Blog #14: Engendering Prisons and History of Women Guards

In discussing the theory of gendered organization, Britton focuses this theory on the gap between men and women within the workforce, more specifically regarding the pay scale.   Britton wanted to understand why there was a gap in the workplace if men and women are required to have the same amount of training and understanding of their work as men.  Is is said that the structure and the culture of this theory has a lot to do with it's ongoing progression throughout history.  Women have never been given the full opportunity to make as much money or be as successful as a man.  It's thought that the men are always going to be the "breadwinner" and it is assumed in the workplace that if a women is working, they are going home to man that is making more money than here.  The employers have not felt an obligation to give women the same money as men, because they aren't ever seen as the "head of the household".  This theory has started back in the times where it was normal culture for a woman to say home and cook and clean and take care of the children, and although culture has changed, most attitudes have not graduated from this ridiculous way of thinking.  

The public and private spheres become gendered because of the consistent stereotypes that are carried from one generation to another.  There hasn't been a swift change in the way our people believe in home life, therefor there has not been a swift change in the way women are treated in the professional world.  Women in labor history have only fairly recently been in the workplace and they are slowly becoming equal with men, however there are still many fields that are male dominated, and until there becomes a problem, labor laws will not be changed to help the advancement of women's participation in these fields.