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The income necessary to sustain an entire family is known as which of the following?

A) Gendered inequity
B) Family wage
C) Sex segregation
D) Breadwinner salary

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In cases where one consistent job evaluation plan is used to set pay throughout a firm or organization, women nearly always receive _______ wages than men.

A) higher
B) lower
C) significantly less
D) the same

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Research has shown that women see their job as their main source of identity.

Protective labor legislation argued that women could not work ______ because it would lead to detrimental effects on their health and hinder their ability to perform crucial household duties.

A friend of yours argues that men and women have identical wage-earning opportunities in the United States today. Describe your reply based on what you have learned from reading the text.

In comparable worth cases, job evaluation is used to generate rankings of jobs within an organization or firm.

Inequalities between men and women in the workplace are sometimes attributed to how sex segregation shapes access to ______, or structured opportunities for advancement within the organization.

The gender wage gap exists even when women and men have comparable qualifications.

The occupations of typesetter and composer transitioned from 30% female in 1970 to 72% by 1989. This shift is an example of which process?

How does sex segregation in the workplace lead to gender inequality? What is one step that could be taken to reduce sex segregation in the workplace?

Compare and contrast human capital theory and gendered organizations theory. Be sure to (1) define the key concepts and arguments of each theory, (2) identify the level of analysis required for each perspective (individual, interactional, institution), and (3) explain how each of them accounts for sex segregation in the workplace.

The process by which elementary school teaching transitioned from being the profession of men to one most often associated with women, is known as______.

Socialization theory argues that our learned gender experiences lead men and women to prefer different types of jobs.

_______ is an exaggerated form of masculinity where men engage in drugs, alcohol, and sexual carousing to demonstrate independence from both the control of their wives and the establishment.

A policy that seeks to raise the wages of low-paying jobs occupied predominantly by women by demonstrating the gendered ways in which jobs are socially constructed is known as______.

The fact that 97% of preschool and kindergarten teachers are female is an example of occupational sex segregation.

Tarana Burke created #MeToo to draw attention to the experiences of women, and particularly women of color, with sexual violence .

The concentration of women and men into different jobs, occupations, and firms is known as____.

A coherent set of values, beliefs, and practices that reaffirms distinctions from the majority culture and mitigates the effects of oppression is known as: :

Research suggests that rates of women's employment and a country's economic growth are connected.