Abstract
Preface Part I: Explaining the Changing Sex Composition of Occupations 1. Occupational Sex Segregation: Persistence and Change 2. Queuing and Changing Occupational Composition 3. Consequences of Desegregation: Occupational Integration and Economic Equity? Part II: Case Studies of Occupation Change 4. Culture, Commerce and Gender: The Feminization of Book Editing -- Barbara F. Reskin 5. Industrial and Occupational Change in Pharmacy: Prescription for Feminization -- Polly A. Phipps 6. Keepers of the Corporate Image: Women in Public Relations -- Katharine M. Donato 7. High Finance, Small Change: Women's Increased Representation in Bank Management -- Chloe E. Bud 8. Programming for Change? The Growing Demand for Women Systems Analysts -- Katharine M. Donato 9. Women's Gains in Insurance Sales: Increased Supply, Uncertain Demand -- Barbara J. Thomas 10. A Woman's Place is Selling Homes: Occupational Change and the Feminization of Real Estate Sales -- Barbara J. Thomas and Barbara F. Reskin 11. Occupational Resegregation among Insurance Adjusters and Examiners -- Polly A. Phipps 12. Women Behind Bars: The Feminization of Bartending -- Linda A. Detman 13. Baking and Baking Off: Deskilling and the Changing Sex Makeup of Bakers -- Thomas Steiger and Barbara F. Reskin 14. Hot-Metal to Electronic Composition: Gender, Technology, and Social Change -- Patricia A. Roos Part III: Conclusion Summary, Implications, and Prospects Appendix: Guidelines Used for Occupation Case Studies References Name Index Subject Index About the Authors
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