Unbinding Working Women In The Workplace
Male or female; all you have to do is decide which gender you believe you fall under. But when making this decision, remember that being a male gets you way more than being a female. Males receive higher wages, more promotions, and aren’t stereotyped in the work force. So keep all this in mind when deciding what gender you side with. These workplace problems have been around for a long time, but nothing has changed. Gender divides the workplace based on unequal pay for equal work, job stereotyping, and the rate of advancement of men, leaving women feeling less respected and less valued in their job. It is pretty obvious that women do not earn the same about of money as men in an equal position. To me this makes absolutely no sense, if two
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I do not understand why we need another forty-five years to figure out that this is completely unjust. In her article “Unbinding Working Women In A "Bindersfull-Of-Women" Nation” Lily Hall describes the unfair treatment of women in the workplace when she recalled “American women make twenty-three percent less than American men. In fact, American women are paid less than their male counterparts directly upon entering the workforce…U.S. Congress has blocked the vote on the same gender equality bill three times over the past four years” (641). Hall goes on to explain that Congress believes that there are larger issues to resolve than equalling wages. For me, I do not see many other issues that affect nearly half of the country’s entire population. Similarly, in her essay "Limitations To Equality: Gender Stereotypes And Social Change." Sophie Smith also described the equal pay issue when she explained “women in management positions received lower basic salaries and bonuses than men in equivalent roles. …show more content…
In most offices a man is the leader of the office. In the rarity that a women is the head of the office, it most likely took her a lot longer to get that position. Sandberg explains, There’s no doubt that women have the skills to lead in the workplace. Girls are increasingly outperforming boys in the classroom, earning about 57 percent of the undergraduate and 60 percent of the master’s degrees in the United States… Career progression often depends upon taking risks and advocating for oneself—traits that girls are discouraged from exhibiting. The pipeline that supplies the educated workforce is chock-full of women at the entry level, but by the time that same pipeline is filling leadership positions, it is overwhelming stocked with men.(646)
I found it interesting that earn the majority of degrees and yet they are still a minority in power positions. In addition, this shows how bias the workplace is since, clearly women are more qualified for certain jobs with their degrees, and yet men still get promotions over them. Overall, I think this issue just adds to the larger conflict of being treated equally in all aspects of the
I do not understand why we need another forty-five years to figure out that this is completely unjust. In her article “Unbinding Working Women In A "Bindersfull-Of-Women" Nation” Lily Hall describes the unfair treatment of women in the workplace when she recalled “American women make twenty-three percent less than American men. In fact, American women are paid less than their male counterparts directly upon entering the workforce…U.S. Congress has blocked the vote on the same gender equality bill three times over the past four years” (641). Hall goes on to explain that Congress believes that there are larger issues to resolve than equalling wages. For me, I do not see many other issues that affect nearly half of the country’s entire population. Similarly, in her essay "Limitations To Equality: Gender Stereotypes And Social Change." Sophie Smith also described the equal pay issue when she explained “women in management positions received lower basic salaries and bonuses than men in equivalent roles. …show more content…
In most offices a man is the leader of the office. In the rarity that a women is the head of the office, it most likely took her a lot longer to get that position. Sandberg explains, There’s no doubt that women have the skills to lead in the workplace. Girls are increasingly outperforming boys in the classroom, earning about 57 percent of the undergraduate and 60 percent of the master’s degrees in the United States… Career progression often depends upon taking risks and advocating for oneself—traits that girls are discouraged from exhibiting. The pipeline that supplies the educated workforce is chock-full of women at the entry level, but by the time that same pipeline is filling leadership positions, it is overwhelming stocked with men.(646)
I found it interesting that earn the majority of degrees and yet they are still a minority in power positions. In addition, this shows how bias the workplace is since, clearly women are more qualified for certain jobs with their degrees, and yet men still get promotions over them. Overall, I think this issue just adds to the larger conflict of being treated equally in all aspects of the