Self-expression helps reinforce occupational sex segregation

Friday, May 23, 2014 - 07:31 in Psychology & Sociology

(Phys.org) —Decades after the passage of equal rights legislation and an influx of women into the workforce, why does sex segregation by occupation persist? New research from a sociologist at Rice University finds that one factor that perpetuates this segregation is gendered patterns of self-expression –whereby efforts to express one's unique sense of individuality can often end up reinforcing collective societal gender differences.

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