Post 2

1) What is meant by “sex segregation”? How do you see sex segregation exist in employment at ASU?
Sex segregation can be many things, in the reading "Gender Inequality in Pain Employment" sex segregation is defined as different genders holding different jobs requiring different skills. These positions have what is call a "sex gap" of pay, where "male jobs" earn more money than "female jobs"(286).
At ASU sex segregation totally exists, in the science an math departments is it a mostly male dominated field, where as the family science, education, and social work departments are mostly female dominated fields. Also, the highest paid employees at ASU are the male sports team coaches, not the woman's basketball coach making a 6 figure salary, the men's basketball coach is.

2) Identify the ways your own socialization at home, school and work reproduce gender roles. How is this socialization related to patriarchy?
Socialization when you are a child impacts your gender role you assume. In a traditional "gender role family" the mother stays at home to take care of the children, and the father goes to work to support the family monetarily. When you are growing up, little boys are exposed to the manly man job roles they should be, policemen, firemen, pilots, etc. Little girls want to be teachers, babysitters, mothers, nurses, etc. At school, there is a gender segregation, separate physical education classes, more females in home economics type classes, more males in industrial technology classes, etc. Growing up, my mother has worked for the girl scouts, an organization that empowers women, and my father was rarely home, he traveled a lot for business. I also grew up with 2 older sister, so I really don't know what it's like to have a strong male influence in my life. I always observed my mother doing it all, yard work to grocery shopping. I was brought up with a you can do anything attitude, so I've known really no limits to what I can and cannot do. I've always been surrounded by strong women who can do anything. The real only thing of my upbringing related to patriarchy is that my father was the bread winner for the family, and I always played sports, so he was always involved with sports practices and games. Also, now having a brand new nephew, I hope to help raise him as a strong upstanding man who treats women equally.


3) Reflecting on the radio report, “Moms Become Breadwinners As Job Losses Hit Men,” explain how sex segregation and the wage gap persists even when more men are unemployed.

Women are still making much less money than men but are holding their jobs better in the economic climate. Mothers are working harder, according to a careerbuilder.com survey, 14% of already working mothers are obtaining 2nd jobs to make ends meat for their families. Also women are working a lot of jobs that do not offer great benefits. The family is existing by the hard work done by women, and they are still making 77 cents to every dollar a male is making. I also think that the jobs women hold are less at risk because they are not paid as much as men, and do the same amount of work.