As it notes in The Double Ghetto, “the labour force is divided into women’s work and men’s work” (Armstrong, P., Armstrong, H., 2010). Women are often found in jobs such as nursing, sales cashiers and waitressing. They are having a hard time breaking into male jobs and it can be said that such segregation it is due to …show more content…
According to gender stereotypes in the workplace, the norm holds that women are expressive and warm, but incompetent and incapable of conducting serious business compared to men. They are thought to be less competent. Due to this, women are often prejudged by their assumed lack of managerial skills and other assets they may bring are often discounted (Larwood, L., Wood, M. M., & Inderlied, S. D., 1978). Managers and employers are women are led to believe that women can only perform certain tasks, often low valued ‘female jobs,’ which generates a gender-segregated labour market (Lubian D., Untertrifaller, A.,