the labour force participation rate of Canadian women?

Justine has recently graduated with a PhD in sociology and has spent the past several months looking for an academic position.She has managed to secure teaching employment in sociology classes on three different university campuses.According to the text,what is Justine's employment situation called?

Shireen is a teacher and mother of three.When not at school,her hours are spent doing chores related to child care and housework.When asked why her husband helped out so little,Shireen would answer,"His idea of a clean house falls short of my expectations and capabilities." What theory would best explain the differences in unpaid work between Shireen and her husband?

In which occupation does the predominance of women exemplify horizontal segregation?

Jason met with his high school guidance counsellor to discuss what courses he should be taking in order to be accepted into the nursing program at university.His counsellor told him that if he wanted to go into the medical profession he should be a doctor.What term refers to the assumptions made in this statement?

Madison was asked to give a demand-side explanation for why women earn less than men.Which of the following would she assert?

Can women "have it all"-a great job with good pay and status and a healthy and rewarding family life? If yes,how? If no,why not? Discuss,making connections to concepts and information outlined in the chapter.

The unionization rate for women now exceeds the unionization rate for men.Why?

Why do many sociologists criticize sex-role socialization theory for explaining gender inequality in paid work?

Surveys show that older people,on average,tend to be more gender-egalitarian than younger people as a result of their years of exposure to women in nontraditional roles.

Which term describes the concentration of women in the lower paying echelons of any organization?

According to the text,which of the following is listed as a dimension of inequality?