Sex Segregation can be defined by the role a male of female take on in the employment industry. Many men and women who are in the careers they are in are because of their gender. As it was discussed din the reading and the videos women are taught to be more in touch with feelings and caring than men. Men are “stereotyped” to make money. As I have been on the campus at ASU for almost two years now I can see where the sex segregation plays it role. I have switched my major twice in process of completing my bachelor’s degree. In both of my majors I had female advisors. I have not encountered a male advisor in any of the two departments I was enrolled. Ironically, things have changed in the justice studies major because there is now a male advisor. Another sex segregation in the employment at ASU is within the top directors of the university itself. The president of the university is indeed a male. I also searched for many of the colleges within ASU to find that majority of the Deans were in fact male deans. In my childhood the socialization within my household was very stereotypical. My father had the fulltime job and my mother was a stay at home mom who cooked meals, cleaned the house, raised us kids etc… The gender roles were produced very early in life. My brother and I were involved in every athletic sport through the school. Socialization is related to patriarchy because they work hand in hand. Women are socialized to do the women tasks. Men are socialized to do men task. The patriarchy is defined as the man has the supreme power. In the radio interview titled “Moms Become Breadwinners As Job Losses Hit Men,” it discusses that the one stable job market that exist is the health care profession. Women make up around ¾ of the health care profession. As the construction industry and other industries are laying men off from their jobs women have to become the breadwinners for their families. The problem that still exist is that women even though they have a lower unemployment rate then men, they are still being paid less. A woman makes around $.77 to a men’s dollar. This gap still persists because women are paid less. The radio host explains how 14% of women, who are working fulltime, have gone out and got a second job.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Intro
Hello fellow classmates and Professors. My name is Ron Laszczak. I entered ASU in the fall of 2008 and will be graduating in this coming May. I started ASU as a biological science major and took a justice course for an elective. That is when I decided to change my major as I was more drawn to the justice and law that is use in today’s world. I am a Justice Studies major with a concentration in Law and policy. Upon graduation I hope to be moving onto law school in the fall of 2010. As I am entering into this fall semester I am carrying a huge workload, as I’m sure most of you all are as well. I chose this course particularly because I feel that many of the justice studies course are generalized on the whole population. (E.g. Youth and Justice, Law and Social control etc…) I wanted to dig a little deeper in to the justice issues with women and society. I hope to receive a great amount of knowledge on women and the justice system that is current within our society. One of the other reasons as to why I chose this course is for the simplicity of indulging in a variety of justice topics. As a pre-law student I feel it is essential to have a diverse amount of knowledge in many areas.
Women have a different role in the workforce in relationship to men. Some women are labeled as what is called the “breadwinners” and others have a fulltime job of raising the children. Women play a huge role in every part of society. I feel that I have a firm grasp on the theories of justice and the ability apply them to everyday situations. In the next sixteen weeks I hope to have engaging “blog” conversations with other classmates on the issues that women are faced with.