Sociology - Gender

The workplace- Today in the U.S , the average woman makes 0.82 cents for every dollar earned by men working full time

Feminization of poverty refers a concentration of cisgender women, trans women, and gay, bisexual, and gender nonconforming men at the bottom of the income scale.

The Glass Ceiling refers to the barriers that women face while trying to reach senior-level jobs

The Glass Escalator refers to the invisible ride to the top offered to men in female dominated fields.

As women get older they get paid less

Breadwinner/Homemaker marriage - Balance between masculine and feminine

Monoformative & Pronatal - Talcott Parsons argued that the breadwinner/homemaker marriage was the only successful family model

Parsons ideas were at their peak in the 1950’s but by the 1980’s, the typical American family could not afford this dynamic

Feminist texts

The feminist mystique- Betty Friedan: described the social assumption that women could find fulfillment in other areas than caretaking.

The Second Shift- Arlie Hochschild: Describes unpaid labor of housekeeping and childcare that faces family members once they return home from their paid jobs