150 CLEARING THE HURDLES: WOMEN BUILDING HIGH-GROWTH BUSINESSES
Women Are Better at Low-Tech Service Ventures
An outcome of the socialization of career paths is occupational segre-
gation. How does this work? This means that women face limited
opportunities in certain careers and management positions. If we recall
recent regulatory history, legal and policy changes such as Affirmative
Action (1965) made it easier for women to enter different work in
industries, but occupational segregation still exists in many sectors of
the United States. In 1995 in the United States, more than 95% of sec-
retaries were female. This trend is also apparent worldwide. In 1992,
women in Europe held more than two thirds of the jobs in health,
teaching, and domestic service, ...