Gender Inequality During The Workplace

Women continue to face disadvantages in the workplace in regards to not receiving equal pay as well. There are many instances where women have the same or more qualifications to do a job than their male counterparts but do not receive the same pay. This difference in pay is not only related to gender differences but also racial differences. Women employees of different racial backgrounds tend to earn less money than their white female and male counterparts. Many women of color often face discrimination when applying to jobs and are overlooked for a position despite having the qualifications to do the work. When they are hired to these occupations they are not receiving the same pay as their white female counterparts. This double bind that minority women face within the work place continues to lead to economic hardships. Regarding women in the workplace in general, due to society’s high regard for men they are often not promoted to positions of authority or receive equal pay because people assume that women are inferior workers. (Buchanan, p205-207)

The roles and characteristics related to males and females vary according to time and culture (Keating 2003). A concept of male breadwinner model gave important impacts on the Australian economic, politics, culture and social field in early twentieth century (Broomhill and Sharp 2005). However, in the past few decades, there has been gradual changes occurred in the Australian gender order (ibid.). Even though men are the dominant gender in the workforce, due to globalization, women gained more opportunity to have jobs in the workforce (Jones 1983). In addition, there are increasing number of women in Australian workforce after World War 2 (Broomhill and Sharp 2005). But still gender inequality has been ongoing debate in the workforce for

What is the root of feminism? There are many things that will anger you in life and getting played less than a man for the same job is one of them. Women are capable of getting a job, but we still fall behind due to unequal wages between women and men for the same duties. Gender inequalities are a huge factor in the workplace. There is a lot of tension when it comes to women being over worked. The amount of responsibilities that women have, from work to home and everything in between, is ridiculous and it is all based on the gender roles that society has developed. Lastly, what really triggers feminism is the world expecting all women to portray themselves as sex objects and then to getting criticized for it. Understanding sex, gender, how they link together and the input of society clarifies why women a treated this way.

Ruth Simpson interviewed 40 males working in the female-dominated professions of primary school teachers, flight attendants, nursing, and librarians to better understand their experiences. Of those interviewed, only two found their career choice unsatisfactory and had plans to leave (356). The rest were glad they chose or stumbled upon their current career.

Researchers have proposed a variety of explanations for systematic gender inequality in the workplace. Cultural benefits, the actions of male employees, the actions of the female employees, and the actions of the employer can contribute to intentional or unintentional gender discrimination (Ngo, Foley, Wong, & Loi, 2003). It has also been mentioned that women make less money because their work environment is generally safer than the stereotypical male work environment; childcare, cashiers, and secretary positions as opposed to firefighters, truck drivers and construction workers (Parcheta, Kaifi, & Khanfar, 2013). Perhaps the most dominant reasoning for women receiving less pay is the carrying over of biological roles into the workplace. Female employees often take time off to have a family, take care of a family, and are the primary caregiver of said family.

The generation now has made it easier to equalize men and women but there is still a substantial amount of places where gender inequality is still happening in the workplace and where females still face discrimination. Women are often discriminated in the workplace and are usually not promoted as quickly as men are and they also receive less pay. History shows that women have not always been defined as property and thought of as second class citizens. But in the 21st century many have seen a drastic change in the so called “traditional” family ways where women are suppose to stay home and take care of the household chores, food, and children and men are suppose to work to support their family and provide financial stability. Many assume that in the workplace women are more vulnerable and less competent than men because women 's instincts are to put their family before work or anything else. Whereas men are the ones who will usually stay the late hours to work. People on both sides of the political spectrum and everywhere in between seem to be fearful of what is to come and more fearful of others than they are often willing to admit.

Women have experienced a historic situation of inequality in the social as well as professional aspects. Women were normally the ones that would take care of children, do the chores in the house, and in rural areas; they would work in the field with the rest of the family. However, today’s women have become more self-sufficient and independent from the predominant male figure within every historical family. Gender inequality in the workplace is becoming less common; yet, gender is a factor that affects men and women. Especially women have been subjected to a historical discrimination that has influenced society to decide which job is more suitable for women than men. However women have confronted and tried to break down the barriers that

In the past half century, America has seen a historic decline in gender inequality across many realms of society. Women have reached levels of success that they never have before, finding equality in education, employment and political representation. Yet despite these gains, inequality remains a persistent issue. It is particularly prominent in the workplace, where women face the glass ceiling effect and a significant gender wage gap across all professions. A closer look at the competing explanations – broadly defined as meritocratic versus structural – shows that although the first may play a role in unequal pay, the second, which encompasses systemic problems of discrimination and gender “pay penalties,” contribute quite significantly

The concept of gender denotes the distinction between culturally driven and created roles of masculinity and femininity. These specific and normalized attitudes and behaviors transcend and effect how differently men and women live their lives. Based on society’s continual re-enforcement of such gender stereotypes, we see an on-going dilemma of gender inequality. Though some may argue that men experience gender inequality, this seems to exist on a much more invasive level for women. As of recently, the awareness of gender inequality in the workplace has increased. With the fight for equal pay and equal respect, society is already making strides towards the equality of women. With that being said, one aspect of gender inequality that seems

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Gender inequality in the workplace has existed in the United States as well as other countries for decades. Gender inequality in the workplace involves micro and macro sociology. Microsociology is involved within small groups or an individual while macro sociology is involved within large groups like the society as a whole or larger. Men have been typically paid more than women in the same position. Many people still believe men should be paid more than women; however, it is unethical to determine someone's wage depending on their gender. The ratio of women to men in the workforce increased from 1 to 5 in 1890 to nearly 1 to 2 in 2017. However, for each dollar, a man makes a woman makes only about 80 cents. Even though gender inequality in the workplace is a widespread issue, it is not treated like a real problem. The reason behind why the social phenomenon of gender inequality in the workplace has yet to become a real problem is due to the role of women as the main caregiver, dominant men, and female jobs, as well as discrimination.

Throughout the years women have made great effort to become equal to men. This effort has led to great advances in the movement, but not all of the problems are solved yet. One of the main problems as of right now is the unequal treatment of men and women in the work place. Women are not equal to men in the workplace because of unequal pay, a lack of women in managerial positions, and sexual harassment in the work place.

“Over the last four decades, as China has transitioned from a socialist centralized economy to a productivity-and-efficiency-oriented market economy, so too have the country’s public and private spheres becoming increasingly differentiated.” For many generations, Chinese women have been seen as subordinate and inferior to that of a man. The Chinese workplace has always suffered from inequality, specifically gender inequality. Gender wage gaps and many other kinds of inequality in the workplace are affecting women in China but also all over the world. Women in China are not provided an equal opportunity because of their gender. Women have been thought to be underqualified or less qualified than that of a male co-worker doing the same job, and as a result are paid less, treated unequally, or not even offered a job. Long hours are required by the highest paid occupation making it hard for the females to take on household and family duties. Women feel discriminated against which affects their decisions for an occupation and career because of how society has portrayed them, thus making it hard for women to succeed. Dating back to over 200 years ago women have been extremely challenged by inequality in the workforce in China. “Up until the 1980’s China thought of gender inequality as one of their key most important principals in their society. “ Women in the Chinese work place dating back to before the 1950’s was and still are, underpaid, thought to be less educated, and are not

kforce no longer a contested issue for some modern societies like some developed and developing countries. However, in some undeveloped countries or traditional places, stereotyping still exists, there are some thoughts are still connecting with women, they think that women’s bourgeois is to give birth to babies and to perform household chores while men act as bread earners. There is a Chinese saying describing men count the workplace as their home and women count their home as their workplace. Men are here to fight for their career desperately but women count their home as their lifelong workplace. It is hard to refresh the thinking of people about women enter the workforce because they have been brainwashed for their entire lifetime. It would be better to give education on new generations to interpret the theme of gender fairness and anti-gender discrimination. This should be the most feasible way to change the thoughts on women’s abilities alike men and stop stereotype on women. However, it seems that some developed and developing countries are likely and willing to solve the problems of women’s entry to workforce, in the surface part of it, it really shows that modern societies are willing women to enter the workforce but according to Shirley Chisholm-the first African American congresswoman, she has pointed out that in America, women has only occupied 2% of managerial positions while for the remaining 98% of the managerial position are occupied by men. (Chisholm, 1969)

When I think of the work and gender inequality gap, one will instantly think of the wage gap as I remember when I was younger, this was and still is one of the major topics of the news in our country today. It seems that women are only paid just over half than what men are paid in the workplace. Why would this factor exist in today’s society with so many women entering back into the workplace and also getting college degrees? I know I’ve even read that women are surpassing men when it comes to education and achieving greater degrees. So why would women still be paid less than men in the workplace? In the workplace, women still have gender stereotypes to live up to as I understand from what I got from Kimmel. These stereotypes are still broadly affecting what women’s jobs actually are. Women cannot be at home and be a caregiver while at the same time being at work and being the breadwinner so to speak. This can be done, but women cannot be in two places at the exact same time in their life! Women have so much to worry about when it comes down to the house and the family and it is still surprising to me to see that women are not really given enough credit in my opinion. It takes a lot on a woman to actually be a woman in a man’s world. Some older and more traditional men will expect us women to be at home and take care of all of the household duties while also being a caregiver for the children as well. It is not fair of a society to ask a woman to spend so many