Comparing Two Articles On Women's New Dominance Of Women

Throughout history, women have been regarded as of lesser value than men particularly in the public sphere. This is the result of gender stratification. Gender stratification refers to the issue of sexism, “or the belief that one sex is superior to the other” (Carl et al., 2012, p. 78). The theory that men are superior to women is essential to sexism. Sexism has always had negative consequences for women. It has caused some women to avoid pursuing successful careers typically described as “masculine”—perhaps to avoid the social impression that they are less desirable as spouses or mothers, or even less “feminine.”

In “The End of Men?,” an article featured in The Atlantic in summer 2010, author Hanna Rosin illustrates the drastic, ascending shifts perceived in modern society. Rosin poises the theory of how men were traditionally seen as the superior gender. The author believes there is a contractionary shift in gender roles and that the new era is “[B]etter suited to women” (Rosin 304). Recent studies show that women are becoming prominent in the workforce, education, and family. Accordingly, she explains how women are miraculously able to balance work while nurturing their children. Rosin believes that this occurs because men are not biologically made to tend children. Additionally, Rosin analyses how men lost “8 million jobs” during the Great Recession (Rosin 306). During that time, women were becoming what made a majority of the workforce. There were increases in women’s presence in what used to be male-dominated fields: school, politics, and business. Rosin questions this drastic shift concerning women and men’s roles in society, stating how they are now equally competing for jobs. Moreover, the way women behave now show their commendable abilities in the workforce and how society is changing as they establish their dominance and authority everyday. Once, women were frowned upon, but nowadays, more people favor having girls than boys. Today’s era is commending women with their admirable work ethic and self-worth. Throughout most of history, men dominated the

Stephanie Coontz started off her article about the 50th anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan’s international best seller, “The Feminine Mystique”, which was written about the women’s movement of the 1960s. What Coontz is trying to explain is that gender equality is not stalled, but “It has hit a wall”. Her title is the opposite of what she is trying to write about in the article. At first she talked about women’s rights back when the book was written. Instead of blaming the beliefs of gender roles from individuals, she points the finger at the economy and the work-family policies as the major problems to gender equality. She explains the gender equality stalled during 1990s and the first few years of the 2000s. She brought into text the usual statics, “the percentage of Americans preferring the male breadwinner/female homemaker family model actually rose to 40 percent from 34 percent. Between 1997 and 2007, the number of full-time working mothers who said they would prefer to work part time increased to 60 percent from 48 percent. In 1997, a quarter of stay-at-home mothers said full-time work would be ideal. By 2007, only 16 percent of stay-at-home mothers wanted to work full time.”(Coontz) She also talked about how 70 percent of men and women want an egalitarian relationship and how the demand of work has intensified.

An example of this would be a woman is not allowed to obtain a position in a company due to the company rules stating that this position is to be filled by a man, regardless if the woman is such as qualified or not. “Sexism also denies men the potential for full human development because gender segregation denies employment opportunities to men who wish to enter such fields as nursing, grade-school teaching, or secretarial work” (Eitzen, Zinn & Smith, 2014, p. 238). You can find sexism in both genders, however, it is primarily affecting women in the work

Throughout history there has always been an enormous obstacle for women to overcome in the workplace. Occupational Segregation has continuously acted as a force that impedes on the daily lives of female workers across the world. It not only eliminates several chances for women to capitalize on opportunistic events, but has also denied them of the basic civil rights they are entitled to. Jobs ranging from the military, sports, and even the corporate world have long been dominated by an aura of masculine characteristics. Why is our society structured in such an uncivilized way? Some women may not possess the "supposed" masculine attributes that are sought for in numerous industries, but in all honestly just as many men fail to meet those

In the article “The End of Men,” Hanna Rosin offers several examples of women overpowering men. The inequality between men and women has become a critical issue in today’s society. According to Rosin, women are slowly surging ahead in the workforce and family life while men are left behind struggling to meet expectations. Rosin argues that this role reversal is taking place because women are simply better suited for postindustrial society.

"The 1970s and 1980s brought an impressive reduction in job segregation by gender, especially in middle-class occupations" (Coontz 407). In Stephanie Coontz essay, "The Myth of Male Decline", states how gender inequality has decreased with women throughout the decades but men are still over dominating the work industries. Womens' level of education has grown and has opened up more doors to different career paths, but men still manage to earn more. Although Coontz's thesis is not clear, she maintains a neutral tone, logos, and ethos throughout her article, which makes her claim effective.

In the article, “The End of Men,” Hanna Rosin states that women are on the verge of taking over the workforce for many reasons. Rosin starts off by discussing new research that says if parents could choose their kid’s gender, more would choose to have girls rather than boys. This theme of girls being more wanted and dominant goes on throughout this entire essay. She further explains this by saying that women are more prominent because the physical strength that men have over women is becoming less and less needed in the workforce. Rosin goes on to hit one of the biggest arguments she has made so far. She reveals statistics that show women are doing much better in school and attending college a lot more than men. She takes this as yet another sign that women will be taking over the jobs that were once held by men, and men will be left with lower paying jobs. She gives examples of women taking over many fields of work. Rosin discusses how women are not dominant in executive positions, such as CEOs, but that even though they are not dominant, they do the job better than men. Rosin goes on to explain the changes this has made to families. Often bread winners of the family are women and that women will soon switch social places with men in many aspects, but mainly because of the success they have seen in the past decades.

Women in the United States have acquired constitutional rights over the time; however, discrimination still exists. Sexism occurs frequently in the workplace. In fact, sexism is one of the main barriers that women face. For example, women in the same job as men usually earn less, even though both have the same education and skills that are require for completing the job. Indeed, paying women less than men for the same job is a blatant discrimination that could be solve by providing equality among genders. Sexism is a term that describes the inequality among genders. According to Guynn (2013) the issue of sexism occurs in many companies. Men usually think that women are not capable of completing certain task because they might not to be strong

This is quite a simple concept of giving equal opportunities to all qualified applicants despite gender, race, religion etc. but it is the way its said that makes it powerful. A person should be hired on the basis of ability and production rather than gender or race. I was not aware that women had used the Civil Rights Act to gain some equality and opportunities, such as hiring processes (men and women treated equally), and also women’s ability to move up and be promoted. We also saw the categorical requirements, such as height and weight, removed. Once women were inside the workplace they faced a new set of problems, sexual harassment, poor treatment and no accommodations for pregnancy. Women being encouraged or even forced to wear provocative clothing, being sexually harassed and being on the end of lewd jokes was another obstacle women had to overcome. I believe this is where popular culture comes into play more than anything. If all ideas about women in the workplace stem from a time period where they were discriminated against and looked at to be lesser than men, then once they arrive in the workplace they will most likely not be treated fairly. It must have been tough for the pioneers of women in the workforce having to deal with all these obstacles. Pre-existing thoughts, viewpoints, ideas and assumptions based on popular culture made it that much more difficult for women to break down the barrier in the workplace.

For instance, a quote from To Kill a Mockingbird is an ideal example of this, “Was not so sure, but Jem told me I was being a girl, that girls always imagined things, that's why other people hated them so, and if I started behaving like one I could just go off and find some to play with...”(Lee 127). This proves that girls are looked at to be one certain way. And if they do not follow those “guide lines” they are made fun of or discriminated against. In Addition, another exceptional quote is “The majority of gender discrimination cases are founded on three issues...Hiring: Many organizations have very subjective HR processes. Your selection process, your performance management process, your succession planning process and your compensation strategy are all subject to bias and favoritism...Pay Inequity: Many organizations fail to demonstrate transparency of their numbers because they know (or don't want to know), what the facts are...Culture: What you will hear most of the time are not stories of overt sexism. What you will hear are stories of small, micro-bias that’s present in every workplace situation for women…”(Halter 1) From this quote we can understand not only the inequality in women being hired for positions, but once you have got the job their is even more inequality. Not only do these women experience it on their first day, but every single day after that. After a while, they get tired of being discriminated against as the article states “For most women it's death by a thousand cuts.” They leave because it’s hard to be put down everyday. Even though these women are trying to work genuinely hard to try and prove themselves. Yet they still get put down. Further stated in the article, “Recently, I did work for a group of women in a major R&D company. These 60 women (all with PhDs in biology and chemistry) were on a daily basis talked down to,

Women are the longest impinged victim of gender discrimination. It comes from decades and decades of tradition, with a preconceived idea on how things "should" be done. In the 1700's, the basis of a woman's education in colonial America was to become skilled at household duties, in order to find a suitable husband (National Women's History Museum, 2007). If they were taught anything really worth knowing, they had to come from a wealthy family. Women were said to only be good for taking care of children and cooking and cleaning. Females weren't even allowed certain jobs, like doctors, because they were women. Regardless of whether certain employers admit or not, some women

Currently, according to statistics from the Department of Labor of the United States; of the “123 million women age 16 years and over, 58.6 percent or 72 million were labor force participants and in the long run, women are projected to account for 51 percent of the increase in total labor force growth between 2008 and 2018” (U.S. Department of Labor). These numbers will clearly demonstrate to any skeptic that women are leaving behind their old dependence on men and becoming more autonomous and self-determined to succeed; it sounds great, doesn’t it? On the other hand; however, men are losing as women are gaining. The Department of Labor has reported that men have lost about 4.75 million jobs during the current economic recession that started in 2007, while women have only lost 1.66 million. Additionally, “the only parts of the economy still growing—health care, education and government—have traditionally hired mostly women”( Cauchon). Now, as a result, of the statistics that show that females are overcoming males in the workplace; the gender segregation has created some kind of imaginary “glass ceiling” that impedes both sexes from advancing professionally and economically.

"Many individuals believe that men and women are fundamentally different by virtue of their different reproductive functions, and that a women's reproductive role has ramifications beyond bearing of a child. These individuals claim that there are immutable differences between the sexes which are manifested in their emotional, physical, and intellectual traits." (19, Samuels) This is a sad but unfortunate truth about the attitudes of the American work force. Every day, women face inequality and discrimination in their jobs. Men overwhelmingly dominate both blue-collar and white-collar jobs in the United States. As more women have begun assimilating into mainstream jobs, men have become emasculated and threatened; thus creating excuses and

‘Gender discrimination’ is prejudice or discrimination based on sex; especially: discrimination against women (Merriam-Webster, 2014). Women are essential to the survival of the human race, yet they have faced centuries of discrimination and they have generally been viewed as the “weaker sex”. Only in 1964 did America rule discrimination in employment based on gender illegal. Even in the 21st century, women are still being treated differently whether it is in the workplace or at home, and this is unacceptable. Even though women make up half of the world’s population, incredibly, they represent 70% of the world’s poor. . Women make up 70% of the working hours worldwide; however, they only earn 10% of the world’s income. Despite society changing in the past 50 years to be more accepting of women’s rights, many cultures still hold men in higher regard than women. In industries such as the media or music industries, women are often objectified and exploited. In order for society to progress further, drastic changes are still needed. Even though the majority of instances of gender inequality affect women, males also face discrimination in certain situations.