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  2. Occupational segregation - Wikipedia

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    Occupational segregation is the distribution of workers across and within occupations, based upon demographic characteristics, most often gender. [1] Other types of occupational segregation include racial and ethnicity segregation, and sexual orientation segregation.

  3. Duncan Segregation Index - Wikipedia

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    The Duncan Segregation Index is a measure of occupational segregation based on gender that measures whether there is a larger than expected presence of one gender over another in a given occupation or labor force by identifying the percentage of employed women (or men) who would have to change occupations for the occupational distribution of men and women to be equal.

  4. Occupational inequality - Wikipedia

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    Segregation by gender in the labor force is extremely high, hence the reason why there remain so many disparities and inequalities among men and women of equitable qualifications. The division of labor is a central feature for gender based inequality. It influences the structure both based on its economic aspects and construction of identities.

  5. Sex segregation - Wikipedia

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    Sex segregation, sex separation, sex partition, gender segregation, gender separation, or gender partition is the physical, legal, or cultural separation of people according to their gender or biological sex at any age. Sex segregation can simply refer to the physical and spatial separation by sex without any connotation of illegal ...

  6. Occupational sexism - Wikipedia

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    These expectations, in turn, gave rise to gender stereotypes that play a role in the formation of sexism in the work place, i.e., occupational sexism. [1] According to a reference, there are three common patterns associated with social role theory that might help explain the relationship between the theory and occupational sexism.

  7. Gender inequality - Wikipedia

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    Gender discrimination in the workplace is still present today in many places of the world, which can be attributed to occupational segregation. Occupational segregation occurs when groups of people are distributed across occupations according to ascribed characteristics; in this case, gender. [39]

  8. California to remove racist term for Native American Woman ...

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    Officials in California are working to remove a racist term towards Native American women in more than 30 locations in California, according to the state Natural Resources Agency. The removal of ...

  9. Gender pay gap - Wikipedia

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    Occupational segregation [39] or horizontal segregation [40] refers to disparity in pay associated with occupational earnings. A 2022 research study, conducted by Folbre et al., illustrates how the concentration of women in care occupations contributes significantly to the gender pay gap. [41]