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Title: Women and Occupational Prestige: A Case of Vacuous Sex Equality
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England, Paula A. |
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Women and Occupational Prestige: A Case of Vacuous Sex Equality Signs 5,2 (Winter 1979): 252-265. Also: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3173560 Cohort(s): Mature Women Publisher: University of Chicago Press Keyword(s): Control; Discrimination, Sex; Duncan Index; Earnings; Occupational Prestige; Occupations, Female; Sex Equality; Vocational Preparation A focus solely on occupational prestige, shows a surprising lack of discrimination against women. The findings seem to contradict notions of extreme sexism operating in the labor market. Yet on analysis this sex equality turns out to be rather vacuous. Although women have a very similar occupational prestige distribution to that of men, women's incomes are vastly lower than men's and they seldom have the power to supervise or otherwise control a man's work. Sex equality of prestige is surprising in light of women's lesser income and power because, in general, there is a correlation between the prestige, income, and interpersonal power associated with an occupation. |
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England, Paula A. "Women and Occupational Prestige: A Case of Vacuous Sex Equality." Signs 5,2 (Winter 1979): 252-265.
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