Sociology / Unit 6 Soc 0851 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Feminization of Poverty
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The idea
The feminization of poverty is the pattern in which women are disproportionately represented among the poor, driven by care obligations, occupational segregation, and lone-parent household structure.
In practice
Households headed by a lone mother face poverty at markedly higher rates than other households.
Where people slip
The pattern is structural, and it is not explained by differences in individual effort.
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