Blog 12 Unit C

According to the reading, "At Work In The Iron Cage," women only make up 73 percent of the salary that men receive. This is a sign of occupational segregation. Men and women usually work different jobs however, the jobs that women work are paid less then that of men. Although, there may be laws that prohibit this type of segregation such as equal employment opportunity, men and women still experience employment segregation. Men and women, since childhood, has been stereotypically taught men jobs and women jobs. Women were taught nurturing and feminine jobs while men during their childhoods where always taught masculinity. Since, men were taught masculinity since childhood, they believe their jobs are to be more masculine such as a mechanic. This is all due to “traditional gender roles” that society has placed since the beginning of history for men and women. Some traditional gender roles for women consist of nurses, secretary, librarian. However, for men some traditional gender roles consist of truck driver, firefighter, and security guard.
However, breaking these traditional careers can benefit as well as hurt that person. Some ways that women can benefit from breaking these traditional “male dominant occupations” is one the chance to follow their dream, also they “receive more recognition” (article) if they are performing the job correctly. Also, the pay for working in these non traditional areas is a lot higher than others. Furthermore, by women going in and working in these non traditional career “impacts society.” However, by women coming in and working in these male dominate occupations, may have an impact though I do not believe that men drastically loose or gain from it. By women joining, it put more of a strain on the women because they have to prove themselves that they too, can perform just as well as men do.