How is gender stratification related to economy?
In general, gender stratification is directly related to the degree to which females contribute to the economy. In foraging and horticultural societies where women contribute substantially to the economy, gender stratification is reduced. As women’s contributions to the economy decrease, gender stratification increases. In most agricultural societies, women do not play a primary role as cultivators. Agricultural subsistence activities tend to be male-dominated, as women’s work is concentrated in the home. As a result, gender stratification is more pronounced in agricultural societies than in foraging or horticultural ones. Initially, industrialization provided women with the opportunity to contribute directly to a family’s income. When the first factories opened, most of the employees were young women, since most of the male labor force was occupied with agriculture. However, the European immigration wave after 1900 produced a large male labor force willing to work in factories for wag
