symbolic violence in music

sexual division of labor

46% of women have ever been asked in a job interview about their family plans; while this happened to 25% of men and 25% of people who do not identify as male or female. Although in recent decades there has been progress in the insertion of women in the labor market, the sexual division of labor continues to mark the reality of many women who end up relegating their professional projects to dedicate themselves to parenting and unpaid care tasks .

Currently, the labor participation gap exceeds 20pp: it is 49% for women and 71% for men (Ministry of Economy 2020). The flip side of this lower participation in the labor market is the unequal distribution of domestic tasks. According to ECLAC (2020), women spend 23% of their time on this type of task, while men only 9%.

At the same time, those who decide or are able to continue with their careers have difficulties reconciling their jobs with care tasks: 37% of the people surveyed have heard that women with children are often missing.

Sexism in the workplace

Other data from the survey has to do with sexism in the workplace, which implies assigning certain characteristics to the idea of ​​being a man and being a woman. Many of those assigned to women seem to be positive, but they end up conditioning their professional development anyway.

The survey shows that 4 out of 10 women have ever heard that “women cannot lead certain work groups because they are more sentimental”. 43% of women, compared to 25% of men, heard that women are more detailed. 36% of them and 17% of them heard that women are more empathetic. These biases end up pigeonholing women into certain roles, and limiting their possibilities of growth in leadership positions in organizations. It is what is known as glass ceilings.

Although symbolic violence, unlike physical violence, is “invisible”, not for that reason it does not stop having implications in the lives of women and people of other gender identities. It does, and it means fewer career development opportunities. From Grow, gender and work, our commitment is to make this reality visible, and accompany organizations in the generation of spaces free of violence, with equal opportunities for all people.