Gender Equality In The Workplace

man's success there is a women. Women do so much and get less than half of the recognition men get. Everyday sexism should not exist because women are being silenced or dismissed because people think they are only attention seekers. Sexism in politics should not exist because there are plenty of women who are just as qualified or better to do a job than a man is.

According to Merriam Dictionary Unequal means, "giving more advantages, power etc to some people and less to other people for unfair reasons." (Unequal, 2015)

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

Growing up in Catalina Island as a kid, I never saw gender roles as a problem. It was very diverse there and all men and women were treated equally at work. But now that my world has expanded, I now know that women have the shorter end of the stick in today's world. This was a time where both my parents worked, even though my father did not have to because he was receiving money from the Marines after being apart of them for about 20 years. They both cared for me equally, there was no house wife or anything like that. Fortunately for me, both of their schedules perfectly connected so that I would have at least one parent home when I am also home. I had a luxury that I took for granted at the time, and I would soon miss it a little more. When I moved to Big Bear, to me, it

Gender diversity was not taken into consideration and most companies have very little knowledge on how to take advantage of it.

There are many different cultures with vast differences throughout the world however most of them share the same fundamental ideal that women are the inferior gender and men are the superior ones. As Mary Wollstonecraft states in A Vindication of the Rights of Women men think of women as being “created to be the toy of man, his rattle, and it must jingle in his ears whenever, dismissing reason, he chooses to be amused” (cite pg 372). Ancient historical documents portray the domination and suppression of women by men in almost every civilization that has existed. While there are clearly physical and emotional differences between men and women why do most men consider women to be less than and most women consider men to be superior? As times have progressed women have had opportunities to show that women are in fact not the inferior sex but are indeed equal to men however there are still fundamental differences that separate us.

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.

I chose to focus my paper on EEO, being that I am an African- American and have experienced some of the negative aspects of it. I will discuss equal opportunities in the workplace, and its affect on human resource management. Equal opportunities are very important in the modern workplace. Providing equal opportunities involves providing the same opportunities to all the employees and prospective employees regardless of their sex, age, disabilities, ethnic origins, sexual orientations etc. Equal opportunities allow the employee to have rights therefore the employer is unable to take advantage, discriminate or manipulate staff. Employers have an element of power over their employees but by having the law on the side of the employees,

The United States has always been praised for freedom and equality. However, there is a notable area of inequality in the workforce: the gender pay gap. In the Unites States, a woman makes, on average, a mere 78 cents to the dollar earned by a man. This statistic has remained steady and has only seen a small 18 cent increase in the past few decades. A majority of the wage gap is due to unsound social biases. Because gender inequality in the workforce is fueled by complex factors such as biases, it requires a complex solution. This brings forth a question that needs an answer in order to achieve complete equality: how can the issue of gender in the workplace be resolved? By the breakdown of historical events and documents, the economic analysis of the issue, and the use of education to raise a new generation of unbiased workforce, possible solutions can be composed that could minimize the gap in pay between the genders.

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.

“And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other’s rights or dignities” (Carol Bellamy). In today’s economy, being bias in the workplace is more than a distraction, it is costly. It is hurting people of different race, ethnicity, age, sex, religion, and more. Working to stop inequality is something that needs to happen. While some may say that unfairness helps the economy and puts everyone in the right place, discrimination is prevalent in world history, and definitely affects the workplaces in the economy and their workers.

Senators: I call to you in this country’s hour of need. Many Americans are barely getting by – they are being paid substandard wages and many single-parent families are well below the poverty line with no way to escape. In Alabama, a woman goes to work early in the morning, toils all day for ungrateful customers, and she doesn't return home until late at night, ready to collapse from exhaustion. She has three young children, and she cannot afford childcare – let alone new shoes. Her children wear their shoes until they fall apart on their feet. They live in a shoebox apartment on the bad side of town, which is all that their mother can afford. She works as much as she can every day, even on weekends, just to cover rent. Lucky for her children, last January she applied for welfare, so that her oldest son – 12 years old – can buy food for his family with his 4 and 6-year-old siblings on the way home from school. Their situation is not safe, and unfortunately, situations like this exist all across the United States. Waiters and waitresses are paid less than their managers who sit in cushioned chairs in back offices, barking out orders. Raising the minimum wage to $15.00 an hour, erasing the loophole that excludes tipped workers, and putting in place laws to keep the minimum wage paced with inflation will cause drastic decreases in workplace inequality.

As Malala Yousafzai said, “We cannot succeed when half of us are held back.” Social construction affects everyone's life and plays a significant role in stereotyping men and women as opposites. The Office is a television series that shows a good example of gender inequality in social setting. Individuals of a society define masculinity and femininity as what they were taught while growing up either by their family, friends, or the media. Also, there are certain professions that we link based on the gender in our society. Doctors, engineers, police officers, and lawyers show masculinity while nurses and teachers link to females. Some people may not pursue certain careers because it is socially unacceptable for their gender. Although we first see blended office workers in this show, we also see an unwillingness to accept the gender difference.

Historically, in many countries, women have been considered to belong to the lower and weaker section of society. In the Indian culture as well, there is ongoing discrimination against women and it is inclining day by day. The female section has to face a lot and different types of discrimination – at home, in schools, in colleges, while using public transport, and even at the workplace. In this article, my intention is to elaborate upon gender discrimination against women at the workplace.

Rapid changes in the global economic market entail transformations affecting not only the external environment of organizations, but also its internal operations and processes (Hall, 2008; Hodgetts, 2002). One important change that has altered the nature of contemporary organization is the “acknowledgement, development and systematic use of the skills and knowledge of employees” (Ramirez et al 2007, p 496). The central role of employees’ participation in the success of the organization involves not only “high performance work systems… [but] they also involve the decentralization of decisions and work enrichment that is providing employees with opportunities for involvement in decision-making and innovation.” (Wood & de