Women and Work.

A study of women in Canada shows that in 1994:

1. 45 per cent of full-time workers were women.

2. 52 per cent of university students were women.

3. 63 per cent of women with children under 16 years old were employed.

4. Women workers earned 72 cents for every dollar men earned. 

Background Information

Talk about women's traditional jobs and men's. Then talk about how women are changing those roles. What kinds of jobs are women in now that they wouldn't have been working at 30 years ago? Why do you think women don't earn as much money as men?

Questions

1. What percentage of workers are women?

2. Why do you think percentages of working women with young children and women attending university are so high?

3. Why do you think women only earn 72 cents for every dollar earned by men?

4. What does the word feminist mean to you?

5. What do you think the percentage of working women was 40 years ago?