"Women were placed in 'no win' situations in which their options are to become 'one of the boys,' a sort of ladette (which does not seem to work), or to be seen as aggressive and pushy, or to be seen as too sedate, too quiet,' as one academic put it."
Page 132 of "Patriarchy, Inc" by Cordelia Fine
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Maybe this kind of explains why?
"By design, 'greedy jobs' favor the 'ideal worker' who is unencumbered by domestic duties, a model historically embodied by men with wives at home to manage the private sphere. She traces the historical and cultural roots of this 'gendered division of labor.' She demonstrates how the mass entry of women into the workforce did not dismantle patriarchal structures but rather adapted them. Women were integrated into the workforce as women, often in roles that mirrored their domestic responsibilities or were deemed less valuable, thus depressing wages in those sectors. This historical perspective is crucial to understanding how seemingly neutral workplace norms and practices are, in fact, laden with gendered assumptions that continue to disadvantage women."
Saif Elhendawi, review of "Patriarchy, Inc." by Cordelia Fine
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