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Understanding the Nature of Work.
Gender and Class.
Occupational structure has been used as a proxy for class. The problems with this are that establishing a ‘class’ situation is difficult for those who are unemployed for example housewives and the unemployed. The feminist criticism of occupational class is that is produces different outcomes for males and females and the same occupation may be associated with different ‘life chances’ for men and woman.
The Marx class theory neglects the domestic sphere; it does not consider woman bringing up babies. ... Korabik (1999) would agree that gender roles have changed a great deal in the last half century. ... Segregation is often due presenteeism that means some people can not work as many hours due to family commitments. ...
"It is the sex of those who do the work, rather then its content, which leads to the identification as skilled or unskilled" – Philips & Taylor (1986). ... This is described as an ‘ideology of gender’. Some types of employment give people the chance to express their gender, ‘a basic force behind sex-typing of jobs’ – Mathaeii (1982,see Noon & Blyton 2002:133).
Approximate Word count = 805
Approximate Pages = 3.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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