describe how gender influences industrial societies

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Domestic-public dichotomy influences gender stratification in industrial societies where gender roles have been changing rapidly

The "traditional" idea that a "woman's place is in the home" developed among middle- and upper-class Americans as industrialism spread after 1900

Margolis: gendered work, attitudes, and beliefs have varied in response to American economic needs

Changes in economy led to changes in attitudes toward and about women

-Between 1970 and 2011, the female percentage of the American workforce rose from 38% to 46%
-As women increasingly work outside the home, ideas about gender roles of males and females have changed

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