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This is well researched in the feminist sociology literature. When a "women's job" (like teaching or nursing) becomes more respected, pay goes up, and... The in
by fjsolwmv 9y ago
This is well researched in the feminist sociology literature. When a "women's job" (like teaching or nursing) becomes more respected, pay goes up, and... The industry gets an influx of men working in it.
- gaius 9y agopay goes up, and... The industry gets an influx of men working in it. But isn’t the opposite true as well? I mean, it wasn't that long ago that the IT department was at the bottom of the organisational pecking order, sometimes literally at the bottom in a dingy, windowless basement, and jokes about nerds and geeks and personal hygiene and poor fashion choices and so on were totally mainstream and acceptable. In those days, no-one said it was problematic that these losers and social lepers tended to skew male. Obviously, everyone should be free to do any work that they want to and show an aptitude for. But you posit a one-way traffic that just isn't true.
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- kingofhdds 9y agoI'm not sure it's supported by a really wide research. Scandinavian countries boast high equality ratings, and feminism being a part of political mainstream, AND social/tax system, which significantly reduces gap between high-, and low-salaried positions as well as competition between employees. And still tech is essentially a male field, and nursing - female-dominated.
- burfog 9y agoCause: at the original wage, supply is low and demand is high Effect: wages rise Effects of that effect: men choose the job, and respect increases