TY - JOUR
AU - Major, Brenda
AB - This article addresses the role of comparison processes in the persistence of the gender wage gap, its toleration by those most disadvantaged by it, and resistance to comparable worth as a corrective strategy. It proposes that the gender segregation of jobs and the underpayment of women and women's jobs lead women and men to use different comparison standards when evaluating what they are entitled to receive in terms of pay for work. I argue that gender differences in entitlement contribute to toleration of injustice among underpaid female workers, foster cultural beliefs regarding what is appropriate pay for male and female workers, and serve as sources of potential bias in job evaluation plans. In addition, a variety of structural, cognitive, and affective factors encourage individuals to compare within groups, to regard ingroup members as the most relevant and legitimate comparative referents, and to inhibit the outgroup comparisons that lie at the heart of the comparable worth strategy.
TI - Gender Differences in Comparisons and Entitlement: Implications for Comparable Worth
JF - Journal of Social Issues
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1989.tb02362.x
DA - 1989-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/gender-differences-in-comparisons-and-entitlement-implications-for-72Mbm700vd
SP - 99
VL - 45
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -