The Trouble with working women: an inquiry into inequality between the sexes / [DVD] / BBC Productions ; a Film for the Humanities & Sciences presentation.
Why can't a woman succeed like a man? Why can't a woman earn as much as a man?
Notes:
Originally produced in 2009. Presenters, Sophie Raworth, Justin Rowlatt.
Contents:
[V.1] Why can't a woman succeed like a man? -- [v.2] Why can't a woman earn as much as a man?
Summary:
Disc 1: "Why is it that men still dominate the tops jobs? Can women have it all? Has gender equality gone too far? And what - if anything - is holding women back?" ---Container [V.1] Why can't a woman succeed like a man? --- When it comes to corner office clout, women overall have not succeeded in the workplace to the degree that men generally have. In an effort to come to grips with that assessment, this program refuses to shy away from the hard questions as it sheds light on what is seen less as a glass ceiling and more as a glass maze. The central issue is whether, practically speaking, women can, should, or even desire to “have it all” by pursuing a career and raising a family. Drawing on hard science, social science, and pop science, the program considers the realities of gender inequality as it examines matters of sex discrimination in the workplace, business priorities and practices involving maternity leave, the effects of nature and nurture on innate competitiveness, the state of the nuclear family in an era of two-earner households, why it is assumed women should be more responsible for child-rearing than men, and whether the women<U+2019>s movement has in some measure boomeranged. A BBC Production. A part of the series The Trouble with Working Women: An Inquiry into Inequality Between the Sexes. (60 minutes) ---Publishers description Disc 2: "Presenters Sophie Raworth and Justin Rowlatt want to find out why the average pay gap is 17 percent" ---Container [v.2] Why can't a woman earn as much as a man? --- In terms of lifetime earning power, most women earn far less than their male colleagues do. What lies at the root of the pay gap? The answer is neither simple nor definitive, as this program reveals. Research leads hosts Sophie Raworth and Justin Rowlatt<U+2014>each a parent with young daughters<U+2014>on a not-so-merry chase to see what the future may hold for their children. Stops along the way include a meeting regarding a class action suit brought by women for lost wages due to unfair salary practices; a group job interview that prompts discussion of a double standard regarding assertiveness in women and men; same-sex and coeducational schools, to see how gender stereotyping influences career choice; and a medical facility where a brain activity assessment is used to seek insights into potential physiological differences in how women and men process tasks. Also addressed is the question of whether so-called typical female qualities<U+2014>empathy and openness, to name two<U+2014>align women with work that is less valued, monetarily speaking, by the job market. A BBC Production. A part of the series The Trouble with Working Women: An Inquiry into Inequality Between the Sexes. (60 minutes) ---Publisher description "Decades after Britain's Equal Pay Act of 1970, why are women's career prospects consistently less bright than those of their male counterparts? This provocative two-part series searches for insights into that question as BBC news personalities Sophie Raworth and Justin Rowlatt explore the so-called trouble with working women. There are no easy answers."---Container. “It pays to be male.” Decades after Britain<U+2019>s Equal Pay Act of 1970, why are women<U+2019>s career prospects consistently less bright than those of their male counterparts? This provocative two-part series searches for insights into that question as BBC news personalities Sophie Raworth and Justin Rowlatt explore the so-called trouble with working women. There are no easy answers. Original BBC broadcast title: The Trouble with Working Women. 2-part series, 60 minutes each. ---Publisher description for series
OCLC:
(OCoLC)643126300
Locations:
PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.