The Branding Of Learning Analysis

Imagine being told that you do not need as much pay as a man because your husband is a professor and you do not need the money. This was the truth for Maxine Lampe when she addressed the school district about being paid less. Before her husband was done with graduate school, she brought the issue up with the school where she worked and was told that she could not get the head-of-household pay that men received, even though she was the breadwinner. This is not the only account of this happening. All over the country, women are getting paid less than men and being told that it’s okay. It is not okay.

In many ways today's society, even though women have come a long way, we still live in a patriarchal world. There are many examples of this in everyday life, whether it be that there aren't very many women CEO's or the mere fact that we've yet to have a woman president. No matter where you live, there is the presence of a male dominated world. It especially extends into the working fields. There are professions that are categorically ‘women's' jobs like nursing, school teacher, or secretarial jobs. The rest of the professional world is mainly male dominated, i.e. engineering, CEO's of major companies, and Law Firms. Which brings us to the movie I picked to watch, Legally Blonde?

Many women today work just as hard as their male coworkers and have the same amount of experience and education, maybe even more, but make less money than their coworkers. In the United States and all around the world women are dealing with this problem. There is even a national day that focuses on this exact problem and it doesn’t pertain to one certain industry either. In fact, it is all throughout society. While some education and experience provide more value for women all around the world females are being held back from their potential just because they aren’t men. Society shows this every day. One example of this is how the lead actress in Shameless, Emmy Rossum, is speaking out and demanding equal pay after finding out she has been paid less since the television series started. Rossum plays a key role only to find that some of her male coworkers are making more (Jensen, 2017). The problem is that women are working just as hard as men or even harder, but they are still being deprived.

     In many ways today's society, even though women have come a long way, we still live in a patriarchal world. There are many examples of this in everyday life, whether it be that there aren't very many women CEO's or the mere fact that we've yet to have a woman president. No matter where you live, there is the presence of a male dominated world. It especially extends into the working fields. There are professions that are categorically 'women's' jobs like nursing, school teacher, or secretarial jobs. The rest of the professional world is mainly male dominated, i.e. engineering, CEO's of major companies, and Law Firms. Which brings us to the movie I picked to watch, Legally Blonde.

There are many issues going on in the public sphere, but the one I want to address would be if women are equally qualified as men for higher paying professional jobs. One text that helps support this issue is a video I found on TED Talk given by Debbie Sterling. In the video, Debbie asked the audience a series of questions about engineers, and then she goes on and explains how difficult it is for women to become engineers because they are set to a social bias. Debbie Sterling discussed that most girls initially view themselves as being a princess and more suited for traditional female roles in the workforce. This behavior and attitude begins at a very early stage and can be associated with how they played as a child and adapted to the social norm. I picked this specific text because I

In no way is it trying to be conveyed that men and women are exactly equal. They both hold equally valuable qualities and abilities, but nonetheless, are different. Some men work more hours and earn more pay than their female counterpart, and the flip side of that is also true. There is much to remember when learning and understanding the issue of pay gap and the discrimination it sends towards women. The idea that women are being discouraged and pushed out of high paying jobs possibly because they are women is the root of the issue. In a survey conducted by Pew Research, 42% of the women interviewed said that they felt discriminated at their workplace, and 25% of these women felt that they actually received less than their male counterpart for the same work. These percentages show that despite the fact that women in today’s society have earned the rights to have these jobs, they do not feel as though they are treated equally in these said jobs.

Not only is gender discrimination seen in sports, but it can be witnessed in regular jobs as well. Just like the story of Cassandra, women of all educational levels can experience a wage gap. One might imagine that with a great education, breaking the stereotypical gap would be possible, but the reality is that even with education women find it hard to break the the wage gap. According to the Pew Research Center, women in the U.S. who work full time are typically paid only 77 cents for every dollar paid to their male coworkers make. Even when women earn a Bachelor’s degree, they still make less than what men with the same degree make (about $51,681 vs. $52,072). In some cases men with only a high school degree typically make more than women

Women nowadays have opportunities that were not obtainable in past decades but must overcome, or in most cases overlook, the barrier of being punished in the long run for simply being a woman; “gender differences in starting salaries are a significant contributor to long-term earning differentials between men and women” (Bowels and Babcock). It seems to me that in the workforce, a woman is a person just as a man is a person, if that person gets the job done right, he or she should be paid for doing so, if not, that person receives repercussions. The influence of gender on this issue is very curious as to why it is even a factor in the first place.According to “melanievarnell.wordpress.com” Doing research on the equal work equal pay topic has aroused many questions and proposed solutions, but the lingering query is why employers are still enabling this workplace behavior and discrimination in the 21st century. An article titled, “Equal Work for Equal Pay”: Not Even College Helps Women, was written by “Korva Coleman”; who claims that women are worth less than men when entering the workforce after completing a college degree. Throughout the article, Coleman supports her claim using different studies’ results that “show when men and women attend the same kind of college, pick the same major and accept the same kind of job, on average, the woman will still earn 82 cents to every dollar

The Kennedy family name is synonymous with fame and fortune and “perfection”. But things have never been perfect behind the scenes of one of the most powerful families in American history. The first well-known Kennedy was Joseph Kennedy. He went to school at Harvard, but he was not very liked due to his religious practices. He did get married two years after his graduation to Rose Fitzgerald daughter of the Boston Mayor.(“Joseph Kennedy”2). They had a total of nine children; Joseph Jr., John (Jack), Rosemary, Kathleen, Eunice, Patricia, Robert (Bobby), Jean, and Edward (Ted).(“Joseph Kennedy”2). This was a very large family and he was able to support them with his work. The Kennedys were one of the most famous families in politics. People

The federal law of The Equal Pay Act of 1963 protects against wage discrimination based on sex doing the equal work when women are performing the same profession and duties being approved. Despite of that law, women average earn 78 cents for each dollar men earn, although the reduction of the gap between women's and men's wages, progress is painfully slow (state news para 3). The same credentials, full-time in the field, such as men, women must still work all year for less money. For example, women's business majors earned $ 38,000 a year or more, then just graduated a little over $ 45,000 compared to men. Two-thirds of women think professional women are scrutinized more harshly than men, compared to half of men who agree. Meanwhile, just a

Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the United States and other places all over the world. Throughout all the years of basketball there have been some very talented players that have become superstars in the basketball world. Between all these fantastic players, everybody has to have their favorites. For example, my three favorite basketball players are Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, and Steve Nash. These three basketball players are some of the most talented players to ever play the game.

In recent years however, truly starting in with Generation X or so, women began being taught that they could do whatever and be whatever they wished to if they simply applied themselves. I think this a great thing and a step in the right direction on the long road to equality, while I do agree with equality there a few things that I think are rightfully in place to certain extent. One being the fact of men making more on average than women, I believe that the fact that men on average take more dangerous or hazardous jobs than women do, i.e; underwater welding, commercial fishing, law enforcement. Not to say that women do not perform these jobs or that men perform better in these careers but saying that these are not the typical jobs to see a woman do. However, when it comes to the more mundane day to day jobs, i.e; office jobs and the like, men and women that share the same positions and responsibilities should receive the same

While there is an increase in the number of women in the work force, they are still not getting paid as much as men. In the Maine Women’s Policy Center it says that women with a bachelors degree make 74 cents for every dollar that a man with the same education makes. So even though they have the same qualifications and education a women will only make 3/4 of what a man makes. It also states that women with children are less likely to be hired

Dealing with hate crime should be given the highest priority in America. Hate crimes have devastated many families and communities. Hate crimes grooms terrorist in their own country. It plants seeds of hate in the heart of men. Every day, a hate crime happens in public, school, community, and homes all around America. Most hate crimes do not go on report in America because the public does not see it as a hate crime.

and that is why there may be a difference in compensation. Even though the numbers of women who major in those fields isn’t large, the idea that women don’t major in them is false. They are just as equally capable of completing the same tasks but coworkers and bosses might think differently. The problem is more profound in the highest paying jobs women suffer the most wage gaps. The percentage comparison to both men and women is high. It’s not the industry, its society that undermines women’s abilities. Gender stereotypes are hard to give up, and at times we are all likely to engage in stereotyping each other. As a society, we need to encourage people to go beyond stereotypes and recognize the contributions regardless of the sexes.