Equality And Inequality And Equality In The Workplace

Although women now have many more rights and freedoms than what they used to, it didn’t simply happen over night. Throughout the course of history men have always had a superior role to women in our society. White Men could own land, earn a wage, get an education, and state their political ideas much before women ever could. Women have earned their way closer to being equivalent to men by fighting for a higher position in law, receiving education, and advancing to wage labor in the work force.

The divide between genders has been fought over for many years, dating back to the 1800’s where families started to grow and an income increase was needed, as a result women began working alongside men in factories, but for much smaller pay. As the world started to modernize, social norms related to women started to change. Women were granted the right to vote through the nineteenth amendment and were provided access to health care and birth control. Women should be seen as equal to men and given equal opportunities.

Women started fighting for equal rights in 1848 and they have not stopped yet (Infoplease). Women do not have equal rights to men. Although they got the right to vote out West first then in the East (Infoplease). There is still a lot of things women cannot do without getting

Is it possible for women to “have it all”? As times are changing so are the views for women on “having it all”. Why Women Still Can't Have It All by Anne-Marie Slaughter is an article about how Slaughter realized she was living every feminists life but gave it up to be with her family. To Slaughter having it all meant what type of job she had, but according to her she soon realized that, “having it all was not possible in many types of jobs, including high government office—at least not for very long.” Anne Slaughter always had feminist beliefs and thought that if she could get a foreign-policy job in the State Department or the White House, she would stay there as long as she loved what she was doing. She kept with this attitude until she

Throughout history, women have been constantly challenged with unfair treatment compared to their male counterparts. Women have always been forced to deal with the burden of societal expectations, and ideas of inferiority men never faced. Also, women were unable to have their own voice or be independent for several years in the past. Gender equality is a huge issue, and an ongoing battle. Today, women continue to argue for their rights as people and are making a meaningful impact on society.

Less than 100 years ago women did not have the right to vote, now they have the ability to run for president; yet equality in the workforce between men and women is a continuing struggle. For many years women have had to fight to be treated equally as men. Women did not get the right to vote until 1920, and even after they did, women have to work harder to get to the same spot or position compared to a man.

Preschool girls probably responded with a princess, by elementary school it might be a veterinarian or teacher, and by the time those same girls are in high school they might not know what they want to do anymore. That’s when they’re pushed toward deciding and it might be on one of those things they once thought of when they were younger. Some of them might end up happy with their decision and others might end up miserable in the career they chose. It happens, that’s why we see so many older adults going back to school after working many years doing something completely different. Women shouldn’t have to wait so long to be comfortable enough to peruse what they’re passionate about. This is why organizations like the AAUW and Girls Inc. are important they empower young women by showing them all of their potential options and that they can do them should they choose to. The AAUW is all about equality and quality education for women (AAUW). There are many more organizations that specialize in empowering and educating young women. There are also many ways we could improve the awareness of STEM careers like these organizations do. It could be something as simple as putting up fliers, word of mouth, or advertising. Honestly, the options are endless, but we can only make it happen if everyone takes action. Even if nothing is done at least those organizations are helping the girls they do reach and that’s all

These studies and books have all been published decades ago, and even now in the 21st century, women being inferior to men are still used as an excuse for the differences between the two sexes. With women holding just 16 of the CEO spots at Fortune 500 companies, winning only 17% of the seats in Congress, and graduating with just 18% of all computer

Throughout history, it has been proven that women have been neglected and looked down on by men. They were denied the right to vote as if they were not even recognized as human beings. African American men got the right to vote before women did. Women have been looked upon as objects or trophies and not given the respect as they deserve. Women should be treated fairly, equal to men and need to be acknowledged as such. In many cases, women working with the same qualifications are paid less than men, doing the same job. In 2015 studies showed that women were only paid 80% of what men were paid. A hefty 20% gap was in place (Miler,2017). Back then, 1 in every 3 women would be working for a wage, not a good one at that (Danzer).

Since the dawn of time it seems women have been mistreated, gone unheard and underestimated, for the longest time we have been pursuing equality. The 19th amendment “Women's’ Right to Vote” was implemented in 1920 it was in incredibly large step on a very long rough road to equal rights for women. The female population has been fighting for basic human respect as long as there has been one. Even in modern america and the rest of the world still face struggle, challenge and obstacles. Discrimination against women is still very much alive, impacts our society every day, and prevents millions from achieving their full potential.

One area where structural sexism exists and has an impact on women today is in education. Until recently, approximately the same number of male and females were graduating high school and earning college degrees. However, that trend has been gradually changing. More women are now enrolling into colleges and universities and many women have higher educations than that of their husbands. The structural sexism component does not stem so much from the levels of education between men and women, but more about what career fields and professions women are continuing to pursue. Men still far outnumber women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) professions. According to Understanding Social Problems, “reasons for the STEM gender

Gender inequalities are evident in today’s society. In recent years there has been an increase in identifying the existing disparities among genders, especially in institutions. The workplace is a common institution in which gender roles are highly distinctive. Whether it be an office environment or elsewhere, women have higher social expectations than men. This regards the way in which women physically present themselves through professional dress and behavioural expectations. Women work in a male-dominant industry, which has created gender inequalities. Through the use of Erving Goffman and Dorothy Smith’s theories, one can attempt to understand the true impact of gender inequalities in the workplace.

Throughout time, women have been treated differently than men. History teaches us that in the past, women could not own property, women could not vote and women were often denied the opportunity to work at paying jobs and were often expected to stay home to raise and care for their families. One would think that now in the year 2014, the inequality and inequity between men and women would be a thing of the past; something we would be learning about only in history.

Nowadays, with increasing variety in organizations, several inequalities in the workplace have happened. In spite of the regulation policies which have limited inequalities on the workplace, it still exists, because of personal characteristics, such as gender, age and different race (Allan, C & Mcphail, R & Wilkinson, A 2008, p. 225). Inequality in the workplaces can be defined as the unfair discrimination relating to things, such as wage differentials between men and women, unfair practices and unfairness opportunities, particularly with regard to employment of people of different ethnic origins (Grainge, 2007, online). C2E TODAY (Committed 2 Equality) shows that in spite of large UK companies declaring that they have eliminated inequalities in the workplace around 77 per cent of them have little or no equality practices. Even though small companies’ situation is more serious, 97.5 per cent of them have no equality practices in place (Committed 2 Equality, 2008, online). This paper will analyze several inequalities exist on the workplace with the use of real facts for concentrating on gender, age and race, and demonstrate the role of the participants within employments relations by discussing the responses from the state, employers and unions.

Rapid changes in the global economic market entail transformations affecting not only the external environment of organizations, but also its internal operations and processes (Hall, 2008; Hodgetts, 2002). One important change that has altered the nature of contemporary organization is the “acknowledgement, development and systematic use of the skills and knowledge of employees” (Ramirez et al 2007, p 496). The central role of employees’ participation in the success of the organization involves not only “high performance work systems… [but] they also involve the decentralization of decisions and work enrichment that is providing employees with opportunities for involvement in decision-making and innovation.” (Wood & de