Gender Inequality In The United States

In American society today there is an imbalance in the gender income gap between men and women in the work force. Many factors such as discrimination, productivity, educational background and disproportional hours worked contribute to this ongoing challenge. While many are skeptical, others remain to have strong beliefs that women and men are treated equally. In most professions according to Glynn “women only earn seventy seven cents for every dollar earned by men” (2014). Although, the seventy seven cents figure does not accurately reflect gender discrimination, it does capture some discrimination,

Inequality between different groups of people within the United States is concerning for many sociologists and society in general. One of the main inequalities throughout the United States is gender inequality. Gender inequity is found in all past and present societies. It takes the form of patriarchy. From the patriarchal point of view, gender inequality can be traced back to biological differences in early societies (“Steven Goldberg on Patriarchy” 2006). This inequality is present in society through many different forms, including job segregation, the gender pay gap, and a great difference in women’s political representation (Joan Acker, 1989).

Income inequality is a huge problem in the United States. We have a higher income inequality than any other country. For most of recorded history, men tended to have higher wage than women which could reflect and underpin the gender roles that men were more highly valued socially and as well as economically. Since it becomes a problem, it is necessary to understand why that occurs and what can be the solution of it. In the present paper, the wage gap between gender in the U.S. society would be investigated and the facts behind would be discussed in depth.

As Quindlen states, "As Americans read..." that tells us right there that she is trying to reach all Americans. As for her purpose, with her references to the treatment of Afghanistan women I am lead to believe that she is trying to bring light to an existence of an example of women inequality in America. Looking at when it was published, only a couple of months after September 11th, it was perfect timing to throw in on this topic. The possibility of a draft was a reality or at the very least many believe it was a possibility. I would have to agree with her thesis, women should also be required to register for the military draft. I have come to stand against any type of inequality, whether it be (to name a few) race, gender, age, religious

Places like the USA have shown great inequality. This can be supported by the fact of unequal job pay, racial inequality and discrimination. Despite this being faced between both genders it is mostly targeted to females. The use of unequal job pay suggests that the USA has not developed its equality, therefore, more uprising and gender wars become more common due to this. Also racial inequality between genders is also a problem in America’s society. It is proven that men earn about 20% more than women. However different coloured women earn 40% less than men. This indicates that not only gender discrimination is happening but also racism within that. This doubles the attacks against women as most women are from foreign countries which differ them in colour from other people. This difference symbolises the difference in women and men. This shows us that

The gender gap has been a continental divide in the American political arena for decades where differences in male and female voters and politicians has affected the efficacy of political action in the United States of America. Experts across the board have studied the gender gap and have concluded to many opinions about the gender gap and its condition and what it means to the United States of America. The polarization between the sexes has created a country divided and weak due to the widening of the gender gap.

“The US is the largest economy in the world,” yet inequalities within it plague it. Though there are several measures of inequality, some measures of inequality that seem to be especially daunting are gender inequality and wealth inequality.

Inequality, inequality is a strong word that comes to my mind when I think of problems going on in our world. This situation is happening all over the world and it's affecting many people including. This situation affects me for the following reasons which include gender diversity and racism.

There is supposed to be equal protection for everyone in the United States, but in reality, there isn’t. People who are minority and of color get targeted, because of their race, gender, and class, while wealthy white people are put on a pedal stool and hardly ever get in trouble by the law. In many case the wealthy are not arrested nor are they given a sentence for their wrongful doing, they are allowed to get away with murder (86). In the meantime, poor people are not given the same treatment and can be sentence to 15 years, 25 years, or life in prison for committing minor offense. The Social sphere is inequality that has increased, women who work the same hours as a man are looked down on because they are supposed to be at home with the

“You won’t get paid. As a woman and of color, you’re going to be underpaid, so there’s really no point,” Daniel recalled (“Career and Workplace” 4). A future law graduate was told to throw away her dreams in regards to gender inequality. A girl named Reshma Daniel had to give up what she loved most because of a situation regarding both her race and gender. Reshma Daniel’s parents moved to America from India with just a couple dollars. Her parents wanted their children to live the American life. For Daniel, that simply meant law school. While at Nova in Southeastern University in Florida, she majored in legal studies and job shadowed a family lawyer. After a pretrial hearing had taken place, another lawyer, a Vietnamese woman, told Daniel

I believe Patriarchy best explains the gender pay gap for many reasons.First of all when people think of a Patriarchal society, they think of the extreme tradition of women not allowed to work,vote,etc.Today Patriarchy does exist but its often manifests in casual ways that tend to go unnoticed by the majority of the population. But quiet enough to cause gender pay gap.

“A century ago, women occupied a position of striking subordination” (Macionis; Jansson; Benoit) husbands has all the power and control in marriage, and laws limits women from most of the jobs, and also from voting, but nowadays situation change a little bit. The American Civil Liberties Union (2015) affirms that despite the tremendous progress made in the struggle for gender equality, women still face violence, discrimination, and institutional barriers to equal participation in society.

I have ploughed, and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman?” 166 years ago Sojourner Truth made a statement about how she does so much work and that no man could be better than her and she's saying that isn't she a woman? And why is she doing this? These types of gender inequalities still exist today.Some people might argue that we have achieved gender equality in the past 100 years like how women have been able to vote, and become president, and do the same work as men. However, this is simply not the case it's all the little things people don’t really pay attention to. Women's inequality is still a significant problem today because of the unpaid work and a lack of political power.

To think sociologically is to think about the whole not just one of the parts, a society being the whole and an individual a part. Sociology believes that the individual doesn’t exist outside of his/her society, there is no ‘human nature’ but that every person is merely a reflection of the society to which they belong. Their morals, values, customs, and prejudices reflect what their society believes in and considers important. For example, when looking at an individual’s success of failure at school or work some disciplines would look at the person to learn how/why that happened, sociology however would look at the society of that person for the reason. It would look at the person’s race, gender, socioeconomic status, and other factors that a person has no control over but is simply born into, sociology would then look at how that society views someone in that place in their society for the explanation of why the person succeeded of failed.

In these articles the subject of inequality is discussed. The type of inequality varies from elections, restrictions and pay. The economic gap between men and women will take 118 years to close. Not one country in the entire world has equal pay for men and women doing similar jobs. In some countries like Saudi Arabia women have massive restrictions. These restrictions include not being able to drive, compete in sports or open a bank account. The WEF stated the global gender pay gap is narrowing which “ means women are now earning what men did a decade ago.” The gap for the United States is holding at 64%, which means “ that women earn about two-thirds of what men make for similar work.” The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states in Article