1. Career Counseling: A Holistic Approach
Chapter 10: Gender Issues and Dual Careers
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2. Factors that Influence Gender Development
People modify their behavior and adapt to change over their lifetimes
The socio-cultural context of one’s environment determines to a large extent the character and uniqueness of each individual’s gender development
Behavior is influenced by multidimesional forces that include biological, psychological, and social/cultural
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3. The Workplace and the Special Needs of Women and Men
Equalization of job opportunities continues to be the goal of contemporary society but women still face significant workplace barriers associated with bias and status level
Gender stereotyping is important
Fear of femininity and restrictive emotionality associated with men
Sexual harassment in the workplace
Problems associated with achievement, competition and self-destructive behavior
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4. Achievement, Competition and Self Destructive Behavior
The need to achieve and succeed
Deal appropriately with competition
Be able to relax while participating in leisure activities
Men have been the main focus of research
More recently women have been studied as well
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5. The Workplace and Family Needs
Women and men share work roles in dual career marriages
Men have also changed by assuming a larger share of the homemaker role
In greater numbers women are assuming the dual role of homemaker and worker
The term dual career is reserved for families in which both spouses hold professional, managerial or technical jobs
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6. Issues Facing Dual-Career Families
Expectations and Intentions of Work and Family
Role Conflict
Child Care
Relationship Factors
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Division of Labor
The division of labor is attributed to the industrial revolution
In WWII women took over jobs that traditionally were reserved for men
After the war they were sent home to continue as primary caregivers
Women still face gender stereotyping
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