Women were lower paid and were restricted to do less skilled work, as they were considered incompetent. Working class women also worked in the trades producing hats and constructing dresses. So when the soldiers went out to fight how was left to do the men’s jobs? The women started assuming the positions that men usually held, and they liked it. Women wanted the same working rights as men, and they fought hard for it.
The 19th Amendment did not bring equality for women in any sense, other than the gain of suffrage. In addition, although the amendment did not limit suffrage to only white women, black women often were prevented from voting. Women continue to face sexism in the workforce and all other areas of life, with women continuing to earn only seventy-seven cents for every dollar earned by a man. Although, women now surpass men in terms of education, and still makeup only 5% of the CEOs of Fortune 500 countries. They are held back by traditional gender roles.
The government has created a form of discrimination to combat previous discrimination; this is not even a levelheaded thought, programs and or laws supporting it such as Affirmative Action are immoral and should be abolished. How reverse racism negatively impacts Americans. Discrimination has been affecting America and its citizens for as long as we have been a country. From the Civil war to the Civil Rights movement to present day, it is an infectious plague. Today, hundreds of thousands of less qualified citizens are hired for jobs over other citizens, who are more than qualified for that position, all because of race (www.adversity.net).
Gender bias in the workplace Natalie Brown Bryant & Stratton College SOSC 102: Principles of Sociology Annetta Gad July 15, 2012 Abstract Women are represented as being underneath men in an organizational hierarchy. They do not earn as much money as their male counterparts, even though they may work as hard. Gender bias does exist in the workplace. It is the main cause for women not being able to break that invisible barrier, which keeps them from reaching senior levels. A woman can have the same degree as a man but will not be offered the same job as him, simply because of her sex.
Woman in special were in of great need to be given rights as they were classified as almost nothing in society. At the time there was a lot that woman could not do due to the poor laws, while legally and morally a man could get away with doing so much more. Woman couldn’t open any bank accounts and once married the husband would had complete control over any financial incomes that they earned. Also woman were expected to have sex with only one man while it was acceptable for men to have multiple partners in their life. In a way this moral and legal discrimination is equally a big issue in the 21st century.
The Women’s Right Movement changed the lives of the American Women for the better, due to gaining the right to vote, access to higher education, and the opportunity to enter the workforce. Before the reform movements of Women’s right, the American women were discriminated in society, home life, education, and the workforce. Women in the 1800s could not only vote, but they also were forbidden to speak in public. They were voiceless and had no self-confidence, they dependent men, since they had little to no rights (Bonnie and Ruthsdotter). Before the reform movement, the American Women were voiceless, they had no say in society, however the reform movement will soon change that.
Working women in the United States are only paid 78 cents to every dollar that their male equivalent receives. Today more than 130 countries have gender equality laws, but these laws do not seem to make much of a difference (How the Wage Gap Hurts). For centuries, human beings have struggled to obtain equal rights for all people. In the United States, despite the basic ideology that all men are created equal, it has taken centuries to obtain equal rights, and America still has yet to grant equal rights for all, especially women. Historically, women have always been considered far inferior to men, which caused early movements for women's rights.
Minorities use to be slaves, and had very little status in society, but that status was built up to the point where there now suppose to be equals. Although, many feel inferior to these immigrants therefore they discriminate against them through gender, age, religion and race. Despite the promotion of equality there are still many types of discrimination in today’s society. Discrimination visibly occurs in the workplace as well as in the mass media. Why are their still forms of discrimination in today’s society?
Pay Equity I think the Equal Pay bill is a great resolution to our current problem and I fully support it. The Equal Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Pay Act already bans discrimination in the work field on account of sex so it is ridiculous that women are still being paid less than men. If a woman has the same occupation, qualifications, and meet the same performance as the men in her job place and is still being paid less than men, then she is being robbed. It is very discouraging to see that women still being mistreated in America. Women have come a long way in American history and play a vital role in our community.
Gough Whitlam Womens Rights Policy The Womens Rights Policy was established by Gough Whitlam in1975, being that women get equal rights. Before the policy was undertaken, women had minimal rights. They were not allowed to receive equal pay which meant that many women were suffering from unemployment, leading to women not working because there was no beneifit. Not only did women have no rights, they were being sexually harrassed or abused by superior males and discriminated in education. Before the policy was accepted, women were unable to receive loans if they were single, were not allowed to go to university, and even make decisions about their own bodies, e.g.