The Textbook Authors Write: "Gendered Job Segregation in Itself

question 10

Essay

The textbook authors write: "Gendered job segregation in itself . . . isn't sufficient to explain the pay gap.It's only the start." Explain this statement.How does gender segregation relate to the gender gap in pay? What other factors are important in explaining the pay gap?

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Definitions:

Social Domain Theory

The theory that the moral domain, the social conventional domain, and the personal domain have distinct rules that vary in how broadly the rules apply and in what happens when they are broken.

Environmental-Learning View

The perspective that emphasizes the role of the environment in shaping behavior, skills, and knowledge through experience and learning.

Conventional Morality

Conventional morality is the second level in Kohlberg's stages of moral development, where an individual's sense of right and wrong is based on societal norms and the expectations of others.

Sociodramatic Play

Make-believe play in which two or more participants enact a variety of related social roles.