One of these constituents is mental health. Now I know that mental health and the gender wage gap seem to be on two opposite spectrums, but their connections run deeper than it seems at face value. For women, our expectations are overflowing whether it be staying home with the children when they are sick, caring for elderly parents, making lunches and dinner, being a supportive spouse, or cleaning the house. As if the responsibilities at home are not enough, we are expected to go to work and tolerate unfair compensation and psychological abuse from the dominant men in charge. At some point, we as women are bound to hit a breaking point.
Many women in the United States are viewed as strong and independent people. However, women are also shown to be not as powerful and equal to men, women’s voices are still not heard equally today. The blunt truth is that men still run the world. Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduated in the United States; men still hold more leadership positions in the industry and the government. It is a proven fact that “A man is selected for hire over a woman” (Yurkiewicz) while women should automatically be the ones to sit at home and be less help then a man.
Race Matters 2/25/14 Peggy McIntosh and Dr. Tatum’s Look at White Privilege Peggy McIntosh, an American feminist and anti-racist activist, most famous work was her essay “White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences through Work in Women’s Studies”. Peggy McIntosh suggests that white people are born with certain advantages and privileges that are merely a function of the race they were born into. Whites are born with this set of advantages that simply make life easier and more comfortable. While the vast majority of Caucasians are either unaware or reluctant to acknowledge this phenomenon it is one of the most powerful manifestations of racism in modern society. Peggy McIntosh gives an account of the unearned privileges of the whites and the males in the United States.
The Effects of the Past Continue to Affect Women’s Wage The gender wage gap has narrowed faster because women have showed labor market experience in the last twenty years. In the last two years, the wage gap between men and woman has changed from 77.0% to 77.4%; therefore, the wage gap has been closer between these two genders (“Gender” par. 1). In ancient times, everything was different for these two genders because men were the people who kept the economy of their families. 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.
Whereas in 'Making History' the women are a lot more dependent, although they do have to marry a man while they are quite young to fill the stereotypical purpose which was to be a housewife, so they would just cook, clean and have children. In 'Spies' Frayn uses the character of Barbera Berril to portray another stereotypical view of women, that is being a gossip. Frayn presented this female character as bossy, gobby and gossipy. Barbera visits Stephen in the 'privet' a lot and when she visits him she gossips about everything that she's seen and heard, she even sometimes makes up rumours about stuff. So again, Frayn has presented one of the stereotypical views of women and girls through this character.
There was a lot of sexist employers as most of them thought a ‘women’s place’ was in the home. Women faced a lot of discrimination against men if they were seen displaced in the field of work. Most women would be employed in Domestic Service which would include being maids and cleaners for higher class citizens who could afford servants. They would polish silver, wash and do normal household chores. Most women were brought up to support her husband and look after her home and children; her time was always contributed to her home.
The traditional roles that are expected of Latinas in the family household are very historic compared to the way women are now. Their current identity heavily reflects on their past. A role that most women fulfill now is the housewife. Most of the Latina woman’s time is spent in the kitchen cooking and making sure everything is done right for the husband. Most Latinas don’t work because they have to serve their children and take care of the household.
Many of the authors covered in our texts discuss the intersections of race, class, and gender and how they are formed in society. For my essay I want to touch on what are the different races being discussed? What genders are we intersecting? How is each classes different and how does it differ with race? The pieces that will be mentioned touch on the fact that in society gender stereotypes are formed.
Literature Review Sexism has been a social issue here in Belize for centuries that have existed in a rush manner. Males tend to believe that they are the ones who should control a household. Their point of view towards women is that women are supposed to be housewives as that was the tradition in society. Women are supposed to cook, wash, and take care of the children. They do not believe that women should go out and have a professional job in the work force.
Nothing like a Radical feminist who sees the injustice on a daily level.. The liberal feminist would be a an extremely sucsessful woman; she may even hold a high position at her place of employment. But she also is aware of her limitations. She would never apply for the position of president- she's lucky to be the vice president. I found it hard to find a certain type of feminism I could relate to.