Monday, October 28, 2013

Post 9: Gender and Occupational Segregation

Socialization explanations work from the assumption that girls
and boys are socialized in various different ways early in life, this strengthen the idea that they hold dissimilar
delegations in diversified occupations. The Socialization Theory particularly uses the childhood ordeals of boys and girls as a focal point to cultivate their senses of what professions are suitable for their gender. 
This way of thinking is ingrained in the children early on, conceding the beliefs of this perspective, set daunting restraints on what kind work the youth will prepare for in the future. 

There are factors in play that strengthen gender segregation in the labor force. These factors include parents, schools, urban or rural residence, class, race,peers, and the media. These components influence girls choices about doing jobs such as: housewives, attending school, working in the paid labor market, as well as decisions concerning the usual occupations to which they peruse  Occupations are continually segregated according to this perspective because of the strain on women and men to only work jobs that are gender specific.

Source: Ivy Leigh Kennelly
Race, Class, and Gender in Women’s Pathways to Occupational Gender Segregation

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