11.11.3

Changing Roles of Women

11.11.3

Women in the workplace

1. More women working nontraditional jobs, like construction, mining, and fabrication.

2. More women working outside the home. In 50 years its percentage increased from 36% to 59%.

3. Women make up 49.7% of the workforce in the United States.

​Más mujeres trabajando en trabajos no tradicionales, como la construcción, la minería y la fabricación.

Más mujeres trabajando fuera de casa.

Las mujeres representan el 49,7% de la fuerza laboral en los Estados Unidos

Open Ended

Why do you believe women shifted their focus to their careers?

Wage Gap

1. Historically, women have been paid less than men in most jobs.

2. In recent years the earnings (wage) gap has shrunk to an all-time low.

3. According to a 2010 census, women still made 82 cents to the male dollar.

Históricamente, a las mujeres se les ha pagado menos que a los hombres en la mayoría de los trabajos.

En los últimos años, la brecha de ingresos (salarios) se ha reducido a un mínimo histórico.

Según un censo de 2010, las mujeres todavía ganaban 82 centavos por dólar masculino.

Multiple Choice

What is the best way to describe the male-to-female wage gap?

• Women and men are paid the same

• Women earn less than men in high level jobs.

• Women earn more than men in all careers.

• Men are denied high paying jobs.

glass ceiling

1. ​The glass ceiling is an invisible obstacle women face, that makes it difficult to advance.

2. According to data, in 2010 women held 7% of the top management positions in the country.

​El techo de cristal es un obstáculo invisible al que se enfrentan las mujeres, que les dificulta avanzar.

Según datos, en 2010 las mujeres ocupaban el 7% de los puestos de alta dirección en el país.

Multiple Choice

This invisible barrier or obstacle impedes women from advancing in high-level careers.

• The Iron Wall

• The Glass Ceiling

• The Broken Ladder

• The Invisible Cage

WOmen owned Businesses

1. ​Women have become the fastest-growing sector of the economy.

2. The number of women-owned businesses has doubled between the years 1987-2000.

3. This trend continues to grow as the internet and social media have made starting a business more accessible.

​Las mujeres se han convertido en el sector de más rápido crecimiento de la economía.

El número de empresas propiedad de mujeres se ha duplicado entre los años 1987-2000.

Esta tendencia continúa creciendo a medida que Internet y las redes sociales han hecho que iniciar un negocio sea más accesible.

Multiple Choice

This demographic (group of people) are becoming a bigger part of the economy.

• Latino immigrants

• Women

• Asian-American men

• Teenagers

Family Dynamic

A medida que aumentó el porcentaje de mujeres en la fuerza laboral en la década de 1980, también lo hizo la tasa de divorcio.

Más del 15% de todas las familias están encabezadas por una sola mujer.

Se considera que más familias tienen doble ingreso. Esto generalmente significa que tanto el esposo como la esposa trabajan.

1. ​As the percentage of women in the workforce increased in the 1980s, so to did the rate of divorce.

2. More than 15% of all families are headed by a single woman.

3. More families are considered to be double earners. This typically means both the husband and wife work.

Open Ended

How can you connect more women entering the workforce and the rise of divorce rates?

ChildCare

1. Daycare facilities have helped women to work while raising a family.

2. The expectations that women faced during the 1950s are not as prominent as before.

​Las guarderías han ayudado a las mujeres a trabajar mientras forman una familia.

Las expectativas a las que se enfrentaban las mujeres durante la década de 1950 no son tan prominentes como antes.

Multiple Choice

Child Daycares have made it more difficult for women to work while parenting.

• True

• False

Role of Women in Society.

1. ​Progressive movement:

• Stressed that women should fight for more power in society and equal rights under the law.

2. Conservative movement:

• Stressed the importance of women maintaining the traditional roles of mother and housemaker.

​Movimiento progresivo:

Hizo hincapié en que las mujeres deben luchar por más poder en la sociedad y la igualdad de derechos ante la ley.

Movimiento conservador:

Destacó la importancia de que la mujer mantenga los roles tradicionales de madre y ama de casa.

Multiple Choice

This movement believed that women should focus more on raising kids and staying at home.

• The Conservative movement

• The Progressive Movement

• The Counterculture

• The Communist Movement.