ch6 pt 1

gender role

socially constructed behaviors expectations and duties considered appropriate for men and women

double burden

Womens increased participation in the labor market has not been accompanied by a change in expectations about housework and childcare

second shift

term coined by ARLIE HOCHSCHILD to describe the phenomenon of the double burden

leisure gap

•Although men work more hours in paid employment, they have more time for leisure because women spend also care more for the family/home

82-84%

percent of mens wage a woman earns for the same position

occupational segregation

gender coded occupations

victorian ideal of womanhood

•Women should aspire to mother hood, devote themselves to their husband and maintaining the home and children

upperclass

what class of woman could actually obtain the victorian ideal of womanhood

Sernaus NEW IDEA

women seeking careers rather than temporary or low-wage work to supplement family income

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press a

power (political/legal)

privilege (economic)

prestige (social)

privileges of masculinity

voting limited to men until 19^th amendment passage in 1920

power (political/legal)

only men can own land; by 1900 every state passed a law granting property rights to married women

privelege (economic)

men have and continue to receive special deference and respect for accomplishments

prestige (social)

William goode

who created the sociology of superordinates

men need to know less about the world of women than the other way around because the world is not female dominated

current gen of men claim innocence in any “conspiracy” to dominate women because they didnt create the social system

men continue to take advantage of the system, often unaware of many small but cumulative advantages

men more likely to see burdens and responsibilities of their gender roles than the advantages they receive

men do not readily take notice of talents/abilities of subordinates at work

men more likely to view small losses of position as significant changes but fail to notice activities and events that maintain the satus quo

sociology of superordinates