Gender Discrimination Against Women

Female police officers have been saddled with a stigma ever since they were finally allowed to join their fellow male officers on the force in the 1970’s. It is said that when a female officer is being harsh, she is often called anything other than firm. However, when a male officer is harsh, he is considered firm and just being a man. Female police officers are dubbed incapable of being able to perform their duties equivalent or superior to a male officer simply because she is

For female officers, the mentality to prove themselves to their male counterpart is a major stressor. It has been debated for some time women’s ability to handle the pressure of police work. Women are more prone to higher level of harassment, overt hostility and other negative social interaction from their co-workers and the public (He et al, 2005). This is the reason why is it extremely important for police administration to promote resilience and diversity within the

Among many obstacles faced by female police officers in the male subjugated profession, sexual harassment and discrimination are the cruelest forms of gender inequalities in policing. During initial days of women in policing, sexual harassment at the workplace was never considered as illegal or

The courts and statutes recognize two forms of sexual harassment. Quid pro quo is explained as something for something. This occurs when a supervisor or manager requests sexual favors, has made sexual advances that are unwelcome, or engages in physical conduct of a sexual nature. Hostile work environment is a situation where a non-employee, co-worker, or supervisor may be the basis for the sexual harassment claim. A hostile work environment can be created by suggestive pictures or comments, unwanted physical contact, obscene gestures, sexual jokes, and other contact that interferes with an

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.

Has New York City discriminated against minorities and females for almost a half a century? The local 1180 of the Communications Workers of America believe so and have convinced the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to suggest the City of New York pay a quarter of a billion dollars to its affected employees in back pay and damages. In her article EEOC: New York City Owes Underpaid Minority Female Employees $246 Million. Erin Durkin of the New York Daily News City Hall Bureau exclaims “In its decision issued Monday, the EEOC said there was evidence the city discriminated against minority women who work as administrative managers — and it could be on the hook for up to $246 million in back pay and damages.” (Durkin) Although there

Throughout history man has always felt superior to women. Though most believe that America has moved past this discrimination, it is still very much so practiced. Of course in the news we hear about how women are treated in other countries. They either work all day for the family, have little to no rights, or in general are put down. In the U.S. the discrimination may not seem as bad, but with how advanced America is, any discrimination should not be practiced. Whether it be receiving lower wages or an easy target to abuse, women in America are still greatly chastised for being who they are. Other countries not as advances as the U.S. or who have different customs provide the women their with little respect as well. They have specific duties

Being a women in law enforcement can be very challenging at times. For example, some women are chosen for department jobs just because they are female. Another example would be when a female officer fights a suspect twice their size. Thanks to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, women have driven the number of female cops up by thirteen to fourteen percent (Horne, 2006). Male officer think that women and their counterparts can make them mentally and physically incapable for their

Hostile environment harassment can be described as any unwelcome sexual behavior that interferes with an employee’s ability to perform his or her work. Examples of hostile environment include sexual comments, touching or/and requests for sexual favors that create intimidating work environment. Nick Berens in his article, “Former Police Officer Sues Department for Sexual Harassment”, depicts a story of Dana Looper, a former police officer in the Algood Police Department, Tennessee. Looper was a good employee “received promotions and had a good employment record, but she was always aware of inappropriate sexual comments or slurs targeting her or other female officers.” She made a complaint to the supervisors but she was ignored. Soon after, with a rank of sergeant, she was fired for the reason of not properly

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

Sexual harassment plunges into two categories which consist of quid pro que and a hostile work environment. Quad pro que refers to situations that deals with employment decisions, the person in power decides whether they will hire, fire or will give promotions to the employee providing the sexual favors that he/she requests. For instance, a male manager interviewing a female applicant for a job places his hand on her thigh. When she objects, he asks, "Don't you want this job?" The implication is that she must comply with the hiring manager's advances in order to get hired. A hostile work environment refers to the settings in which the employee work and it is difficult for the employee to work. Hostile work environment includes them being afraid,

While the most controversial presidential inauguration of the century was occurring, women and men across the globe grabbed their poster boards and got ready for one of the biggest marches on human rights for women's rights. Activists around the world are uniting in supporting the basic human rights for women. A global consensus is growing on the need to address the most pressing issues affecting women and girls, especially on providing access to education, health care and domestic violence.

Our social justice issue is gender discrimination. Gender Discrimination is a major thing going on in our world today. Therefore, gender discrimination happens in things such as sports, education, health, employment, laws, and in different countries. Gender discrimination was a major thing in the past, and is still a major thing today. Men continually think women are weak, and so women are targeted more in crimes. They also think that women won't stand up for themselves, and women continually let men bring them down because they aren't brave enough. In jobs they believe women won't work, and that women aren't capable enough to do the job, so women end up getting paid less or have to work ridiculously short hours. Today in our century, women are targeted more than men because they are considered weak. Being labeled weak makes women are more vulnerable to at least one form of abuse. 1 in 3 women are abused in some form at a time of their life by a man. Women are targeted for crimes, such as home break-ins, because if they live on their own, they are thought to not be able to defend themselves that well. Women are also being killed all the time. In India, women are burned to death if they can't meet financial requirements, while men aren't. In Egypt, women are killed if they do something considered unclean in their family or outside their family. In South Asia more than 2 million baby girls are killed or abandoned to die because they are considered a financial burden to the

There is no debate on whether women are discriminated against in the workplace. It is evident in census data; in 1998 women made $.73 to the dollar of which was paid to men. Even today, there is still a pay gap that exists between women and men. It is said that some of the organizations that are pro-equal pay, including some unions, support the idea that the government should set wages for all jobs. To the contrary, the organizations that are proponents of equal pay are not for job wages being set by the government. They wish to have the discrimination taken out of pay scales from within the company. Commonly, this pay gap is attributed to the fact that women in the United States are still expected to attend to familial obligations over work. Data shows that women do attend to family obligations, like having a child, caring for a sick family member, or caring for an elder; but they also do not give up on work. Yes, women often chose lower paying jobs in exchange for flexible hours and do spend a lower number of hours per week long-term at their jobs than their male counterparts. Because women are socialized to be the primary care givers they are kept at these lower paying jobs that are more flexible, the jobs allow them to care for their family yet still retain an income (possibly a second income for the household). Women’s changing roles in society has resulted in this workplace problem. Women are allowed and often encouraged to work but they are not rewarded or

Gender discrimination against women is out of control across the world and seeps into many aspects of women 's lives. This discrimination harms women in two ways. First, women directly experience stressful events. The experience of sexism is so common that some research suggests women can experience one to two instances of everyday sexism. But women aren 't only harmed by sexism through the physical stress caused by others. They are harmed to the extent that they internalize and adopt these sexist attitudes that can manifest as poor self-concept. This negative self-concept often obvious on a subconscious level, as women and men will demonstrate automatic negative biases against women (Ferguson, 2013).