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Inegalităţile de gen la intersecţia mecanismelor discriminatorii
Gender inequalities at the intersection of discriminatory mecha-nisms

Author(s): Alina Hurubean
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fundaţia »Societatea Civilă« (FSC)
Keywords: gender discrimination; multiple discrimination; indirect discrimination; differential gender socialization; glass ceiling; paid and unpaid/domestic work; gender inequalities

Summary/Abstract: The text aims to present less visible facet of discrimination by identifying social and cultural mechanisms that generate and maintain multiple forms of discrimination, the intersection of which gender has a central position, because he combine with all other criteria of discrimination (race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, social class, age, disability), multiplying the effect of discriminatory behavior. This paper highlights the gender inequalities, the disparities between women and men, boys and girls who are socially constructed which are produced in the process of education and differential gender socialization, asymmetric and hierarchical, correlated with educational and professional orientation and also with labor market access and situation. The fact that gender inequalities exist at a structural level and they are deeply rooted in social practices and collective mental lead to situations where discriminatory behavior manifested without being noticed and as less as sanctioned.

  • Issue Year: XX/2012
  • Issue No: 168
  • Page Range: 94-99
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian