Work

“This geographical network-based analysis illuminates the ways in which sex-based occupational patterns are created and perpetuated (Domosh and Seager ,61).” Formal work like blue collar or white collar work is necessary to keep the economy moving, but informal or unpaid work are also necessary. Women doing domestic work is often perceived as non-work and doesn't help the economy. However, when the same work is done for someone else, it becomes paid work. Moreover, the gender pay gap is discriminating against women. Women are paid less on average than men, even if equal work is done. There are pushes to correct this, but is confronted with strong opposition in the United States.

Source: UNDP

This map shows the ratio of women to mens salary in the world in 2006.

Geographically, the women that work for wages are in countries such as U.S, Canada, South America, Australia, Russia, the Middle parts of Africa, and China. Countries with less than 40% of women working for wages are Algeria, Libya, Sudan, Egypt, India, etc. Those are countries that women's actions are often severely restricted in the middle east. (Source: Penguin Atlas of Women in the World). Mobility also restricts how far a person can go for a job; people with cars can find jobs that take two hour drives, but those reliant on public transportation can only find jobs within a certain radius.