Cameron Mann Mrs. Owens English period 8 21 April 2016 Pizza Rolls not Gender Roles. When I was four I was called bossy for wanting to be the construction manager on our lego build site, my leadership was discouraged while my male counterparts were encouraged. When I was eight my second grade teacher discouraged me from being a surgeon, saying that a nurse is a more ladylike job. When I was 14 my parents discouraged me from going to a robotics summer camp, in their efforts they made the claim “You 'll be the only girl”. When I was 16 when my teacher asked me what i wanted to be when I grow up, when I responded Biomedical Engineer, I heard snickering the the back of the room. The back row teenage boys seemed to laugh at any female responding …show more content…
It is said for every dollar a man makes a woman makes 77 cents, and women of color make significantly less. One example of this is five members of the U.S. women 's national soccer team have filed a wage-discrimination action against the U.S. Soccer Federation. The reason they did this is because that despite the women 's team generating nearly $20 million more revenue last year than the U.S. men 's team, the women are paid about a quarter of what the men earn. This wage gap not only famous soccer players, and today 's youth but an older generation as well. Women who work full-time, year-round make substantially less than of what a man doing the same job makes. That means women will make less over their whole lifetimes, so then they end up with smaller Social Security checks. While men and women participate in retirement plans at the same rate and women even save more of their salaries, since those salaries are lower they end up with less money in their accounts. The the number of elderly women living in extreme poverty is ever growing because of this. That leaves them more exposed to scams, foreclosure, and other serious financial trouble. I suggest that we close the wage gap by enforcing the equal pay of women. Another Issue is that in our public education system students of different genders are not taught equally. It is shown that young men are more encouraged to go into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields, than young women. My solution to this is encouraging young women to look into more science related jobs. Another solution would be to suggest electives based on a aptitude test that takes a students interests into
Women still get paid 77 cents to every dollar that a man makes. This not only perpetuates sexism in an extremely obvious way, it is also one of the most harmful. While being catcalled, or subtly put down can be a detriment to women’s psyche, the wage gap is harmful to a women’s physical and emotional well being. Most people say that in order to make a big career change, the person changing jobs should have enough money saved to live on for a full year. This is a pretty logical idea, however, this is something that is much easier for men to accomplish, given that they are paid a higher wage. They have the ability to put money away, whereas it is more likely that a women is going to have to spend all her wages just on living. She won’t be able to leave a job, even if she hates it, simply because she can not afford to. A man with her same qualifications may not have to worry about this due to the fact that he has on average 23 more cents per every dollar, than she does. This to me seems like the root of sexism, and one of the first things we as a society needs to fix in order to help woman feel more equal in the world.
The reality of wage differences between men and women is that above all changes women continue to earn less than men. Countless arguments have promoted that wage inequality has changed and that everyone finally receives an equal amount of pay. “For women of color, the gap is largest of all: In 2006, black and Hispanic women earned 86 and 87 cents on the white man’s dollar, respectively,” (Mcswane 2). If a woman is lucky enough she will get an equal pay compared to a man doing the same job. But it is challenging for a woman of a minority background to achieve this. Not only are women paid less because of their sex, but also because of their race. There seems to be a mentality that because someone is a woman and a minority that they cannot do the same job as men or that women do not have the same education as the men, so employers do not have to pay them the same. “When the numbers are broken down by district, they 're pretty hard to ignore. Women in Texas are being utterly screwed financially, according to the data compiled by AAWU, with women earning anywhere from 66 percent of what men do in some districts, to the top end of things, which is about 89 percent,” (Leicht 4). The proof cannot be ignored. It i...
Under the Equal Pay Act of 1863, the gender wage gap supposedly no longer exists, but the facts are that “as of 2012 women in the U.S. earn 77 cents to a man's dollar” (ProQuest Staff). Men try to justify this unjust statistic by saying that “wage gap isn't necessarily the result of discrimination” (ProQuest Staff). Although, there is no logical reasoning behind it. When women are actually given the same jobs as men they may be paid the same but typically, they are not able to reach the higher positions in the company that men do. Even with their 77 cents to a man’s dollar, “women still tend to bear a larger responsibility for child care and other household matters within families” (Mazorelle). Women are not given the opportunity to earn as much as men and then they still have to take on a majority of the responsib...
Additionally, we believed men deserved to have higher power by getting more money than women. After some research, we think it’s not fair that women make less than men who have the same education and the same job. In the long run, it can make it hard for women to support their families. We found out that the gender pay gap is a “complex issue with many causes”, which are often inter-related. It seems that the direct cause of this issue is discrimination. We also found out that inequality starts early; just one year out of college, college-educated women working full-time earned $32,000 compared to $42,000 for college-educated men working
When President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963 into law, he hoped that it would allow working women to finally earn the same amount of money as men; however, more than half a century later, men continue to out earn women in almost every field of work (Lipman para. 4). Male dominated fields tend to pay more than female dominated fields at similar skill levels. In 2012, women earned an average of $691 per week while men earned an average of $854 per week. Furthermore, the majority of women remain unaware that they are earning less than their male colleagues (Hegewisch para. 1). The gender wage gap not only harms a woman’s ability to provide for herself, it also harms many children and families. Women are now the primary caregivers
With a record 64 million women in the workforce, pay discrimination hurts the majority of American families. Families lose $200 billion in income annually to the wage gap—an average loss of more than $4,000 for each working family. In addition, wage discrimination lowers total lifetime earnings, thereby reducing women’s benefits from Social Security and pension plans.
There are nearly as many women as there are men working, yet, as it was discovered in 2011, on average, a woman will only earn seventy-seven cents for every dollar that a man earns. Women owned businesses make up for over a quarter of all national businesses and earn more than one point two trillion dollars (“Assessing the Past, Taking Stock of the Future” 6). Since many women are now becoming are the primary sources of income in the household, making less that a man does not only negatively affect families, but also the overall economy suffers as well. These women, among many others, are the ones who end up purchasing the supplies that go toward improving communities and stimulating the economy. There is no reason that the general public should stand for this. Women should be treated equally to men in today’s American society based on their biological compositions, psychological profiles and contributions to history.
Even in high school, I was often discouraged from many other career choices because they possessed too many “masculine” characteristics. Presently, I am still encouraged to take into consideration more dainty careers. However, I know it would be more likely if I was a male to be encouraged to attempt these dangerous and even high-stress level jobs. I am told I belong in a kitchen. I am told I will not make a good wife because I cannot cook. I am told women keep the house and men work and women aren’t to make risky choices. And too often because of this, I wonder why my abilities are still questioned even though I as well as many other women are strong and
From the beginning of history and to this day women still get paid less than the average man, but why? Whoever said that women are incapable of good work performance? Whoever said that women do not have the same responsibilities to maintain? What really makes a women’s work inferior to men? The answer is nothing. Today, women are depended on just as much as men, and are capable of performing at their level. However, a full-time working woman earns only seventy-seven cents for every dollar a man makes. These days women make up half the workplace in our society; they work just as hard and for the same reasons. Women deserve to be paid at an equal rate as men because they are relied on to uphold the same responsibilities and are just as qualified to perform at a man’s level.
It is very important to be concerned about the issue because it is constantly increasing throughout the United States. It upsets me that women are paid less than men because women have the same ability and work ethic as men do, but they are looked at differently. According to AAUW, women make 77 percent of what men make. This rate hasn’t changed since 2002 (Hill, 2013). Statistics show that women will never make as much as men due to the thought of never being comparable to men (Williams, 2013).
I was criticized for minor things like getting my clothes dirty or refusing to stay still to get my hair done. These comments grew more and more frustrating as I got older and eventually became far more critical with references to how I played, the clothes I chose to wear, and even being told I was too loud and that my interests weren’t normal. When me and my grandmother went to visit other family member’s I would always be asked questions that seemed entirely inappropriate to me as a small child like whether or not I had a crush or a boyfriend but I noticed no one ever asked my male cousins these questions as though their value wasn’t based solely on their ability to attract the opposite sex. My disinterest in things like hair and make-up led to me falling behind my peers when it came to matters of appearance. While other girls were discussing their extensive morning routines I was showering and shoving my unruly hair up into a ponytail. This also meant that I was falling behind when it came to personal relationships as my female friends were discovering boys, boys were treating me like an anomaly. I was consistently asked if I was a lesbian
Parents and educators both display actions that could be and continue to affect the gender gap in STEM. By parents not giving both their sons and daughters an equal to the questions they ask, it supports the idea of why there is a lack of women in these areas of study. Female teachers also may be openly expressing their struggles with math and other similar areas have negatively affected the gap in STEM today. Direct biases and unconscious biases are both reasons that lead to a gap in these areas. But as female teenagers mature and grow older, they have different wants than men do when they grow
Stereotypes play a very large role in deterring women from STEM careers. From the time they are young, girls learn from their peers, from their teachers, and perhaps most tragically, from their parents, that math and science are for boys. Even in the most subtle of ways, girls are taught that they should pursue other goals.
In the classroom, experience and gender can causes to a lower self-efficacy for girls, in particular in those subjects (Science, Math, and Sport)which seem to be more appropriated for boys. To some extend, my high school Science teacher do showed some bias, such as tend to pick boys to answer their questions, and particularly give praise to male students of their outstanding academic performance. The situation implies the unspoken belief of boys do better than girls and the domination of boys in some “boys” subjects. No wondering, as a girl student, I had a worse classroom experience which might somehow lower my performance on tests and school works. Besides, the school offers various choices of class and Extracurrular activities in cater for the idea of sexism. It is the fact that most boys show relatively more interests in attending Science, Math, and Sports sort of classes; while girls tend to choose writing and reading based classes, for instance, History, Social Studies, and Home Economics. The choice of class and students’ preference demonstrates the idea of masculinity and feminism, traditional sex differences, and pro-males biases (females characters have usually been seen as secondary role and insignificant).
For example, at my high school there are auto tech programs and a CISCO program. There are very few females who join these programs and sometimes no females at all. They get discouraged by the amount of males in the program and people asking them “Are you sure you want to do this program?” which makes them feel as though they do not belong. Society does not support women if women choose to take on a more “manly” career. When females do get accepted into these program everyone is in awe. This right here shows that women are perceived as not being equal to men in career