The reason the income gap is over exaggerated is because the gap does not account for differences in occupations, education, job tenure, negotiating skills, and work habits. To fairly assess whether there is an inequality in pay between men and women first we must understand the job fields that men and women are in. Earlier this year the democratic party took the stance of women as they tried to pass the “Paycheck Fairness Act”. (CNN) The fact that the democrats pushed to pass this act might give off the idea that men are getting paid more than women for the same job. While sometimes this may be true we have to acknowledge the fact that this may even be the case backwards as women might get paid more than men in certain fields.
Running Head: GENDER DIFFERENCES Gender Differences in Short-Term Memory SC-PNG-0000009299 Alwin Aanand Thomson American Degree Program SEGi College Penang Abstract Females have a stronger short-term memory than males. To test short-term memory, I created an experiment in which the subject would be asked to recall a list of ten terms. On average, females remembered a greater percentage of the terms than males. Women were more likely to come up with a creative way to remember the terms, revealing a better ability to adapt and respond to uncertainty. Men are often hired over women, and men make more money than women.
men and women also show differences in reproductive behaviours. It has been suggested than males are more likely to have one night stands and short term sexual relationships than women as there are fewer costs for males, this suggestion was showed by Hatfield’s
Is the English language sexist? For centuries the English language has fallen back on inherently male terms, even ‘woman’ and ‘female’ merely have affixes to the words man and male. Even though language has evolved rapidly since the 1970s due to such acts as the Sex Discrimination Act were passed, there are still issues with our language today. Deborah Cameron, of the University of Oxford talks on the differences between language before the 1970s and now. She focuses of the improvements to language equality, for example the introduction of the term ‘Ms’ for a woman who does not wish her marital status to pre-determine her as men have with ‘Mr’, and the changes to gender neutral profession names such as ‘firefighter’ instead of ‘fireman.’ However the English language is still subconsciously sexist.
How African, Hispanic (Latino), and Asian Americans are portrayed in these mediums often stereotypes and reinforces negative images of each ethnic group. The lack of diversity in the media impacts how stories are covered and limits opportunities for Ethnic minorities in these professions. We should be concerned about having the casts on TV programs, to include news reporting shows reflect the ethnic diversity that exists in society at large. All should be fair, balanced, and color-blind. 40% of American youth ages 19 and under are children of color, yet few of the faces seen on television represent their race or cultural heritage.
“The Controversy of Race: Does Huckleberry Finn Combat or Reinforce Racist Attitudes?” A Case Study in Critical Controversy: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 2nd Edition. Ed. Gerald Graff and James Phelan. Boston: Bedford / St. Martin’s, 2004.
The question to be looked at is ‘What does it mean to be a woman?’Although there has been some progress in the past 30 years, particularly in women’s education and employment equality, there are still many inequalities and also more inconspicuous issues affecting the women of today including domestic violence and rape and sexual abuse and I would like to look further into this. So, what does it mean to be female in today’s society? Though there has been some improvement in gender equality, women are still oppressed. Today’s women earn one-tenth of the worlds income, occupy only 18% of seats in the worlds parliaments, comprise two-thirds of the exploited informal workforce, and for women aged 15-44 gender violence accounts for more deaths and disability than cancer, malaria, traffic accidents and war (World Health Organisation 2005). Studies show women are paid less even when doing the same job with the same experience as their male counterparts
Differences in aggressiveness are another feature of gender roles, this is sown in meads study, and she observed three countries in Papua New Guniea and found that males were more aggressive than females. Mead also observed cultural differences where in some cultures females were more aggressive than other females. This is known as cultural realism in which aggression is innate within us but the level of which the behaviours are performed is relative to their particular culture. Sex stereotypes affect gender roles according to the Williams and best study. They studies 30 different countries, 2800 university students used as participants.
They say that in the world today women and men are equal. But that is not the case. When it comes to media women are always underrepresented, may it be in politics, business, sports, journalism or in television and films. In this research I will aim to find out why this happens, why it is that the world has progressed so much and so have the women but due to some factors they are just not considered as equal to men. Women are under paid as compared to them, they are quoted lesser in terms of new papers, given lesser speaking roles in the case of films and television shows and those are just a few examples.
They have commercials for men that are rather neutral in emotion, or with fast-paced action. When have you ever seen a commercial in which the man is showing any sign of femininity, that wasn’t meant as a joke? There are, however, ads that show women being athletic and independent. Most of what the media says about women is that they are nice, pretty, delicate, and they wear their emotions on their sleeves. As we grow older, both sexes endure an incredible amount of pressure from the media to fit into their gender roles.