User:RBondy/Gender Role/Myspecialusername Peer Review

General info

 * Whose work are you reviewing?

RBondy


 * Link to draft you're reviewing
 * User:RBondy/Gender Role
 * Link to the current version of the article (if it exists)
 * Gender role
 * Gender role

Evaluate the drafted changes
'''Great job, Rachel! Your draft is really strong. There was not much to critique or add but I have written a few suggestions that might help. The following is my peer review for your article. Let me know if you have any questions!'''

Good job on the changes you made in this sentence: "A gender role is a social role encompassing a range of behaviors and attitudes that are generally considered acceptable, appropriate, or desirable for a person based on that person's gender. Gender roles are usually centered on conceptions of masculinity and femininity, although there are exceptions and variations."

Traditional gender roles assume women will serve as the primary caregivers for children and the elderly, regardless of whether they also work outside of the home (I think you could add a citation here to strengthen this sentence). Sociology scholar Arlie Hochschild delves into this phenomenon in her book, The Second Shift (citation?). This "second shift" refers to the unpaid work women take on in the private sphere -- housework, cooking, cleaning, and caring for the family unit. Economically, this restricts a women's ability to advance in her career due to her added (unpaid) responsibilities at home. The OECD found "Around the world, women spend two to ten times more time on unpaid care work than men". In 2020 alone, women provided over $689 billion in unpaid labor to the U.S. economy. Lee and Fang found, "Compared with Whites, Blacks, Hispanics, and Asian Americans took more extensive caregiving responsibilities".

Across all demographics, women are more likely to live in poverty compared to men. This is largely due to the gender wage gap between men and women -- the Institute for Women's Policy Research found, "Equal pay for working women would increase their annual average earnings from $41,402 to $48,326, adding $541 billion in wage and salary income to the U.S. economy". The gender wage gap is largely racial -- in the U.S., American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) women, Black women, and Latina women disproportionally experience poverty and larger wage gaps compared with White and Asian women. Women are also more likely to live in poverty if they are single mothers and solely responsible for providing for their children (I think you could add a citation here as well). Poverty among single working mothers would fall 40% or more if women earned equal wages to men.

'''The added content is well-written, clear, and concise. It is organized and easy to read. It is also relevant to the class, addresses an equity gap, and the references are current with perspectives from multiple, diverse secondary sources. I especially liked that there are different disciples, like sociology and economics, included in this content. Not that you need to add anything more to the content, but If you wanted to, I think current policies or feminist theories, like social reproduction theory, could strengthen the article. The sources included were also by historically marginalized voices. The content has a neutral tone without any biased claims or positions. Overall, the content adds to the quality of the article on "Gender Roles" because it is intersectional, up-to-date, and provides an overview of the current understandings surrounding social and economic consequences of gender roles in a balanced and impartial way.'''

Side note- this reference does not work: Shaw, Elyse; Mariano, Halie (May 2021). "Narrow the Gender Pay Gap, Reduce Poverty for Families: The Economic Impact of Equal Pay by State"