Biological determinism is often used to label people as inferior. This has recently led to racism and sexism. Sexism occurs when certain beliefs, attitudes and values are used to justify gender inequality. Minorities are hurt with racism, while women are being hurt with sexism. Sexist ideology, the belief that men are superior to women, is being used to justify men's leadership and power positions in the economic, social and political spheres of society. Only a few women hold key positions typically reserved for men. Examinations shows many gaps in social rights, privileges, and rewards for women in the United States.
Throughout the last thirty years, there has been a major increase in the number of women in the workforce. The greatest change in patterns involves married women with children under six years of age.
Women are participating in the labor force at increasing levels, but they are in lower status occupations. This is know as occupational sex segregation. Women occupy nearly all of the pink collared jobs -secretaries, clerks, stenographers- whose purpose is to support the higher up occupational ladder.
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