Workplace segregation is to this day still a factor that is present in women’s lives as they work throughout their lives. As more women have entered the workforce the gap between men and women working has been made smaller in the last few decades. However, despite this growth in seeing women entering the workplace, women still face discrimination and segregation in terms of how women are allocated into certain jobs. While it is undisputable that women have made strides within the work force, a disproportionate amount of women are working in specific areas of employment. Service and sales jobs, along with health and teaching jobs are where women in the workforce are most visible. This is significant because many of these jobs are lower paying,
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Minnotte, Cook and Minnotte (2010) found that “within all workplace organizations, gendered expectations shape the behavior of individuals” and that “expectations are likely more salient in occupations and industries with higher levels of sex segregation” (p. 658). This discussion of how workplaces where there is a larger gap between men and women working is correlated toward more noticeable negative expectations placed on workers is an example of how people are effected individually by segregation in the workplace. It is also interesting and relevant to not that sex segregation is, according to Kubik (2015) “a way of paying different sexes differently for doing roughly the same jobs with the same education and skill levels”. In both of these instances the more tangible effects of sex segregation start to become apparent. The reality that women have grown and made strides in terms of working does not come without more challenges on the way to equality. As women most frequently work in service or sales jobs, Minnotte, Cook and Minotte (2010) found that “the occupations that women are clustered in are the least likely to offer family friendly benefits” (p. 662). The result of women working within the lower paying jobs with less benefits available to them is in direct correlation to the gender wage gap. The issue with the workplace segregation and …show more content…
The pay difference between men and women is also connected to issues of race, and that intersection creates another layer to the issue of workplace segregation. Stomgren et al (2014) found “that neighborhood of residence could be a key determinant of workplace segregation of immigrants at the level of both workplace neighborhood and workplace establishment” (p. 648). This addition of the experience of immigrants in the workplace adds another dimension to the discourse around workplace segregation. It would be neglectful to read statistics of women’s growth in the workforce and claim equality has been reached, just as it would be neglectful to not address differentiating circumstances in how and why workplace segregation effects all women. Elwer et al (2014) has found that “a larger portion of women reported low control at the mixed workplaces and being looked down upon at workplaces with more men” (p. 5). Elwer’s study highlights how mistreatment and undervaluing of women’s work in segregated workplaces even has detrimental psychological effects. Cha (2013) suggests that women are influenced by both pressure to be perfect mothers and fit the ideal worker norm. Also as Perales and Vidal (2015) have found that geography plays a role in because of different institutional powers that change opportunities in the job force for both men and
Minnotte, Cook and Minnotte (2010) found that “within all workplace organizations, gendered expectations shape the behavior of individuals” and that “expectations are likely more salient in occupations and industries with higher levels of sex segregation” (p. 658). This discussion of how workplaces where there is a larger gap between men and women working is correlated toward more noticeable negative expectations placed on workers is an example of how people are effected individually by segregation in the workplace. It is also interesting and relevant to not that sex segregation is, according to Kubik (2015) “a way of paying different sexes differently for doing roughly the same jobs with the same education and skill levels”. In both of these instances the more tangible effects of sex segregation start to become apparent. The reality that women have grown and made strides in terms of working does not come without more challenges on the way to equality. As women most frequently work in service or sales jobs, Minnotte, Cook and Minotte (2010) found that “the occupations that women are clustered in are the least likely to offer family friendly benefits” (p. 662). The result of women working within the lower paying jobs with less benefits available to them is in direct correlation to the gender wage gap. The issue with the workplace segregation and …show more content…
The pay difference between men and women is also connected to issues of race, and that intersection creates another layer to the issue of workplace segregation. Stomgren et al (2014) found “that neighborhood of residence could be a key determinant of workplace segregation of immigrants at the level of both workplace neighborhood and workplace establishment” (p. 648). This addition of the experience of immigrants in the workplace adds another dimension to the discourse around workplace segregation. It would be neglectful to read statistics of women’s growth in the workforce and claim equality has been reached, just as it would be neglectful to not address differentiating circumstances in how and why workplace segregation effects all women. Elwer et al (2014) has found that “a larger portion of women reported low control at the mixed workplaces and being looked down upon at workplaces with more men” (p. 5). Elwer’s study highlights how mistreatment and undervaluing of women’s work in segregated workplaces even has detrimental psychological effects. Cha (2013) suggests that women are influenced by both pressure to be perfect mothers and fit the ideal worker norm. Also as Perales and Vidal (2015) have found that geography plays a role in because of different institutional powers that change opportunities in the job force for both men and