Firms should not resolve the wage gap Ahmed Khedr American University of Sharjah Women should not receive same pay as men. Startled? Don’t be. It will only help our economy. Wage gap is seen throughout history as a negative aspect as most individuals would think that women work as much as men, maybe even more, yet tend to have a lower salary and worse living conditions.
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.
They believe in this part of the world, women are drawing even with men in terms of education and experience, yet men are paid more and do better than women at work. However, others are convinced that the gender bias does not explain the male-female pay gap and argue that the wage gap is a myth. Regardless of what people say, I believe that the wage gap is based on a misleading data and
As stated by Sportelli “the gender gap separates women from their male peers in the workplace, salary, and self-esteem (Sportelli, 2014). If this persists a company could see adverse effects that can suffer from eventual lack of output/productivity. If one does not feel as though they are being treated or paid fairly like other co-workers then they become less motivated to work. Equity theory deals with the input and the outcome as well as the human motives. If one feels as though things are equal among other co-workers then there tends to be more unity within a work area.
Marxist theories state that inequality is not a female issue, but a class one, for they note that middle class women are often better off than working class men. This point seems futile; can inequality not be a problem of the female and the working class male? Class aside, it is an indisputable fact that by and large, women are affected more harshly by poverty than men, in Pearce’s research into poverty in the United States, she found that two thirds of the poor who were over 16 were women. Poverty is rapidly becoming a female problem. Marxists however claim that we should focus on the eradication of capitalism, because then gender disparities will swiftly follow.
Industrial, hands on, manufacturing jobs are slowly declining. Through globalization the need for white-collar jobs is increasing. Well-educated members of society are getting richer while poorly educated generate no increase in income. The end result is creating the large economic inequality gap. In terms of gender inequalities, cases still come forward that include unequal pay between a female manager and a male manager.
In an ideal world, this might work, however, for the most part in the United States; whites automatically have a leg up in society. People of color need more assistance than whites because they are automatically a step down from white people. If I walked into a store and applied for a job, even if I was very poor and had no experience, there is a good chance I would be more likely to get it than a black or latina girl of the same situation. This is unfair but true, and speaks of an inequality that our country is still struggling with and that we need these government programs to help balance out. Also, I find issue with his statement that “Those who came to this country in recent decades from Asia, Latin
The concept claims that wealth generated from this division does not filter down to the workers, as the businesses are only concerned in profit making. Exploited, they do not feel their full fair benefit for the work they do, so forming unequal power relationships in society. They have no choice but to sell their labour power on the market and end up being exploited (Mythen, 2012, p108). Gender division of labour focusses on how unequally work is shared between men and women, with many of the jobs occupied by women not being seen as important and are undervalued.
For example, women used to do just domestic tasks and take care of their children at home and men were responsible to work very hard to bring money to their homes. Since then, the gender wage gap has affected women and men. Because of this fact, many companies think that women are not designed to do different kinds of tasks and they do not have the same skills as men. For example, men are more likely to have mechanical or computer skills and women are more likely to have nursing or childcare skills. Therefore, the gender wage gap affects women more than men because of the circumstances that happened in the past.
This study deals with gender inequality in the modern society and looks at the difficulties women face when they strive for equal success as their male counterparts. About seventy-five percent of the jobs in well-paid professions are held by men and even if women are able to get equal jobs they are still paid considerably less . The central question posed is, are there any differences in the aspirations and career goals between males and females? However, in order to fully understand stereotypical social values about sex-roles in our society, an analysis of the broader context, in terms of the findings of the research of experts in the field, is needed. Thus, this Literature Review discusses the research on gender discrimination in the modern society as well as what drives women into the workforce.