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Gender stereotyping of employment

Name(s):

Reservation of jobs for men

Reservation of work for women

Segregation of labour by sex

Claim

To claim that certain work is male and certain work is female is sexual discrimination and enables past exploitative practices to continue.

Counter-claim

Positive discrimination or affirmative action in favour of one sex implies negative discrimination against the other sex. Will this mean that we invest effort in ensuring that men become 50% of nurses, nurses' aides, cashiers, table attendants, salespeople, teachers of young children and au-pairs ? On the other side, there are very few women who want to be miners, garbage collectors or dockers. A more sensible policy would accept that there are differences between the sexes, and work with reality rather than against it.

Broader

Sexism

Cultural division of labour

Arbitrary job qualifications

Segregation in employment

Narrower

Discrimination against women in employment

Sexist language in employment

Aggravates

Lack of jobs

Unprofessional personal appearance

Excessive employment of married women

Obsession with personal attractiveness ^{[in 1 loop]}

Discrimination against women executives

Lack of women in the advertising industry ^{[in 1 loop]}

Discrimination against men in social services

Aggravated by

Gender inequality

Gender inequality in intelligence

Reduced by

Women combatants

Strategy(ies)

Changing gender roles

Promoting participation of women in non-government organizations

Improving job security for women

Classifying employment

Value(s)

Reference(s)

Sinclair, M Thea: Gender, Work & Tourism

Type

(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems

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