Describe occupational sex segregation.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. Occupational sex segregation is the process of channeling women and men into different types of jobs. As a result, a number of U.S. occupations are filled almost entirely by either women or men. Between 95 and 98 percent of all child care workers, secretaries, dental hygienists, and preschool and kindergarten teachers are women. Between 96 to 99 percent of all pilots, mechanics, plumbers, and firefighters are men.Women have made progress ina number of the higher-paying occupations, but 74 percent of chief executives, 80 percent of software developers, and 90 percent of engineers are men (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2017).The issue is not women and men working in different spaces or locations, but that male-dominated occupations usually pay higher wages. And, as in education, women are much less likely than men to move up the occupational ladder.
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______________ refers to the study of aging and the elderly
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