I was happy to find that in most of this chapter Massey was very straight forward with what he was trying to say.
The only questions I find myself asking after reading the chapter have to do with the first study he discussed in "Ambivalent Sexism", I was confused by the way he presented the results--a whole lot of numbers and words that I don't really have the context to understand. I am very interested in understanding the results, but unfortunately with the way he's presented them I can't.
Beyond comprehending the results I thought the study between hostile and benevolent sexism was quite interesting.
I really enjoyed the graph on the top of page 216. I love this model for understanding the various groups that Massey wants to show stratification in. This method of classifying women, while not necessarily good, was very interesting and I enjoyed seeing the results.
The section on "occupational ghettos" was fascinating. If we could talk about horizontal and vertical segregation that would be nice.
As I read I was glad to see Massey define women into upper-class and lower-class segments. I was worried he was going to try to lump all women together which I thought would be tough because, as he says, women at the top face less discrimination.
I am interested to understand the pay gap more as well, how does each of the things in the breakdown affect it, etc.
Thanks,
Joe
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