Women And Flexibility In The Workplace
Women and Flexibility in the Workplace Margaret A. Bynes SOC 402: Contemporary Social Problems and the Workplace Instructor: Gina Rollings July 27, 2014
American women are working hard to pay bills and take care of their families, yet many employers makes it impossible for them to work and take care of their family obligations. Women have not been given the importance of their male counterparts in any field in the workplace. History has shown that there is no major roles of women because they have not been given the chance to prove their leadership. Women have always played a secondary role in society. The role of the woman was to raise the children and to be subservient to the role of the man. Women decided that they wanted to stand on their own two feet especially after WWII. During the war, women had taken over the role of the men by working and taking care of the home. When the men returned home from war, the women had gotten use to their new role of being the breadwinner and did not want to relinquish their jobs. Because many women are working full-time, this leaves less time for a family, personal life or for social activities. “About half of all workers on U.S. payrolls today are women. Moreover, the majority of mothers whether married or single, works outside of the home, meaning that in most American families, all of the adults work, and there is no full-time stay-at-home caregivers. (Glynn, 2012) In the video “Women as Change Agents in America (Pt1), Kathleen Christensen determined why there is flexibility of women in the workplace. She discusses flexibility as being a social and structural issue. The workplace was designed for men in order to suit their needs as the breadwinner. This meant
American women are working hard to pay bills and take care of their families, yet many employers makes it impossible for them to work and take care of their family obligations. Women have not been given the importance of their male counterparts in any field in the workplace. History has shown that there is no major roles of women because they have not been given the chance to prove their leadership. Women have always played a secondary role in society. The role of the woman was to raise the children and to be subservient to the role of the man. Women decided that they wanted to stand on their own two feet especially after WWII. During the war, women had taken over the role of the men by working and taking care of the home. When the men returned home from war, the women had gotten use to their new role of being the breadwinner and did not want to relinquish their jobs. Because many women are working full-time, this leaves less time for a family, personal life or for social activities. “About half of all workers on U.S. payrolls today are women. Moreover, the majority of mothers whether married or single, works outside of the home, meaning that in most American families, all of the adults work, and there is no full-time stay-at-home caregivers. (Glynn, 2012) In the video “Women as Change Agents in America (Pt1), Kathleen Christensen determined why there is flexibility of women in the workplace. She discusses flexibility as being a social and structural issue. The workplace was designed for men in order to suit their needs as the breadwinner. This meant
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