Based on an article entitled "Plain Marxists, Sophisticated Marxists, and C. Wright Mills' The Power Elite" written by Clyde Barrow and published in Science and Society, the power elite are individuals leading or holding key positions in Fortune 500 corporations, along with individuals leading military and political institutions. The power elite tend to be born into a life of privilege, and often consider themselves to be superior to the overwhelming number of people who are not part of the power elite (Barrow 400-430).
According to an article entitled "Breaking out the Pink Collar Ghetto: Nontraditional jobs for Women" written by Elizabeth Coleman and published in USA Today Magazine, a pink-collar worker is employed in a job that is stereotypically considered to be "women's work." Two of the main characteristics of pink collar job are that they are dominated by women and are low pay. Historically, women earn less than men even when performing comparable work. Women earn even less in jobs that are considered pink collar work. Pink collar work includes clerical jobs along with retail sales, teaching, childcare and nursing. Many pink collar jobs are in the service industry. This would include waitresses, nannies, maids, housekeepers, and babysitters. Inequality as it relates to pink collar occupations relates primarily to the concept that positions dominated by women earning significantly less than male dominated positions of comparable worth to an employer. This article suggests that women able to break into occupations not dominated women and not considered pink collar tend to significantly more and sometimes dramatically more than women in pink collar jobs (Coleman 70-71).
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