The Patriarchy Continuum – Wage Gap Edition
August 25, 2009 by SocProf and tagged Economy, Gender, Labor, Patriarchy, Sexism, Social Inequalities, Sociology
Over at Larvatus Prodeo, Mark Bahnisch cites a Crikey article by Eva Cox that summarizes the state of gender inequality and wage differentials in Australia. Unsurprisingly, the inequalities persist and along with signs of structural and systemic discrimination that Cox lists:
Sadly, it does not take long for sexism to appear in the comment section, proving yet again that we may have come a long way but still have a long way to go before essentialist stereotypes disappear. Do read the whole post as well as the original Crikey article as Cox demonstrates that the usual rationalizations for the wage gap don’t hold water.
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