The Wonderful Workforce

Recreation and sport is historically known as a manly practice all around the world. Sport is typically associated with males that have led to the stereotype of sport equaling masculinity (Obenour, 2002, p. 2). A lot has changed when it comes to gender roles but it seems still to this day that women have less power than men, this is noticeable in recreation and sport in the 21st century. There has been a decrease in athletic leadership positions at the youth and college levels occupied by women ever since Title IX was passed in 1972. Research shows that female coaches has decreased by 48% and is still decreasing at a rapid rate (Blom, 2011, p. 54).

Over two decades have passed since the enactment of Title IX, a federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in federally funded education, including athletics. As a result of Title IX, women and girls have benefited from more athletic participation opportunities and more equitable facilities. Because of Title IX, more women have received athletic scholarships and thus opportunities for higher education that some may not have been able to afford otherwise. In addition, because of Title IX the salaries of coaches for women's teams have increased. Despite the obstacles women face in athletics, many women have led and are leading the way to gender equity.

Walker, N. A., & Bopp, T. (2011). The underrepresentation of women in the male-dominated sport workplace: Perspectives of female coaches. Journal of Workplace Rights, 15(1),

Alvarez and Moser explore the problem of discrimination in the large company Walmart. Many female employees claim were their discriminated against in the workplace and sued the company for the unfair treatment in salary and promotion. This article shows the information of lawsuit cases for large company. The company had more awareness suing from the employee and needed to prevent it. I will use this source for backing ground for my argument. It shows 500,000 female employees files for the lawsuit in pay and promotions in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This evidence should help me to improve my argument for discrimination in the workplace. Busteed shows that the different performance between female athletes and male athletes after graduating from college. Gallup-Purdue Index, shows that formal female athletes do better perform in their career than male athletes do. This data show how the female athletes participate in work activities and have a great achievement in the workplace and usually have a positive aspect in their sports and life. I will use this source for valid conditions of rebuttal. People might think male students perform better than female, but female are better than male students. Covert explores how women are discriminated against in the workplace. He shows 30 percent of women had the discrimination problem by using a new poll data from the Center for American Press and Elle Magazine. The different pay gap between men and women still

Occupational segregation is seen almost everywhere. It refers to the fact that men and women are concentrated in different types of jobs, based on prevailing understandings of what is appropriate ‘male’ and ‘female’ work. Occupational segregations have both vertical and horizontal components. Vertical segregation refers to the tendency for women to be concentrated in jobs with little authority and hardly any room for advancement, while men occupy more powerful and influential positions. Horizontal segregation refers to the tendency for both men and women to occupy different categories of job. The reasons for the persistence of occupational segregation are rooted in a complex interplay between societal and personal gender stereotypes, discrimination by power-holders against out-groups, habits and social inertia-and the repeated impact of all these on individuals’ choices and behaviours. Though increasing number of women now work full time outside the home, a large number are concentrated in part-time employment. Men, by and large, do not assume prime responsibility for the rearing of children. However, it is also seen that women have started bagging some important positions in jobs. Several processes have affected these trends. One significant factor is that more women are moving into higher paying professional positions than was the earlier case. Young women with good qualifications are now as likely as their male counterpart to land into lucrative jobs. The improved

While women continue to thrive in sports, the opposite is true for men. The cutting of wrestling teams, men’s tennis, men’s swimming, and male gymnastics has become a common phenomenon. Thousands of male athletes have missed out on an athletic career because the title IX law has resulted in a limiting way of establishing equity. The law is an indication of the general misconception of what gender equality means and the manner in which expensive bills and laws create bigger problems instead of solving the initial problem.

Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments Act prohibits discrimination based on sex in educational programs, but it had the greatest impact in increasing the opportunity for females in sports. The participation opportunities for females in sports are at its highest rate ever with 9,581 women’s intercollegiate teams in the NCAA in 2014, an increase of 307 since 2012 (Acosta & Carptenter, 2014). Despite the increased number of female

Although stereotypes and unequal pay in sports still exists today, the creation of government laws and associations have helped women make great gains in sports over time. Section one in the amendment for equal rights declares, “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex” (Mount 2). Females are capable of doing similar activities as men because everyone has equal rights. Even though this law made it possible for females to play sports, it did not help improve the discrimination. All female athletes kept receiving derogatory remarks whenever they played sports until the creation of Title IX (Francis

Alksnis, Curtis, and Desmarais (2008) This study focuses on gender segregation and the implications of male and female jobs with an emphasis on both genders salaries. The team used a between-subjects design where they examined whether the participants would assign different pay to 3 types of jobs. The actual responsibilities and duties of these jobs would be carried out by men and women were handled the same. However, the job assigned would be situated in either a traditionally masculine or feminine domain. The research found pay differences between jobs labelled as “male” and “female”. This suggests that gender-based discrimination is arising from occupational stereotyping. This leads to the devaluation of the work typically done by women which will influence salary allocation.

All through the historical background of the world, segregation in the sum total of what structures have been a consistent fight; whether its race, sexual orientation, religion, convictions, appearance or whatever else that makes one individual not quite the same as another, it 's occurring each day. One critical separation issue the world populace is doing combating, happens is the pay gap. Ladies, who are as similar with the same experience as men are not getting equal pay, this is otherwise called systemic separation. The acknowledgment that man and lady can deliver the same results, and have the same ability to fulfill the same.

Fewer than 30,000 females participated in intercollegiate athletics due to lack of opportunities provided by colleges. After Title IX was established, women who participated in athletics had an increased chance for opportunities. Since Title IX was introduced in 1972 female athletic participation has increased more than 403% since 1971. By 2001 2.8 million females participated in athletics, which makes up 43% of college varsity athletics. These numbers show an obvious increase in female athletics and prove that Title IX has helped in the advancement of women’s equality (Title IX at Thirty: Report Card on Gender Equity 14-16).

In the article “Eight Women Breaking Barriers In Men's Sports As Coaches, Referees and Broadcasters,” by Kate Feldman brought to the public's attention that women are beginning to have the same jobs that you usually would see a man working as. Feldman explains by mentioning examples of females new job positions:, “Becky Hammon was hired as an assistant coach for the San Antonio Spurs in August 2015, becoming the first full-time,salaried female coach in NBA history.””. Then later mentioning “ Jen Welter changed history as the NFL’s first female coach when the Arizona Cardinals hired her as an assistant coach with the inside linebackers”. Many people were shocked seeing this because everyone thinks that you have to be strong or manly to play a role in men sports, but that is not true. Society has changed a lot through the years making progress in job opportunities for women that there are for men.

In addition, Wallace’s article supports the message of equal pay for women athletes implying, “The average salary for WNBA player is $72,000 which doesn’t include bonuses and benefits, while the average salary for an NBA player is around $5 million” (Wallace, 2016). Due to some women and men playing the same sport wouldn’t their salaries be equal.In our society, it is socially acceptable to put your son in football and your daughter in dance. This claim is supported by illustrating, “Furthermore, sport has always been seen as a masculinized entity, and therefore, women are perceived as intruding on male boundaries” (Senne, 2016). Stereotypes for women athletes is established when they are young and unfortunately continues throughout their

Gender segregation has declined since 1970; however, 60.9 percent of workers still are employed in a single-gender-dominated industry (Reskin, Workplace Gender Equality Agency). Professions strongly associated with men include: mining, driving, catering, plumbing, and car sales. Professions strongly associated with women include: nursing, primary teaching, beauticians, and manufacturing work that involves ‘manual dexterity’ (Hesmondhalgh and Baker). In fact, there were approximately 65 million women employed in 2010; yet, a grand total of three industries comprised of 53% of these women. The three woman-dominating industries in this study included education and

Ellis provides a new approach to assess the impact of organizational changes performance related pay schemes and other relevant trends in personnel policy on the gender wage gap. The results indicate that innovative human resource practices tend to negotiate salary. Studies have shown that men are more likely to do. I will use this source for conditional rebuttal for evidence for wage discrimination in the workplace. It provides the useful data for the earning gap between men and women. Busteed shows that the former female student-athletes outperform other college graduates on important career and life outcomes. They are significantly more likely to be engaged in their work and thrive in several areas of well-being compared with college graduates including their male student-athlete counterparts. These findings are according to a new analysis based on the Gallup-Purdue Index. In a day and age in which gender inequality continues to exist on so many levels, it is greatly encouraging to see indicators of real success on which female athletes achieve better outcomes than their college graduate counterparts. I will use this source for valid conditions of rebuttal. It will shows how females are capable in the workplace and perform better than males do. Covert explores how women are discriminated against in the workplace. He shows 30 percent of women report experiences of discrimination by using a new poll data from the Center for