gender inequality

We live in a society where men and women are not see the same nor are treated equally. Gender inequalities have always been an issue in our society. Women have always gain less respect than men based on their sex. The society has developed certain images and roles for males and females. Men are seen to have masculine traits such stability, independence, and confidence; whereas, women have more feminine traits such as nurturing, affection, and patience. As well, the society has developed the division of occupations for genders. Females are expected to work in caring professions such as: a nurse, sectary, or teacher. While men are expected to be: doctors, lawyers, and construction workers. These stereotypes of gender should not state what a woman can do. A woman should have the same opportunities as men when is come to issues such as paying rate and job positions. This paper will address gender inequalities that women face in their occupations.

Women tend to go into occupations that are more interpersonal. Occupations where they can form some sort of connection with people and help them. According to the United States Department of Labor, Nursing, dental hygienists, abuse/mental health workers, social workers, and teachers are heavily female occupied, where 80% of that workforce is composed of women. On the very opposite end of the spectrum where men comprise most of the workforce, construction, machine operators and other dangerous or physically demanding jobs alike . It is no wonder that 94% of workplace deaths are male, and 99% of combat deaths are

Gender and work exist sociologically as a way to maintain both authority and inequality. Women’s roles throughout history shed a light on the expectations and stereotypes that exist today; however, navigating a gendered economy and overcoming sex segregation continues to be a challenging task for most women. Wages continue to be uneven, and wives continue to bear most of the child rearing and domestic responsibilities despite increasingly working the same amount as their husbands do. Becoming educated on these inequalities and viewing them with a sociological perspective will allow people to see gender and work in an accurate light and continue to develop

The labor market is very segregated. It is mentioned that women and men of the same racial-ethnic group rarely having the same jobs, as well as women of different racial-ethnic groups. This supports the interconnection between class, race, and gender. Men are seen as the superior gender, and are more likely to receive a job position. Women are often deemed incapable of preforming work that is classified as a ‘man’s job’ and pushed into typical jobs involving infant care and domestic work.

In addition, women are seen to be less committed to labor force participation than men. "High turnover rates and low productivity levels in females-dominated occupations" produce this stereotype (Adler 450). Gender stereotypes of this nature result in loss of opportunity for women to gain the necessary job experiences for advancement (Bell 67).

Over years there have been many cases and treatment that indicated to gender inequality. Gender inequality means unequal treatment and understanding based on their gender, or biological differences. The biological differences between man and women is that men born differently that women, and men have different sexual organs than women. Gender inequality includes treated women roughly, and have a picture that females are minimum that males.

Job Segregation, is the over-representation of women in service sector jobs, such as education, healthcare, and administrative

Men in female occupations often have male supervisors, it’s easier for them to have “gendered bond with their supervisor” which leads to higher salary and promotions (Wingfield). But when it come to “black males” it's completely different, black males often experience gendered racism. That limit them to advance in the career they hope to accomplish in.

Many professions are traditionally occupied by one gender over the other, identified as occupational segregation (Hoffnung et al., 2013). Furthermore, Hoffnung and colleagues (2013), state that females are often perceived as carrying the burden of parenthood and general domestic chores, often in positions such as domestic labour. Whereas males are traditionally employed in positions with lower social demands, in more quantitatively and physically demanding positions. During the last thirty years there has been a notable increase of females into traditionally male roles,

"Women 's advancement often stops short of the general management level" as a partial result of discrimination by white men in positions of power, which include the differences of developmental job assignments they are afforded (Ohlott 46). "Developmental job assignments have been found to be one of the most important factors in preparing both men and women for upper-level management positions" (Ohlott 46 - 47).If women do not experience these same job assignments, they may be less prepared than men for handling future upper-level management jobs. These types of job assignments lead to high-level positions, make managers more visible, and prepare them for future jobs. With men being in the top ranks

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

The most common explanation for why some jobs are female and some jobs are male is simply because it is traditional. It has been this way for so long, why change it? A more developed approach is the sex role theory. This explains that companies do not hire women for certain jobs because society agrees that there are appropriate roles for men and appropriate roles for women. An example of this is women being waitresses because they serve food in the home. A third argument is physical strength, which states that women are excluded from certain jobs because of their lack of physical

When it comes to professions, most people associate more complex ones with men while jobs of lower status are associated with women. For instance, when one hears that someone is an engineer, what is their first thought? That person is most likely a male. On the other hand, when hearing nurse, the person thinks of a female. These gender neutral terms became gender specific due to stereotypical views that associate women with jobs of servitude and men with leadership roles. Often, people even add “women” or “lady” to professions that are associated with men. Doctor becomes woman doctor, engineer becomes women engineer, and lawyer becomes lady lawyer. Such terminology implies that women in these positions are not as valued as their male counterparts

Social status and structures have definitely shaped the construction and experience of gender inequality. Men and women are constantly analyzed, compared, and grouped together in society. The result of this yields discrepancies in how sexes are viewed by society. Throughout my examination and explanation of gender inequality, I concluded both men and women are victims to gender inequality.

For the workplace study presented, our group has studied a variety of workplaces in attempts to draw some similar patterns in gender structures. All of the observations took place in the services sector, though the offerings differed. The purpose of our observations was to gain more insight into how gender, race and other demographics are structured into various places of employment. There were some observations that were expected like Hispanics and African Americans in lower waged positions and women working as receptionists; however, there were some interesting observations in different locations. As we provide a brief explanation of the locations observed, we will draw on the similarities and differences.