Working Woman, Equality in the workforce
Escape Through the Glass Ceiling
Equality in the workforce. A symbol of progression for the female gender? Or a taboo of the working woman who ‘thinks’ she has it all? In recent discussion of equality in wages among women in the workforce, a controversial issue has been whether women have progressed in society or do they still face the glass ceiling by enduring wage discrimination. On the one hand, some argue that women have come a long way. From the perspective of Christina Hoff Sommers, American Enterprise Institute scholar and author of Freedom Feminism: Its Surprising History and Why It Matters Today, American women know that they've succeeded and feminism was a thing of the past. On the other hand, however, others argue that the fight for equality is still not over. The Center for American Progress states that “progress has stalled in recent years and if progress continues at its current rate, it will take 45 years to eradicate the wage gap.” According to this view, the wage gap between men and women need to be addressed immediately and steps such as the Paycheck Fairness Act, which has yet to pass into law, would be an important step further to close that gap. I believe that women deserve financial equality in the workforce and although I agree that women have come a long way in the past few decades and some are able to achieve the equality that they so long have fought for, many still face day to day discrimination in wage earnings. This issue is important because if women are not able to obtain equal leverage as men do in the workforce, then we will be forever drowning under the glass ceiling of society.
Women throughout recent history have been depicted in many different ways, especially in the workforce. It wasn’t long ago that the ‘American Dream’ for a woman was to live in the suburbs with her husband, the breadwinner, and be a stay at home mother with her family. Many wondered if this was the life they actually wanted or was it possible to
Equality in the workforce. A symbol of progression for the female gender? Or a taboo of the working woman who ‘thinks’ she has it all? In recent discussion of equality in wages among women in the workforce, a controversial issue has been whether women have progressed in society or do they still face the glass ceiling by enduring wage discrimination. On the one hand, some argue that women have come a long way. From the perspective of Christina Hoff Sommers, American Enterprise Institute scholar and author of Freedom Feminism: Its Surprising History and Why It Matters Today, American women know that they've succeeded and feminism was a thing of the past. On the other hand, however, others argue that the fight for equality is still not over. The Center for American Progress states that “progress has stalled in recent years and if progress continues at its current rate, it will take 45 years to eradicate the wage gap.” According to this view, the wage gap between men and women need to be addressed immediately and steps such as the Paycheck Fairness Act, which has yet to pass into law, would be an important step further to close that gap. I believe that women deserve financial equality in the workforce and although I agree that women have come a long way in the past few decades and some are able to achieve the equality that they so long have fought for, many still face day to day discrimination in wage earnings. This issue is important because if women are not able to obtain equal leverage as men do in the workforce, then we will be forever drowning under the glass ceiling of society.
Women throughout recent history have been depicted in many different ways, especially in the workforce. It wasn’t long ago that the ‘American Dream’ for a woman was to live in the suburbs with her husband, the breadwinner, and be a stay at home mother with her family. Many wondered if this was the life they actually wanted or was it possible to