Still a Man's World? Revisiting Men Who Do Women's Work

In 1995, Christine Williams built on the well‐versed theory of tokenism and introduced the concept of the glass escalator to describe the social processes by which men maintain advantages in female‐dominated occupations. This paradigm has proven extraordinarily useful as a way of understanding the p...

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Published in:Sociology compass 2014-10, Vol.8 (10), p.1206-1215
Main Authors: Harvey Wingfield, Adia, Myles, Ranell L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Females
Literature Reviews
Males
Social Processes
Tokenism
Women
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Summary:In 1995, Christine Williams built on the well‐versed theory of tokenism and introduced the concept of the glass escalator to describe the social processes by which men maintain advantages in female‐dominated occupations. This paradigm has proven extraordinarily useful as a way of understanding the pathways that reproduce men's opportunities and benefits in culturally feminized jobs. In this paper, we review the literature in this area and consider how new perspectives have contributed to insightful and interesting ways of understanding the experiences of men who do “women's work.”
ISSN:1751-9020
1751-9020
DOI:10.1111/soc4.12206