Can Government Action Improve The Lives Of Women?

In the United States in 2013 Women who work full time only get 78% of what a man earned for the same amount of work. Women can be just as much as work as a man does and still get paid less just because she's a female. Males are seen as the best workers automatically even if a women is a better worker. In job interviews,women are often seen weaker and asked a lot if they are married or have children. As if she was married she would be a better employee because she would have more "discipline" at home because she would have a "owner." Which is incredibly degrading and disrespectful to have that questions be asked. And if she had children or was pregnant she would be seen weaker because she would have hormones and would be more sensitive. Which a women shouldn't be judged on whether she should get the job based on her family situations. This lowers a women's productivity in her job if she is constantly getting harassed and they aren't getting in any sort of

Men were the only people for many years to have jobs to maintain the family. I believe because women were so late in gaining equal rights they, till this day they are underpaid. It is unfair that both sexes can have the same qualifications and job and yet women still fall short in salary pay. Even when it comes to promotions bosses tend to choose men because it gives their company a better imagine, a more “manly” image. A man in front of a company is said to show more strength and business knowledge rather than a women. People tend to be somewhat skeptical of what a women is capable of handling in their jobs as well as in a everyday life situation. Women aren’t as involved in meetings are given any challenging tasks because women are seen as incapable to handle it. During the hiring process there tends an abundance of discrimination. Women are typically chosen for women-based jobs like cleaning or nursing. Men are typically chosen for manly jobs like business and construction. Women able to to the same jobs so it’s not like they don’t try, they just aren’t very likely in getting the job. When it comes to the hiring process sexism tends to be programmed into people 's brains.

Men get paid more than females do. Men get promotions more than females do. In the work place women get sexual harassed by their employee. Women who had less education also received less pay. Females have a harder time on trying a CEO position and are challenged when they do earn the position by the male workers. If a male who has graduated college work he will make over 91,000 dollars but if a women who has graduated college works in the same position she would make around 60,000 dollars. So, we don't get paid the same amount even if we do work just as hard as the men

Let us look at the case of the Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk who is refusing to issue marriage license to same sex couples because of her religious beliefs. Although, she has the right to believe that the marriages go against her religion, she does not have the right to deny anyone the right to marriage (as per the law). Therefore, she should either

Women have experienced discrimination since the beginning of time and in some countries women still do not have certain rights. In America, companies still tend to discriminate against women. The discrimination can be shown in different forms such as unequal opportunities to be hired, unequal pay, making it harder for women to get a promotion, women getting scrutinized more harshly than men, and even basing all these other aspects on the fact that women can get pregnant or already have children. Women also may face the “glass ceiling” in the workplace. These continuous discriminations are a leading factor as to why women do not reach for their full potential or believe they cannot speak up.

Women have been victim of gender discrimination for centuries, and this fact remains increasingly pertinent still today. In U.S. history we have seen that much of the heavy lifting or more important jobs have always been taken by men, and front desk jobs like receptionists and secretaries have been considered primarily jobs fit for a female. This has stemmed from a long history of being in a culture where the men are the bread winners. The man of the house has always been considered the one who has the responsibility of bringing home the money and supporting the family and the woman raises the kids and does household duties. Although, this was less true for women who were widowed or separated or whose husbands had a job that brought in inadequate

Sadly, women today are still treated as inferior to men, especially in the workforce. Women are being paid less than men for the same quality of work and it is simply unacceptable. It is 2016, not the 1950’s,

The battle to legalize same-sex civil unions is not trying to change the beliefs of the churches. These unions are to be recognized by the state. Priests are not forced to perform these ceremonies, nor do they have to be held in a church. It would be unfair for the government to decide what people should and should not believe, this would impair our right to freedom of religion. But, this does not give the government the right to discriminate against gay and lesbian couples in the eyes of the law, because the government and religious beliefs are separate. If same-sex civil unions should be recognized legally is not a religious question. This is a debate over whether or not people of different sexual orientation are to be viewed equally in the eyes of the

For many years in the United States, women have been faced with equality issues. Men were regarded as superior, which made women feel inferior and insignificant. One place this has occurred is the workplace. This type of inequality dates backs centuries and comes from the common belief that since men were the breadwinners, women should take care of the home and children. As a result, men were believed to be more efficient in their careers. This is also known as systemic discrimination (Kennedy et al., 2008). When women were given the right to vote, they began to progress and take their place in the workforce. As they increased in numbers, there became a need to for fair

Even before the initial shift of women out of their households and into the work place tensions have always existed. Men were always considered smarter, faster and more competent at home and in their jobs and the shift for woman into the outside workforce was not a want but necessary during war times. As the times changed and women gained more education and confidence in their abilities, they were able to position themselves in more important roles or jobs physically, but that did not mean that the stigma had changed. Women were and still are often mistreated or harassed on the job and made to feel inferior to their male coworkers or supervisors. Women made exponential progress in the 1970’s and 1980’s moving into male dominated careers but that plateaued in the 1990’s and while there are more educated women than there are of men the wage gap is still significant.

It is illegal for employers to discriminate against employees based on their gender. Men are seen as superior. Full-time working women are being paid 77% of what men are receiving. Gender inequality is unfair for hardworking women in the United States.

A woman and a man start the same job, on the same day, with the same qualifications. They will start with the same salaries and benefits, right? Probably not. According to a study by The American Association of University Women, a man and woman can share the same college, major, and career, but the woman will make less than the man. On average women tend to earn roughly 77 cents for every dollar earned by a man (Institute For Women 's Policy Research). In a report published by Catalyst (a non-profit market researcher), it was revealed that women make up 51% of the U.S. population and 47% of the workforce, yet only 4% are CEOs and 17% are board members. As a society, we like to pretend that the virtues of feminism have been met, and that we’re living in an equal world, but the truth of the matter is that the “Glass Ceiling” is very real, and so is the wage gap.

From the beginning of time the male and female have been expected to perform certain roles in society. Males have been expected to work and provide for their family while the female raises the children, cooks, cleans and keeps the house in order. Today many women have broken that tradition and are starting their careers and becoming more independent. Even though females today are braking away from that stereotype, they are being discriminated in the work place because there are still individuals out there that believe that women should play a certain role and that they are not strong enough to work in a cooperation or

The generation now has made it easier to equalize men and women but there is still a substantial amount of places where gender inequality is still happening in the workplace and where females still face discrimination. Women are often discriminated in the workplace and are usually not promoted as quickly as men are and they also receive less pay. History shows that women have not always been defined as property and thought of as second class citizens. But in the 21st century many have seen a drastic change in the so called “traditional” family ways where women are suppose to stay home and take care of the household chores, food, and children and men are suppose to work to support their family and provide financial stability. Many assume that in the workplace women are more vulnerable and less competent than men because women 's instincts are to put their family before work or anything else. Whereas men are the ones who will usually stay the late hours to work. People on both sides of the political spectrum and everywhere in between seem to be fearful of what is to come and more fearful of others than they are often willing to admit.

“The wage gap has narrowed by more than one-third since 1960”(Hegewisch, 2010) and “the share of companies with female CEOs increased more than six-fold” (Warner, 2014) since 1997. As well as the truth that men and women’s earnings differ for many other reasons besides the presence of sexism. “Discrimination in labor market, in education/retiring programs, unequal societal norms at home and the constrained decisions men and women make about work and home issues” (Hegewisch, 2010) are also factors that can contribute to the unequal treatment of man and women in the workplace. Yet even with most of these variables removed women are still being paid less than men, sexually harassed in the workplace and hold very little managerial positions.