Gender and Work

Gender and Work

Good leaders

What are the characteristics of a good leader in a workplace?

Write down the top 5 that come to your mind immediately without thinking too much.

Fortune 500 CEOs

Is leadership gendered?

There are currently 24 women serving as CEOs of Fortune 500 companies (4.8%)

http://www.catalyst.org/knowledge/women-ceos-fortune-1000

Why is this the case?

If so, do you think this impacts the roles and positions of women in the workforce?

Mary Barra, CEO, GM interview with Matt Lauer, June 27, 2014

Gender Revolution: Uneven and Stalled (England)

How this happens: Forms of Workplace discrimination

Remember: It's not just your sex and gender, it's how your sex and gender intersect with your race, sexual orientation, social class

Integration in the workplace is a result of women entering traditionally male dominated fields, not the converse

Even if the pay gap has lessened, it is problematic that traditionally feminized jobs pay less and men have no incentive to enter them

Pink Collar jobs- jobs traditionally done by women, especially low paying works

Job desegregation is uncommon within blue collar fields--why?

Majors and Earnings

Gap

Job Inequality

In 2012, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), full time employed women earned just 80.9% of the salaries their male counterparts did FOR THE SAME JOB (within job wage discrimination) .

Equal Pay Act- 1963, employers cannot discriminate based on sex and must pay employees the same wage for the same job

What women could afford if they were paid the same as men.

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/lmj45jdhd/how-far-equality-goes/

Where women fare the best and worst with jobs:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/upshot/the-pay-gap-is-because-of-gender-not-jobs.html?_r=0

Are things getting better?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfD7C49v5Vg#t=134

GENDER DIVISION OF LABOR-differences between men in women's access to jobs.

ALLOCATIVE DISCRIMINATION-Patterns in process of hiring and promotion that place women in lower paying jobs than men

WITHIN-JOB WAGE DISCRIMINATION- paying women less for the same job as men at the same company.

VALUATIVE DISCRIMINATION- devaluation of female-dominated jobs

Thank You!

Current Controversies

Army bans popular hair styles for Black Female Soldiers :

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/21/us/politics/armys-ban-on-some-popular-hairstyles-raises-ire-of-black-female-soldiers.html?_r=0

Hobby Lobby Ruling:

Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby- Supreme Court ruled corporations ruled by religious families cannot be required to pay for contraception for their female workers

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/01/us/hobby-lobby-case-supreme-court-contraception.html