Also depending on what class you originate from and being a female can be seen as disastrous for their lives, the government sees them as less important and less valuable then men. Women in Canada have faced many gender specific issues through the years, they have been seen as less significant and often stay home and care for the young, while the men work and bring home basic necessities for life. Female roles are beginning to become more important in the workforce and in the home in the modern age, yet they still face many generalized problems. In the Preindustrial society, men hunted in the wild for food, while women gathered roots, nuts, seeds and berries; and
For example, women now go out to work, just as men now help with housework and childcare. However Feminists reject the ‘March of Progress’ theory, and argue that women remain unequal within the family. Anne Oakley argues that we still live in a patriarchal (male dominated) society, and therefore women occupy a subordinate and dependant role within the family and wider society. In addition in Mary Boulton’s research backed this, she found that fewer than 20% of husbands had a majority role in childcare. Overall it could therefore be argued that rather than partners becoming more equal, women now have to carry a ‘dual burden’, whereby she is responsible for two jobs of unpaid or paid labour.
The gender pay gap is influenced by a number of interrelated work, family and societal factors, including stereotypes about the work women and men ‘should’ do, and the way women and men ‘should’ engage in the workforce. * The difference between women’s and men’s average weekly full-time equivalent earnings, expressed as a percentage of men’s earnings. The national gender pay gap is currently 17.1% and has hovered between 15% and 18% for the past two decades. Other factors that contribute to the gender pay gap include: * Women and men working in different industries (industrial segregation) and different jobs (occupational segregation). Historically, female-dominated industries and jobs have attracted lower wages than male-dominated industries and jobs * a lack of women in senior positions, and a lack of part-time or flexible senior roles.
The common perception of marriage is that it was originally weighted heavily in favour of the male member of the couple, and that this has shifted slowly to a more even-handed arrangement in recent years. This essay will examine the question of how accurate this belief really is. Historically, marriage was highly unequal. While the husband took the role of breadwinner and went out to earn the necessary money to support the family, his wife was expected to stay at home and look after the more mundane tasks that make up the day-to-day running of a household. As the former role was commonly seen as more valuable than the latter, this often meant that the husband held most of the power, such as deciding where they would live, how resources were distributed, etc.
“Men made the laws that gave them control over women’s wages and property, that gave husbands authority over their wives, and that deprived women of the children in divorce.”( Nash 11) It was blatant that women were deprived from a majority of their rights during this time period. Women were also not allowed to pursue the professional career they desired. “Education for women in the 1800s was minimal during that period. Schooling was for the male gender,
While the battle for equality in political positions in government grows, the challenges that women face are no where near as bad as those that women in the 19th century had to undergo when women had not representation in government at all. Women today still face social challenges, especially in the workplace, in perceptions of gender roles and in education; however, they are nowhere near as bad as those that women in 19th had to suffer through. Women from the 19th century had very limited job
Whilst the system impacts adversely on both men and women, the men do have more choices whereas the women are relatively powerless. The men do maintain control over the land, church, country and legal system, which meant women could only access justice through men and so their rights are subjugated to men’s needs. The head of the house
Women’s restriction in the workforce was also because of their forced dependency on men and poor socio-economic status of women. Women were seen to have no intelligence; their higher education was not seen as needed. Only those women who had higher social standings and wealth had a right to higher education. Along with Christian woman’s lack of higher of education, they were highly subordinate to men, meaning their father, brothers, and husband. They were not a loud to own land and also had to pass on their inheritance to their husband.
Throughout colonial history in America, the majority of women were characterized by a stereotypical profile which classified women as financially dependent. Earning a steady income and acquiring an occupation to fulfill such an income was uncommon. Women were typically setup for this situation. They often did not earn much inheritance due to the competition with their brother siblings and consequently relied on the income of their husbands. Taking care of the home and earning an income was perceived as too much for many women.
This is important because not many countries treat immigrants fairly, and choose to judge them to be below than people who were born in the country. But Canada provides immigrants to feel like this is their home making Canada seem like a compromising and welcoming society. Secondly, jobs and terms of work differ in both countries because of wealth. In the United States Greer (1999) says, “They tell me they cannot afford to retire and are amused at my consternation” (p.17). Everything in the U.S. is so expensive that people must overwork themselves to stay alive.