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I plan to add to the article Feminization (sociology). It is a very short article and I plan to develop a couple of the sections a little more to provide more information on this subject.

Sources: Occupational feminization, occupational decline? Sociology’s changing sex composition by Patricia A. Roos (Springer Link)

BLACK FEMINIZATION OF POVERTY: EVIDENCE FROM THE U.S. CROSS-REGIONAL DATA by Fidel Ezeala-Harrison (JSTOR)

The Shifting Supply of Men and Women to Occupations: Feminization in Veterinary Education by Anne E. Lincoln (JSTOR)

Interview with Ilene Philipson: author of On the Shoulders of Women: The Feminization of Psychotherapy by ILENE PHILIPSON and PETRA BUESKENS (JSTOR)

Women's Working Poverty: Feminist and Religious Alliances in the Living Wage Movement by C. Melissa Snarr (JSTOR)

The Feminization of Poverty in Rich Nations by Gertrude Schaffner Goldberg (Google Scholar)

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Draft: In sociology, feminization is the shift in gender roles and sex roles in a society, group, or organization towards a focus upon the feminine. This is the opposite of a cultural focus upon masculinity.

Scholar Ann Douglas chronicled the rise of what she describes as sentimental "feminization" of American mass culture in the 19th century, in which writers of both sexes underscored popular convictions about women's weaknesses, desires, and proper place in the world.

It can also mean the incorporation of women into a group or a profession that was once dominated by men.

Potential examples of feminization in society can include:
 * Feminization of education – Majority female teachers, a female majority of students in higher education and a curriculum which is better suited to the learning process of women.


 * Feminization of the workplace — Lower paying female-dominated occupations such as; (1) food preparation, food-serving and other food-related occupations, and (2) personal care and service..




 * Feminization of migration

Introduction of feminization
Defining the term "feminization" can be complicated due to its meaning being unstable, as it can be portrayed as either a social process or as a critique of a process. Feminization has two basic meanings. The first concerns a person who was not initially feminine, but becomes feminine, later in their life through the perceptions of both the individual and those around them. According to gender theorist Judith Butler, a person's gender is not solely an act of will or self-description, as it is also shaped by the people who describe, categorize, and treat the person according to their own perceptions of their gender. The second meaning of the term feminization describes when a person who originally had feminine qualities begins to incorporate more feminine attributes into their personality in some way, shape, or form.

The term has often been used to describe females, however, over time it shifted to where the term can be used to describe the process of someone or something becoming more feminine by adopting feminine qualities.

Feminization of poverty
Women are more likely than men to live below the poverty line, a phenomenon known as the feminization of poverty. These women don't make enough to support their families' basic needs so this also creates a "gender gap in poverty." The feminization of poverty has become a growing concern since the 1970's. The 2015 poverty rates for men and women in the U.S., were 10% and 15% respectively. Women are less likely to pursue advanced degrees and tend to have low paying jobs. It has been argued that even with the same level of education and occupational role, women earn much less than men, although other sources have disputed the idea of a wage gap in American society.

Feminization of the labor force
Feminization of the labor force in present-day associations is inescapable in that females making up half the labor force and the revelation of them as a potentially profitable asset. Post war there has been almost a movement of women flowing into the workforce in the North America and Europe economies with women making considerable advances in balancing the workforce when comparing women and men's job status and pay rates.

Feminization and the living wage movement
Feminists of the modern day living wage movement began in Baltimore, Maryland right in the very heart and depths of the struggling urban poor. Feminist began the modern day living wage movement in Baltimore, Maryland in the early 1990's. Around this same time, Baltimore churches became involved in providing the poor with needed social services. Even though national prosperity and rising stock markets seemed to be showing growth, more and more full-time workers were relying on soup kitchens, low-income housing assistance, and thrift store purchases for clothing. Their jobs did not pay enough to keep families above the poverty line. Whole communities became known as the "working poverty."