I did not say there are no socieally constructed roles. I say they're not all and always mistaken, and hence not all should be deconstructed, and not in all cases. Nuance. Tolerance. Going about it rationally, not based on theories like Bourdieu's... (I speak in general here, not criticizing you - you managed to maintain a remarkably balanced tone all through this).
Ok. Some mistaken stereotypes do exist. Do you have an example for which there is clear proof that it is not a matter of women free choice? You mentioned the bin collecting vs cleaning, I replied that it's the physical force that made the difference in role - and in pay. We must tackle clearly proven mistaken stereotypes. I don't think motherhood is one, and I do call both examples common sense, or old wisdom. Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last! (Martin Luther King)
To conclude, the earnings of married men and married women are determined in distinctive ways, with married men obtaining a net advantage in terms of the coefficients on the independent variables, even ignoring the intercept term. This means that not only is there a large, unexplained, discriminatory element in the wage differential for married men and women but that the relevant variables affect earnings in different ways for each group. The difference in the intercept term could represent discrimination, an unmeasured link between marital status and productivity, or differences in preferences or opportunity costs between sexes.
(from a statistical study published by Oxford and graciously linked in by linca) Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last! (Martin Luther King)
btw to me this ValentinD:
This means that not only is there a large, unexplained, discriminatory element in the wage differential
