Women's Experience of Discrimination at Work: Intersections of Race and Class with Gender
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ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu13964546582021-08-03T06:23:05Z Women's Experience of Discrimination at Work: Intersections of Race and Class with Gender Ortiz, Susan Y. Sociology Few studies have explored the intersections of race, class and gender in the context of workplace discrimination, and even fewer have been able to explore the reality of discrimination as it is played out in everyday working lives of women. This paper addresses these gaps by exploring how race and class discrimination intersect with gender discrimination and by elaborating on the types of social closure women experience. Using data taken directly from discrimination cases obtained from the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, I specifically compare the experiences of labor market discrimination of African American and white women in various occupational positions. Notable are high levels of discriminatory firing of both African American women and white women as well as higher instances of promotional discrimination directed toward black women -patterns partially linked to their disparate concentrations in positions of lower occupational prestige. Qualitative analyses of actual experiences at work reveal underlying mechanisms at play. I conclude by discussing the changing experience of discrimination, its variation by class, race, and gender, and how future research should be sensitive to the ways in which status intersections result in differential inequalities and experiences in the world of work. 2005 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1396454658 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1396454658 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws. |
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