A woman working in the same job as a man will usually earn less, despite the fact that she may have the same or better training, education, and skills required for the job ("Study Shows Female Managers in Britain Earn Less than Men, and Equality Could Be 57 Years Away." 2010). Women are consistently discriminated against in the workplace. Women only make 60 percent or less than their male counterparts in the same job position (Louis, 2010). Throughout history men are seen as the “strong/tough ones”; the belief is that they should be paid more than women in order to support their families (Loney, 2005).
It has declined dramatically for women college graduates, whereas less-educated women have experienced virtually stable divorce rates” (Lamanna & Riedmann, 2011, 402). “Another reason is that better-educated and better-off working couples have had the economic tide in their favor. According to public policy professor Andrew Cherlin, “Families with two earners with good jobs have seen an improvement in their standard of living, which leads to less tension at home and lower probability of divorce,” so long as the wife does not earn more than her husband. This is particularly true in white marriages, where the greater a woman’s income, compared to her husband’s, destabilizes the marriage” (Lamanna & Riedmann, 2011, 405). Divorce rates in the past 20 years have been declining the majority of that decline has been attributed to both men and women waiting longer to marry at a more advanced and mature age.
Sharpe’s believe this could be because of the changing attitudes of society in general towards women and the impact of feminism. Mitsos and Browne (1998) say that the service sector which is traditionally seen as women’s work has expanded. Employers usually like women in this sector as they have good communication skills and the rise in the employment of women has given girls the incentive to do well at school. Mac and Ghaill claim that the decline in male employment opportunities has led to an ‘Crisis of Masculinity’ as many boys now believe they have a less chance in a getting a proper job. This undermines their motivation and self-esteem therefore they give up on trying to do well in education and have a fatalistic attitude towards it.
In studies provided by the Census Bureau, women proved to have worked more hours per week than men. Vanderkam feels the pay gap is reasonable considering women are beginning to work more hours, but some Americans argue that social inequality is now in favor of women. America is always going to have competitiveness with employee wages. While this is seen as social inequality, it sometimes is morally fair. If women are working more hours than men, many people find it reasonable for women to make more money.
Even though union members—those who keep their jobs--- get their wages increased and enjoy improved working conditions and benefits, the economic issues that most unions brings to the United States outbalance the positive effects. As the United States competes with the rest of the world, firms struggle when one of their highest costs is directly related to labor. In the article Labor Unions by Morgan Reynolds, the author accurately explains this phenomenon: while higher wages are successfully achieved, they simultaneously reduce the number of jobs available in unionized firms. This occurs because of the basic law of demand: once prices of labor rise, then employers will purchase less of it. Hence such members’ benefits are achieved at the expense of consumers, nonunion workers, already unemployed people, taxpayers, and corporation owners (Reynolds,
Despite the fact that girls do better than boys at school, boys have higher expectations and higher self esteem than girls, a gap that continues with each year of schooling. Does this finding conform with your own experience? How would you explain this? 4. Make up two lists—what women can do to prevent rape and what men can do.
Sondra Douglas English Honors Gifted- 4th Mrs. Hotlets March 4, 2014 Gender Inequality in the Workplace Gender inequality is the unequal treatment or perceptions of individuals based on gender. Over the last 50 years, the involvement of women and fairness has been a problem. Economically, women, particularly poor women and African American women did not fare well during this time period. Inequality grew as wages remained depressed and tax cuts to the wealthy failed to “trickle down” to the bottom of the economic ladder where nearly half of the female labor force was concentrated (Justin Karr pg. 41).
This research has also discovered other interesting results. First is that the quantitative assessment is lower for about 810 percent points than the qualitative. Second, people don’t consider intercourse as source of happiness, but they believe that it is enjoyable than cultural activities or volunteer works. Then, when their money or income increases they are become happier. Next is that women are happier than men; lastly, out of 10 respondents, 8 people believed that happiness is related to the growth of the economy is the same as happiness, as opposed to the same studies.
Academically successful students will have more employment opportunities than those with less education. Thus, academic success may mean the difference between working at a job merely “because it pays the rent” and working at a job that one enjoys (Rentner & Kober, 2001, p. 15). Research also shows that people who are academically successful • are more stable in their employment; • are more likely to have health insurance; • are less dependent on public assistance; • are less likely to engage in criminal activity; • are more active as citizens and charitable volunteers; and • are more healthy (National Alliance of Business, Inc., 1998). According to Ruby Payne in her book , A Framework for Understanding Poverty, low achievement can be closely correlated with low socioeconomic status. Poverty can be related to academic achievement in the United States.
Many women out-earn their male counterparts in today’s economy. And the fact that traditional male dominated jobs are on the decline while female dominated jobs and the educational superiority of women is on the incline exacerbates this fact. Like it or not, the lines between the roles