This article examines the relationship between gender, forms of employment and dimensions of precarious employment in Canada, using data from the Labour Force Survey and the General Social Survey. Full-time permanent wage work decreased for both women and men between 1989 and 2001, but women...

pt. 1. Glass ceilings, floors, and walls. -- Restraints on advancement -- Glass ceilings and floors: the court cases -- Prices of motherhood: stereotyping, work/life issues, and opting out -- In a different register: women in the governance model -- Bully broads, iron maidens, queen bees, and...