Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a class of jobs, such as typist or telephone operator, once traditionally filled by women.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to employees in predominately female
service industries .
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- adjective of or relating to a class of jobs once traditionally filled by women
Etymologies
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Examples
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A larger question is whether we should have policies that promote women moving into higher-paying careers (and whether those careers would remain higher-paying if women moved into them, as opposed to becoming pink-collar ghettos).
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Yes, in my classes on the sociology of gender we spend time talking about pink-collar jobs, discrimination against working mothers and the media's sexualization of young girls.
Christine Whelan: Stirring Up The Feminine Mystique For A New Generation Christine Whelan 2011
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Female office personnel are "pink-collar workers."
Donna Henes: Blessings of the Pink Moon Donna Henes 2011
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Yes, in my classes on the sociology of gender we spend time talking about pink-collar jobs, discrimination against working mothers and the media's sexualization of young girls.
Christine Whelan: Stirring Up The Feminine Mystique For A New Generation Christine Whelan 2011
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Yes, in my classes on the sociology of gender we spend time talking about pink-collar jobs, discrimination against working mothers and the media's sexualization of young girls.
Christine Whelan: Stirring Up The Feminine Mystique For A New Generation Christine Whelan 2011
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Female office personnel are "pink-collar workers."
Donna Henes: Blessings of the Pink Moon Donna Henes 2011
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Nurses, teachers and women in other pink-collar fields are safe.
Having It All, Including Doubt Melanie Kirkpatrick 2011
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Yes, in my classes on the sociology of gender we spend time talking about pink-collar jobs, discrimination against working mothers and the media's sexualization of young girls.
Christine Whelan: Stirring Up The Feminine Mystique For A New Generation Christine Whelan 2011
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In fact, the pink-collar wage gap is less than 5 percent for all of these sectors, except one: dining room and cafeteria attendants/bartender helpers.
Cristen Conger: A Bartender's Guide to the Gender Wage Gap 2010
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While the unemployment rate among college grads (most of whom are professionals or managers) is around 5 percent, the average unemployment rate for people with only a high school degree or less (blue-collar, pink-collar, clerical) is almost 20 percent.
Robert Reich: Sarah Palin's Presidential Strategy, and the Economy She Depends On Robert Reich 2010
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