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GENDER INEQUALITY James M. Henslin - Coggle Diagram
GENDER
INEQUALITY
James M. Henslin
Gender Inequality in
Health Care
Higher Mortality Rate in Coronary Bypass Surgery for Women
Fernale mortality rate 4.8% vs. 24% formales
Originally suspected physiological differences
intected, women operated on for less time
Actual cause: unintendled sexual discrimination
Doctors took women's chest pain less seriously
Men more likely to get stress tests and scans
Women recommended surgery at later stage of alsease
Overuse of Hysterectomy
Doctors preferred total hysterectomy
reasons:
Sents) bias - temale organs viewed as disease- causing, unnecessary
Greed - surgery profitable
Exaggerated risk of fibroids turning cancerous withheld nonsurgical options
Gender Inequality in the Workplace
Increase Female Labor Force (Quiet Revolution )
1930; 1/o of workforce femate + now neuly %
Major social changes: family, workplace, self-concept
Most married women with preschool children now work
Gender Pay
Gap
Male college graduates earn nearly 950,000
more
Full-time women average 676 of men's pay
Male college greduates ern nearly 950,000 more
Full-time women avorage 57% of men's pay
Exists in all
industrialized nations (except Japan)
Case Study
(Univ. of Wisconsin)
Women morequalified, yet paid 11% less initially
After 5 years, gap widened to 14%($3615)
Women more qualified, yet pad