There is statistical proof that labor in most industries and professions is segregated in terms of gender. ... Williams discusses the notion of unequal labor for women in her paper the "Glass Escalator: Hidden Advantages for Men in the Female Professions." Williams examines men's underrepresentation, or reversely, women's overrepresentation in four predominantly female occupations - nursing, librarianship, elementary school teaching, and social work. Specifically, she examines how women have been forced into these "women professions" (Williams, 1992) due to barriers of...

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