The Occupational Composition of White Females: Sexism, Racism and Occupational Differentiation

This discussion focuses on the degree of occupational differentiation when white females are compared with white males and nonwhite females. The index of dissimilarity provides a measure of occupational differentiation applied to data from 66 SMSAs for 1960. The results show major variations among S...

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Published in:Social forces 1972-03, Vol.50 (3), p.349-355
Main Authors: Martin, Walter T., Poston, Dudley L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age groups
Censuses
Difference/Differences/Differential/ Differentials/ Differentiation
Discrimination in employment
Employment discrimination
Female/Females (see also Woman)
Gender discrimination
Gender roles
Occupation/Occupations/Occupational
Occupational classification
Prejudices
Racism
Racism/Racist/Racists
Sex/Sexes/Sexism/Sexist/Sexists
Sexism
White people
White/Whites
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Summary:This discussion focuses on the degree of occupational differentiation when white females are compared with white males and nonwhite females. The index of dissimilarity provides a measure of occupational differentiation applied to data from 66 SMSAs for 1960. The results show major variations among SMSAs in the degree of occupational differentiation. Differences between white females and nonwhite females (presumably reflecting racial discrimination) and differences between white females and white males (presumably reflecting sexual discrimination) show roughly the same maximum and minimum values but are only loosely correlated. It is speculated that physiological factors will be more important in reducing the degree of occupational differentiation in the latter case than in the former.
ISSN:0037-7732
1534-7605
DOI:10.1093/sf/50.3.349