In today’s job market, there are many reasons an individual could be turned down for employment. According to Deborah Rhodes, author of “Why looks are the last bastion of discrimination”, appearance should not be one of them. Rhodes is a law professor at Stanford and holder of numerous titles for her outstanding work in legal matters. She is also the author and co-author of over 250 articles (Directory). In this article, she addresses an issue with profound impact on today’s society. She proposes that appearance discrimination should be included in anti-discrimination laws in addition to what is already accepted and legalized in today’s workplace. While it is a seemingly “silly” concern, it is actually quite valid. There has been many a concern over discrimination. That is, discrimination based on race, color, gender, and others of a similar nature in the work environment.
Mainly, the article focuses on the injustices people have encountered in a work environment. Rhodes appeals to her audience as everyday “average” people who identify with the plight of another. Although she makes a compelling argument referencing studies and personal stories of people this has happened to, there are flaws in her argument that could discredit the validity of her reasoning. The logic in her article highly finds favor with the general working public. It is both consistent and appropriate. However, it is not complete, nor fully believable. I will discuss the following in the next paragraphs. Her use of research and anecdotes are mostly one-sided and while it brings valid points for the workers, fail to portray opposing views on the issue, that of the employer. She also neglects to further explore and compare the validity of this claim against wel...
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There may been times when people have been treated unfairly, just because of their appearance or their social life.
Because sexism and racial prejudice still occur today, it is important to look at these social conditions of women and minorities that were discussed by Gilman and Du Bois in the 19th and 20th centuries. The objectification of women throughout the media imposes the idea that women should focus on how they look rather than on their intellectual capabilities. While the U.S. has imposed laws that prohibit the systematic discrimination of African Americans, there is still large income inequalities because of the racial prejudices that occur during the hiring process. Thus, it is important to study the works of Gilman and Du Bois to understand how woman and minorities continue to be treated.
All women are capable of doing anything a man can do. For all the articles I have read. I must say that it is sad to be treated so poorly by people that do not even know what you are capable of doing. People are discriminated by their race, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, ethnicity, or even thier appearances. People must understand that every person is different. Some are mean. Some are weak. It does not matter. What matter is that we do not judge people. Let us see what they are capable of doing. All of these articles have show me that discriminating against each other is easy to do, but think of the people you are hurting from it.
According to the article by Dave Barry, "The Ugly Truth about Beauty", the article compares between men and women. Barry illustrate that men think of themselves as average looking unlike women they always think that they are not good enough. Barry think contributes to this difference is that women when they were young they used to play with a Barbie which make them feel that they have to be perfect just like here and that generate low self-self-esteem. On the other hand men used to play by their action figures. Which they are not a good looker. In this article Barry offer advice for both gender. That women must have self-confidence and men should care about their look just a little more. I am a women and I know that we are some times be obsessed
If employers began to discriminate on the basis of looks, society could start categorizing fat, unattractive, or unusual looking people as failures and avoid encouraging these people to reach for their goals. Self esteem would be at an all time low.
The laws generally support employer dress code and appearance policies, while employers try to be flexible by having employees to present themselves in a way that is consistent with the employer's image (Gross). As long as they do not discriminate on race, color, religion, age, nationality or gender, employers a...
In the case of discriminating and judging people based on their looks, history has not changed in the past five centuries. In William Shakespeare’s play “Othello,” Othello is respected for his status as military general for the Venetian army and his stance while he is discriminated for his looks and race -a commonality of the time as the Moors were not accepted by society. This eventually led to the demise of Othello and his “falling” into society’s perceptions. Similarly, because of the media portrayal and our looks, hispanic females in today’s American society are both dominating for the “spicy latina” and as a symbol of sex and “spiciness” for “spicy latina.” As a result of these “spicy latina” portrayals, Latina women are put in a position where it is expected for them to dress and act the way they are portrayed in the media.
The idea of hiring and promoting on the basis of looks is an ethical issue that impacts a variety of people. Primary stakeholders, who were previously identified as the groups of people whose rights were directly exercised and denied (whether perceived or actual) and were morally harmed and/or benefited directly, include candidates and current employees and employers and businesses. Secondary stakeholders, or the groups of people who are indirectly impacted include families of the employed and those seeking employment, the government, and consumers and society in general. Each group of these stakeholders also is impacted morally and has rights that are affected because of lookism. The remainder of this paper will focus on whether or not the act of hiring or promoting on the basis of looks, especially in jobs where looks are considered to be important to the job, is ethical by testing it against a comprehensive ethical framework. First, lookism will be looked at through an economic lens, using Friedman’s economic theory. Next, a decision will be made based on the legal requirements related to lookism. Lastly, this issue will be tested using two ethical duty systems, the first being distributive justice and the second being utilitarianism. The final decision will be then be made after looking at the decisions of the four individual parts as a whole.
There are over seven billion people on earth and every single one looks different. No matter how much people say that being different is unique, they are wrong. Society has set a beauty standard, with the help of the media and celebrities, that makes people question their looks. This standard is just a definition of what society considers being “beautiful.” This idea is one that mostly everyone knows about and can relate to. No one on this planet is exactly the same, but people still feel the need to meet this standard. Everyone has two sides to them; there is the one that says “you are perfect just the way you are”, while the other side puts you down and you tell yourself “I have to change, I have to fit in.” There is always going to be that side that cares and the one that doesn’t.
Many job seekers will face employment discrimination or perhaps to be treated differently because of their skin color, age, or religion. Although it is illegal to discriminate in hiring and firing, however, one of the mo...