Discrimination Against Women
The perception of certain work as feminine has had a significant impact on women, both at home and in the workplace. Often feminine jobs regulate women to positions where they earn less money and are less likely to become management than their male counterparts. In addition, at home women are still chiefly responsible for managing the household and child rearing. These mundane and repetitive duties are not considered masculine, like vehicle maintenance and yard work, and therefore fall on the shoulders of women. Working women constantly battle against horizontal segregation, the separation of women and men into gender specific jobs. These feminine positions, also known as pink collar jobs, mainly involve working with people, domestic duties, and administrative work. Men mostly hold both blue collar jobs, factory and mecha
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, collar jobs, percent male, earn money, blue collar jobs, pink collar jobs, domestic duties, perception feminine, blue collar, child care, women positions, pink collar, household child,
Approximate Word count = 561
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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