... Nonetheless, there is a need for change in daily habits in order to change the population's way of thinking, and this will only change with time and effort. Sex segregation will be analyzed in this essay by examining the history of sex segregation, sex stereotypes, provisions and sex legislations against sex discrimination and typical difficulties women are faced with in the office. Sex segregation has its roots in the seventeenth century, where most men did agricultural work while women managed the household and manufactured most of the items the household consumed. Women also earned income by providing goods and services such as homemade products (soap, lace, etc) and caring for the sick. (Reskin and Padavic, 1994). Although growth in the eighteenth century enabled families to run small businesses, widows were the only women who were independent entrepreneurs. The western society slowly began to industrialize in the nineteenth century, causing ...

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