The Sticky Floor Sociology

Sticky floor in the literature on gender discrimination the concept of sticky floors complements the concept of a glass ceiling.

The sticky floor sociology.

More specifically they refer to the situation whereby women are not promoted in line with their male counterparts and where women s wages are significantly less than men s even though they may be doing jobs of equal value. But the sticky floor theory doesn t have everyone convinced. Is a metaphor sometimes used to convey the difficulties that disadvantaged groups experience in moving from the bottom of the organizational hierarchy. Close to half of working women compared to one sixth of working men.

Drawing new ontologies mary s. A term for a male to female disparity in career advancement in medicine in which female candidates have a distinct disadvantage. The terms glass ceilings and sticky floors both refer to the experience of women in the labour market. Glass ceiling and sticky floor are pretty much the same thing.

It is composed of the lowest paying female dominated occupational categories such as paraprofessional and administrative support. Sticky floors can be described as the pattern that women are compared to men less likely to start to climb the job ladder. The sticky floor refers to low paying low prestige and most important low mobility jobs typically held by women. Most of the workers who experience the sticky floor are pink collar workers such as secretaries nurses or waitresses.

Philosophy and sociology of science communities. There are real factors which mean that many women take lower paid and part time jobs like wanting to spend more time with family and these are covered by the. The term sticky floor is used to describe a discriminatory employment pattern that keeps a certain group of people at the bottom of the job scale. Glass ceilings and sticky floors.

Morgan1 london school of economics university of amsterdam and university of pennsylvania abstract. They refer to the idea that women can only reach a certain level in terms of a successful career and are often held back. In such cases as in the case.