A pink-collar worker does work that is traditionally or most likely done by women, or work that is performed in an office-environment but does not require the professional training of white-collar work.

Since the Industrial Revolution, sociologists have often broken workers into two categories: blue collar and white collar. Blue collar workers did jobs which required them to get dirty and often put them in the way of physical harm. White collar workers did jobs which were clean and safe, and thus often carried more prestige than blue collar jobs. Pink collar is a recent third term in this categorization, used to describe service jobs that are performed in a clean, safe environment, but often for relatively low pay and prestige. Jump to: navigation, search The Industrial Revolution was the major technological, socioeconomic and cultural change in the late 18th and early 19th century resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labor to one dominated by industry and machine manufacture. ... A blue-collar worker is a working class employee who performs manual or technical labor, such as in a factory or in technical maintenance trades, in contrast to a white-collar worker, who does non-manual work generally at a desk. ... White-collar workers perform tasks which are less laborious yet often more highly paid than blue-collar workers, who do manual work. ... Antonym of psychical. ... Prestige means good reputation or high esteem. ...

Several factors played into the rise of the pink collar sector. Most importantly, women in industrialized nations began to actively seek their own income rather than relying on men to support them. Often kept out of traditional blue and white collar jobs by physical requirements , many women found ways to take their domestic skills into the public sector. Income, generally defined, is the money that is received as a result of the normal business activities of an individual or a business. ... A domestic goat Domestic can refer to: An animal or plant that has been domesticated A domestic worker Something pertaining to home Domestic policy is that policy relevant within a country A lobby term for women or girls This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that... Jump to: navigation, search Public is of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to private; as, the public treasury, a road or lake. ...

Pink collar positions have spread rapidly as more and more women enter the workforce, and as more blue and white collar jobs in industrialized nations are shipped overseas. Greater wealth in industrialized nations also means that more money is spent on the services provided by pink collar positions.

Pink collar occupations include:

• Babysitter or nanny
• Florist
• Interior designer
• Librarian
• Nurse
• Secretary or Typist
• Teacher

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See also

• bourgeoisie
• middle class
• pop culture