Teaching the Sociology of Gender and Work

Author:

Giuffre Patti1,Anderson Cynthia2,Bird Sharon3

Affiliation:

1. Patti Giuffre, PhD, is an associate professor of sociology at Texas State University-San Marcos. She teaches courses on gender and research methods. She has conducted research on gender and sexuality in different workplace contexts, which has appeared in Gender & Society and the Annual Review of Sociology. Her recent study on experiences of lesbian, gay, and bisexual workers in “gay-friendly” workplaces was published in Sociological Spectrum.

2. Cynthia D. Anderson, PhD, is associate professor of sociology and Director of Graduate Studies at Ohio University. Her research focuses on low-wage labor markets, the working poor, critical theory, and feminist pedagogy. She is currently pursuing a qualitative research agenda that examines the occupational stability and mobility among low-wage women workers. Her work is published in Review of Regional Studies, Rural Sociology, Gender & Society, Social Problems, and elsewhere.

3. Sharon R. Bird, PhD, is an associate professor of sociology at Iowa State University. Her research and teaching scholarship focus on the areas of gender, race, class, work and social inequality. Her current research centers on gender and work organizations, gender and small business success, and gender theory. She is a Co-PI of an NSF ADVANCE grant aimed at increasing the recruitment, retention, and promotion of women in academic science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Dr. Bird recently edited...

Abstract

This paper describes two teaching strategies from our workshop, “Teaching the Sociology of Gender and Work,” that can help students understand the mechanisms and consequences of workplace gender inequality at the macro- and micro-levels. Cynthia Anderson's class project uses wage and sex composition data that allows students to learn actively how data are used to study general trends and changes over time. It encourages students to explore the reality of their possible careers and fields in terms of wages, proportion of women and men, and other factors. Sharon Bird's class exercise requires students to consider the interactional dynamics of everyday work life and encourages them to see the subtle processes of marginalization and exclusion while also thinking about how to overcome gender biases. Some of this information will contribute to student angst about inequality in the workplace; thus, we conclude with suggestions for decreasing potential student distress and increasing student empowerment.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Sociology and Political Science,Education

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