Trouble with working women. Why can't a woman earn as much as a man? / produced and directed by Fiona Lloyd-Davies ; BBC Productions.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Rowlatt, Justin, on-screen presenter.

Raworth, Sophia, 1968- on-screen presenter.

Lloyd-Davies, Fiona, director, producer.

British Broadcasting Corporation, production company.

BBC Worldwide Ltd., film distributor.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Employment--Great Britain.

Equal pay for equal work--Great Britain.

Sex discrimination in employment--Great Britain.

Sex discrimination against women--Great Britain.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (60 minutes)

Place of Publication:

London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2009.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Exploring the complex issue of what people really think about women in the workplace. With the UK's top jobs still predominantly held by men, what - if anything - is holding women back? In the second of two provocative programmes, we look at pay, asking why there is still a pay gap several decades after the Equal Pay Act. Presenters Sophie Raworth and Justin Rowlatt want to find out why the average pay gap is 17 per cent. And it is not just professional curiosity; as parents of girls, the pair really want to know. On their journey Sophie and Justin meet professionals, mums and academics, and do some of their own tests, asking whether it is just sexism at play or if there are more complex reasons. Could it be that women are actually choosing to earn less? And they find some shocking facts: in the US thin women earn more than fat women; girls who go to single-sex schools go on to earn more; and hundreds of thousands of women in the UK are illegally being paid less than their male counterparts.

Participant:

Presenters: Sophie Raworth, Justin Rowlatt.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed June 04, 2019).

OCLC:

1104035340