Date: Saturday, August 10

Time: 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM

Session 056: Gender and Work
Room: Lamartine

Sponsors: 
Labor Studies

Organizer: Tracy L. Vargas, University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Presider &

Discussant: Abigail M. Malick, University of North Carolina at Pembroke

Description: 

This regular paper session is dedicated to the debate and analysis of gender relations, the organization of gender, and the gendering of organizations within the broad context of work. To examine the relationship between gender and labor, this session will cover a range of topics that examine gendered power relations, identities, and issues of inclusion and exclusion around the world. 

Papers:

“Challenging Shea as Women’s Gold: Myth or Reality?” Idowu Alabi, Wayne State University

“The Benefits of Intergenerational Co-residence: Reconsidering the Effects of Women’s Education on Their Housework Hours in Urban China,” Shuyin Liu, University of Massachusetts Amherst

“Undoing the STEM/Non-STEM Dichotomy: Exploring Women’s STEM Experiences and Binary Definitions of STEM Involvement,” Zora Haque and Manning Zhang, Brandeis University

“‘In Our Brothel, Pimps are Not Allowed’: Market Facilitation and the Realities of Brothel-based Sex Work,” Popy Begum, Saint Louis University

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