Gender Pay Gap
When I was younger, I was taught I can be anything I want to be in the world, as long as I put all my energy and time into it. When I got my first job, me and a male co-worker performed the same tasks every day, but when we compared paychecks his wages were higher than mines. We both worked for the company the same amount of time, but he was promoted over me even though I applied for a promotion. I always thought, well the managers truly believed he deserved the position because he was more qualified than me, but turns out it was gender bias. Oprah Winfrey quoted “Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism”, meaning that excellence does not have any bias or discrimination. So my research question is why do men get
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Weber and Durkheim’s ideas are not directly related to my social problem.
In the early 1800s women were seen as inferior towards men. Women never had a voice, and was always controlled by a male relative. Females moving from girlhood to womanhood their fathers were in charge of their everyday events and growing up they had to respect every male relative in their families. Once a woman is married her duty is to her husband that will make all the family decisions. The goal of a woman during this time period was to bear and raise the children, tend to the house chores like cooking and cleaning, and finally serving her husband. Women did not have any rights and were prohibited to receive education or engage in professions allowed to men. Only rich and wealthy families were allowed to educated their daughters but only through the knowledge of reading, writing and etiquette on becoming a proper woman. Even though women could not work high end jobs, they still did minor jobs by either working in factories or in domestic service like cleaning, becoming a nanny, cooking, and doing laundry for wealthy families. The low level jobs were only offered to women; however, they still were not recognized during this era. Beginning in the 19th century women began working in textile mills, clothing factories, workshops, coal mines, and on farms. According to
During the early 1800's women were stuck in the Cult of Domesticity. Women had been issued roles as the moral keepers for societies as well as the nonworking house-wives for families. Also, women were considered unequal to their male companions legally and socially. However, women’s efforts during the 1800’s were effective in challenging traditional intellectual, social, economical, and political attitudes about a women’s place in society.
Before 1840 women were viewed as something that needed to be taken care of. They could not own property, fathers would not mention their daughters in their wills, women could not be treasurer of their own companies, it was the husband’s responsibility. Only seven vocations were available to them outside of the home in the late 1840’s; widows would receive no share of her husband’s property or his families, and if one did not marry or remarry she had to enter one of the few employments for her or be a charity case for her relatives. When factory jobs became available to women they were quickly taken because it gave women a way to be independent and not a burden to their loved ones, but earn and spend their own money however the wished. For once
In the early nineteenth century, women were expected to be, “‘angels in the house,’ loving, self-sacrificing, and chaste wives, mothers and daughters or they are… ultimately doomed” (King et al. 23). Women of this time were supposed to be domestic creatures and not tap so far into their intellectual abilities (King et al.). The role of women in the nineteenth century is described:
In the early 1800 's women were expected to stay in the home and care for the children. They were not allowed to vote or own property. The women were also expected to care for their husband’s needs. When a woman entered into marriage she lost her rights to speak for herself and she could not work for wages outside the home. A shift in the societal environment for women started with an idea of equality which led to the beginning of the woman suffrage movement (Donnaway).
When manufacturing plants started booming, they found business. Women became valuable factory workers because of their ability to complete complex tasks in the work place. Also, having willingness to labor for an inexpensive pay rate because they were in need boosted their chances of employment. In fact, employers needed them and were happy at the fact that they weren 't too costly to hire. In the document, Morals of Manufactures (1837), it states, “Many of the girls are in the factories because they have too much pride for domestic service.”(Chapter 9 Page 223) As stated before, women were looked over as far being capable of anything else other than a house wife and or mother. Some women worked for pay, as well as to prove that they were more than what society labeled them. This allowed women to make their own money and not be forced to completely live off their husbands. Also, this gave women a freedom and sensibility to become more independent.
Women working men’s jobs were not as welcomed in society as they were in factories. People held on to the belief that women should be house wives and not have to do much in the way of work. The man should provide for the family, and the women should take care of the family. Many of the women who worked were lower class and had to help provide for their families, or were the only providers for their families. Women who worked men’s jobs were looked down upon and thought to be no better than dirt. Although women working in factories were still women, men did not show them the same respect as they did a woman working as a secretary or teacher.
Before the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, women were meant to remain in the household and do all the work there. They were supposed to take raise the children, maintain the house, support the husband, and be overall dependent on men. Women did not often work outside of their homes nor did they have any real independence to say or do whatever they pleased. For the most part, women were very dependent on men for most things in their lives. Women were meant to be meek,
In 1860, women did not have equal economic, social, or political rights because they were paid less, worked longer hours, were controlled by their husbands, and were not allowed to vote. Women faced significant limitations on their rights and freedoms. Society back then had strict gender roles, which meant that women were expected to primarily focus on raising a family. Women faced various challenges, such as being paid less than men for the same work and having to work longer hours. Additionally, women often had limited control over their own lives as they were expected to be obedient to their husbands.
In the mid to late 1700's, the women of the United States of America had practically no rights. When they were married, the men represented the family, and the woman could not do anything without consulting the men. Women were expected to be housewives, to raise their children, and thinking of a job in a factory was a dream that was never thought impossible. But, as years passed, women such as Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, and Elizabeth Blackwell began to question why they were at home all day raising the children, and why they did not have jobs like the men. This happened between the years of 1776 and 1876, when the lives and status of Northern middle-class woman was changed forever. Women began to
The latter half of the 1800s women were restricted and beliefs based on race, ethnicity, gender and national origin. For instance, Western women were entrepreneurs or worked for wages to provide for their families. Also, women played a major role in the West community such as founding schools and other public institutions. However, female immigrants worked as domestic servants or prostitutes to provide for their families. Consequently, Chinese women and African American women were paid little benefits in the West. Then in 1890, women had to contribute to the family economy by working at the mill or piecework at home during the Industrial revolution. Also, other race of women such as African American women had to work as domestic servant services or laundry to help their husbands who were paid very poorly. Equally, immigrant women arriving in the late
Women, like black slaves, were treated unequally from the male before the nineteenth century. The role of the women played the part of their description, physically and emotionally weak, which during this time period all women did was took care of their household and husband, and followed their orders. Women were classified as the “weaker sex” or below the standards of men in the early part of the century. Soon after the decades unfolded, women gradually surfaced to breathe the air of freedom and self determination, when they were given specific freedoms such as the opportunity for an education, their voting rights, ownership of property, and being employed.
In the early 1800s, women were second-class citizens. Women were expected to restrict their area of interest to the home and the family. Women were not encouraged to have a real education or pursue a professional career. Also, women were considered unequal to their husbands and all males legally and socially. The day-to day lives of men and women were quite clearly divided during the late 1800s. Woman in the late 1800s were treated inhumane because of society, class, and their rights.
The day-to-day lives of men and women were quite clearly divided during the 1800s. Women were much more restricted in their movements. Most of their work was done in and around the home. Tasks like sewing, spinning, cooking, cleaning, and gardening were all familiar to most working-class women. Marriage and children were also inevitable for most women, as they provided a certain degree of security and social status. In the late 1800s women were treated poorly because they were treated as secondary citizen, woman suffrage and lack of woman voting right with many people opposing any movement about women should have equal right.
In the 19th century a woman's main duty was to take care of the household. They were in charge of the cooking, cleaning, and taking care of the children. During this time, most women didn’t work, and weren’t supposed to spend their time on getting an education. Since women couldn't get educations, they had to be married because they weren’t able to support themselves. The women were in charge of the family and house, while the man was in charge of some duties in the house and making money to support them. In the
Throughout much of history, women have been viewed as inferior to men. In the 1800s and early 1900s, women were not allowed to hold the same jobs or