Inequality in Society (2)

Inequality in Society (2)

1. Gender inequality

   • Women may experience glass ceiling
     • Glass ceiling - an invisible barrier from getting to the top post
   • Women are more likely to experience discrimination by having low pay and lower position
     • This is sexism. This means they are discriminated because of their gender.
   • Women are likely to work part-time and work less hours because they are busier with home and childcare
   • Horizontal segregation are gendered jobs
     • Women
       • Nurse
       • Teacher
       • Model
       • Nursery Nurse
     • Men
       • Police officer
       • Soldier
       • Pilot
   • Sex Discrimination Act helps ban discrimination at work, education, accommodation, entertainment and provision of goods & services
   • Sue Sharpe find out that girls see themselves having a children and married in the future in the mid 70s
   • Effeminate - when a boy/man shows feminine characteristic

2. Ethnicity inequality

   • Bangladeshi and pakistani do relatively bad
   • 1/5 of Pakistanis are self-employed
     • 1/8 are cab drivers
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