Cover -- SEX SEGREGATION AND INEQUALITY IN THE MODERN LABOUR MARKET -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- A note on 'gender' -- Occupational sex segregation -- The British context -- Methodological pointers -- Structure of the book -- ONE - Explanations of occupational sex segregation -- Psychological and psycho-physiological theories: 'binary-based' accounts -- Theories of patriarchy -- Human capital-based theories -- Conclusion -- TWO - VOSS in the BBC -- BBC pay grades -- Measurement of VOSS -- 'Female jobs', 'mixed jobs' and 'male jobs' -- Preliminary observations -- THREE - What people say in the BBC -- Some methodological pointers -- The BBC as an employer -- Causes of VOSS -- Possible solutions to VOSS -- Implications -- Comments -- FOUR - The 'herding effect' -- Status quo -- Equal Treatment Principle -- Wider policies -- Soft law: an emerging approach -- Policy implications of causal theories of VOSS -- FIVE - The seduction of outcomes: concluding remarks -- References -- Appendix 1: Examples ofimportant reforms to British lawrelevant to sex equality1 -- Appendix 2: BBC occupational groups by female concentration,sex and pay grade -- Appendix 3: BBC pay grades -- Index.