1. Work and gender
What work is
Sex and gender
Gendered work
Summary
2. Gendered work in time and place
The sexual division of labor in preindustrial Europe
The industrial revolution
The sexual division of paid and unpaid work
The sexual division of labor around the world
Summary
3. An overview of sex inequality at work
Sex inequality in the contemporary American workplace
Explanations for sex inequality in the workplace
Summary
4. Sex segregation in the workplace
Consequences of sex segregation
A history of sex segregation in the United States
Cross-national differences in sex segregation
Trends in sex segregation
Explanations and remedies for sex segregation
Summary
5. Moving up and taking charge
Women, men, and promotions
Women, men, and authority
Explanations and remedies for the promotion and authority gaps
Summary
6. Sex differences in earnings
The cost of being female
Explaining the pay gap
Employers' discriminatory actions
Summary
7. Paid work and family work
The decline of the stay-at-home wife and mother
Work-family conflict
The sexual division of labor and work-family conflict
Responses to work-family conflicts
Summary.