SYG 2000: Lecture 24. Chapter 8: Gender, Glass Ceiling, and Violence

I. Fortune 500: only 5 headed by women

II. The glass ceiling: mostly invisible barrier that keeps women from advance top levels at work

   A. fem stereotyped as “good support”: steered into human resources or public relations

      1. less appreciation: of successful projects ad those that bring corp profits & bonuses

      2. not positions that directly affect corporate bottom line: marketing, sales, production

  B. fem lack mentors:  successful executives who taqke an interest in them and teach ropes

    1. importance: mentors can provide opportunities to develop leadership skills than open doors

  C. men’s rules predominate: successful fem follow rules that make men comfortable

  D. supportive husbands: most successful fem have, who share household duties & adapt careers

  E.glass escalator:Williams’95:men trad fem job(nurse/lib/soc wk)get>lev pos/>sal/>desir assn III. Mommy track: full-time employ fem have primary responsibility take care child/housework

  A. 2 parallel career tracks: Felice Schwarz ’89 says fem offered choice:

    1. high-powered: require out-town meet & briefcase jammed w/ work done nights/weekend

    2. mommy track: emphasize both career/fam; < pay/fewer promotion; assume fem do rearing

      a. better solution: on-site day care, flexible work schedules, paid parental leave

IV. Sexual Harrassment: abuse of position of authority to force unwanted sexual demands

  A. no recognize problem til ‘70s: unwanted sexual comments/touch/looks seen personal matter

  B. now structural prob: ques pos authority: w/ most authority invest men, most sex harass male

  C. supreme court rule sex desire no nec: also apply homosexuals harass by heterosexuals on job

    1. social interactist: ‘sexual harassment cause perception in different light than predecessors

    2. central concept: has become abuse of power

  D. in military: 4/5 fem experience sexual harassment, 30% victims attempted or completed rape

    1. ¾ women raped did not report assault: probably because when fem report, are punished

V. Violence against women

  A. forcible rape: common fear U.S. women; 7/10,000 females age 12+ raped; only 32% report

    1.oth stat:decline last decade, typ victim age12-24/most know assailant; 38% commit strangers

    2. male rape in prison overlooked: about 15-20% men in prison are raped

  B. date (acquaintance) rape: most go unreport since victim feel part responsible w/ rapist volun

  C. more lenient sentences: fem > likely to be given probation for murder, robbery, buglary etc.:

    1. percent get prison: aggravated assault (fem 30% men 54%); weapons (fem 28%, men 49%)

  D. entertainment value of fem pain: in Super Jockey in Japan, pain produce glee from audience

VI. Female participation in politics:  why don’t women, who outnumber men, take control?

  A. voting age: 8 million more women than men and >fem than men vote in national elections

  B. discrimination: no Latina or Asian woman has been elected to the U.S. Senate

  C. Why women underrep in U.S. politics?

    1. fem underrep in law/business: careers from which most politicians emgerge

    2. role of mother: incompatible with irregular hours and takes away from home

    3. women more likely to be a supporting spouse

    4. men: want to hold onto their positions of power

  D. 1st fem minority leader:Nancy Pelosi > powerful woman ever in House of Representatives