From "Hierarchies, Jobs, Bodies: A Theory of Gendered Organizations" by Joan Acker
Acker discusses the "gendering" of women's work in organizations. This gendering is associated with patriarchal-based forms of inequality and oppression in the kind of work women do and its attendant rewards. The author views this gendering as, historically, a product of the gender-neutral rendering of stratification-based organizational dynamics.
-Which of the following is an example of the gendering of occupations in the workplace?
A) The devaluation of work that women do
B) The valuation of men's body type
C) A and B
D) Neither A or B.

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The devaluation of work that women do is an example of the gendering of occupations in the workplace as it is associated with patriarchal-based forms of inequality and oppression in the kind of work women do and its attendant rewards. This devaluation is a product of the gender-neutral rendering of stratification-based organizational dynamics. B, the valuation of men's body type, is not directly related to the gendering of occupations in the workplace, although it is a product of patriarchal-based forms of inequality and oppression.

From "Hierarchies, Jobs, Bodies: a Theory of Gendered Organizations" by Joan