Blog #2

Sex Segregation is the segregation or dividing of individuals by sex (gender). As far as how I feel about how sex segregation is represented in the employment at ASU I really never thought about it. So I sat down and made a list and I have to say that my instructors at ASU have been pretty evenly divided as far as male and female. I also looked at other areas within ASU that I had come within close contact. The two adviser's that were available for me to meet with since starting ASU have been females until recently my advisor is now a male. One area that I did not a slight tip in the scale was my involvement with TA's all but one have been female. Within my home and work place I am surrounded by women. My home right now consists of 3 females: First there is my mother who is a nurse ( a job which is most often held by women), then there is me; I work front office specialist for a private practice(again another job which is often times held by a women ) here the Dr's are both female and the only male working in our office is Jason the office manager.... and then we have my daughter who is only 13 but hopes to grow up to be a nurse one day. ..After listening to the radio report, "Moms Become Breadwinners As Job Losses Hit Men," discusses how women are more and more becoming the Breadwinners of their families and the reason this is happening is because of the downfall of the economy and the jobs that are being hit. We have seen a significant decrease in the construction and manufacturing jobs, these were jobs that were typically held by males. This forced more women into the breadwinner roles in their family with some women taking on second jobs to support their families and still women are being paid less than men in the workforce.