Paige Hicks
Race, Class, & Gender 9:30
Ms. Evans
Sept 23, 2015
Gender diversity in the work field The definition of psychology is the science of behavior and mental processes. With this definition it is safe to assume that those who study under this field should be understanding. However, this is not entirely true, the field of psychology has an imbalance of genders. An article written by three women psychologists: Fionnuala Murphy, Dorothy Bishop and Natasha Sigala found several examples in which women are under minded and taken advantage of in the field of psychology. The issue at hand is that women are being thought of as inadequate because of their gender when in retrospect women are just as capable as conducting research and
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It is wrongly anticipated that all women who enter the field intend to be counselors instead of going into the research aspect of it which is very male dominated. When conducting and starting a research or experiment, men usually lead the project. It is uncommon for women to lead their own assignment because they are not seen to be as capable as men are towards the higher authorities. It is also noted that female “investigators had fewer funded studies and received less funding over a 14- year period” (Head et. al. ). Women who were actually able to hold their own experiments did not have the same amount of funding as their male colleagues. When trying to obtain funding for an experiment, a researcher has to fill out a grant application then have it reviewed by whichever board they are trying to get the grant through. Evidence finds that while reviewing the applications the person reviewing the grant notes the “seniority, employment status, tenure, type of institution, professional profile, institutional support, career breaks, and family circumstances” (Blake et. al. 3).
When taking into consideration the “career breaks and family circumstances” (Blake et. al. 3) it is not very hard to see how women would be less likely to receive these grants. Women who were pregnant and required maternity leave would have less of a chance of gaining the grant because of the break she
Employers have the power to reject your application solely based on your gender. Surprisingly, some people believe gender bias doesn’t exist, even with all the evidence telling them otherwise. In the Article “Women still face gender bias in math, science fields” the author, Leah Pickett, initially tells us that, “A recent article in the New York Times asking and then answering the perpetual question ‘Why are there still few women in science?’ should be required reading for anyone who believes that gender bias in higher math and science fields no longer exists.”.5 According to Pickett, the author discusses one study that wanted to uncover gender bias in the workforce in America, specifically science related areas. Professors looking for candidates to mentor students at prime universities were unknowingly put to the test, “Each professor was given identical resumes to rate in terms of competence, hireability, likeability, and willingness to mentor the student, with the only difference being that one applicant was named John, and the other named Jennifer.”. The results collected showed that John got rated higher that Jennifer in almost all categories and was presented with a higher salary offer.4 Why are women not respected just as much as men are? What do men have that women do not ’t? Most will notice that any answer given to this question will not make much sense because the answers aren’t
Management is the organization and coordination of a business’s activities in order to achieve the defined goals (“Management”). The person who is in charge of the management of a business is called a manager, and a manager’s job is to “directly supervise, support, and help activate work efforts to achieve the performance goals of individuals, teams, or even an organization as a whole” (Schermerhorn, 2014, Takeaway 1.1, para. 3). To someone who is not knowledgeable in the field, managers seem to have an easy job. In reality, how a manager do their job can affect the people working under them and also the company on a larger scale. Some people are born with great management skills and they are able to do the job naturally. But management
This concept illustrates gender inequality because even in a field that is dominated by women, gender perceptions about men’s roles, abilities, and skills, privilege them and ease their advancement within the occupation. (Wingfield, p363-365)
In today’s modern age, it is disappointing to still find gender bias in any facet of our society. It is even more disappointing to find it in our schools. Women are constantly combating gender bias in everyday life, and school communities are affecting the careers of women by pushing them further away from STEM subjects. Girls are afraid of their own abilities. Why have we allowed this to happen?
Throughout the history of the United States, gender bias has been and still is an immense concern. Women have been at the forefront of such prejudice. For several centuries, women have battled for equity in their everyday lives, academically, and professionally. The push for justice has been a slow process, with incremental gains.
Women’s contributions have often been overlooked in the history of all subjects. Psychology is no exception to this pitfall. As a response to the lack of historical recognition, the subfield of “women’s history of psychology” has given rise. The subfield focuses on women’s roles and contributions to psychology, as well as preserving the history of women in the field, and analyzing their impact on society and the evolution of psychology. Despite efforts to include women in the conversation of psychology, women are still undervalued and mostly invisible in the teaching of the discipline. For example, the textbook used for this class, which details the history of psychology, only has brief mentions of five women that contributed to the field.
“Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?” When George W. Bush spoke those words amongst a crowd of people in Florence, South Carolina several years ago, he probably had no idea that it would one day be put on a list called The top 25 Bushisms of all time -- and it wouldn’t even be #1. As a politician, no matter how inconsequential your position may seem, you are constantly under a microscope being looked at by your peers, your employers, and the media. Everything you say or do will have an outcome on your career, no matter how unrelated to your field it may be, or how secret you try to keep it. It is for reasons such as this that one must always be aware of their words and actions. To survive under the scrutiny of others, a
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Furthermore, the power of context is the things in the environment can change people’s behaviors. This will let them know what kinds of actions are properly doing at what time. Lofferda proposes that some higher level people in the society always do not have good behaviors and take advantages of gays, she states that “the Supreme Court upheld a Cincinnati ordinance that denied gays and lesbians legal protection from discrimination in housing, employment, and other public accommodations” (249). This quote shows that even in higher government, the gays cannot get the same treatment like the housing and employees as the other residents. The surroundings around them are really terrible. They cannot get really benefits and advantages from the society or the government.
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