Preview

Ellms Gender Roles

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
457 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Ellms Gender Roles
I have been an employee at Ellms Family Farm for 2 years now, and I have enjoyed my time working for Chip and Sally Ellms. Ellms offers good, old-fashioned family fun and contributes to the community by employing local teens. The management is particularly expertise at dealing with their young employees, and are accommodating with flexible hours and thorough training. However, there is one policy that I disagree with, which mandates that jobs on the farm be assigned according to sex, and coincide with traditional gender roles. The male employees do the physical labor and take leadership positions while female employees interact with customers and hand out refreshments. This policy becomes particularly problematic during the christmas tree season, when only the male employees are given the opportunity to cut trees and make tips …show more content…
Personally, I believe that assigning jobs based on traditional gender roles is an old-fashioned and sexist practice, which affects employee efficiency and morale. I have found that the majority of people I have approached about this issue have agreed with me on some level, however I have also heard from those who believe that males and females are simply built to perform different tasks. It would probably be a good idea for me to interview some more of my coworkers and get opinions from both sides of the

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Powerful Essays

    by many discriminatory groups, the Ku Klux Klan perhaps being the most famous. Due to the…

    • 2937 Words
    • 12 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Through out history, society has stereotyped women, making it merely impossible for women to achieve her goals and desires in life. In life and in this county women have always been treated as second best by biased men. Women have always been treated like they are never good enough for careers outside of the home. The sex of a person should not determine what type of duties or what kind of job a person will have. It should be up to a person's own will not the decisions of society.…

    • 323 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Gender Roles

    • 1434 Words
    • 6 Pages

    The main lesson Brym and Lie draw from the story of baby Bruce is that…

    • 1434 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Soc/110 Gender Roles

    • 743 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Male and female roles have changed dramatically since the beginning of the 21st century. Men were known as the bread-winners. Their responsibility was to go to work and bring home money to take care of their family. While women stayed at home and took care of all the cooking and cleaning. The female role also consisted of bearing and taking care of all the children. Things have changed women can also get good jobs and bring home as much money as men and sometimes even more money than men. In a major step forward, women demanded and were granted the right to vote in the United States in 1920s.Women should not have to stay at home and take…

    • 743 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Gender roles are associated with the norms, or standards that are created by society. These roles have surpassed the expectations of what our grandparents and ancestors were accustomed to. Men are viewed as strong, aggressive, and dominant; while women are viewed as nurturing, passive, and subordinate. The changes have impacted the world in great form by defying the odds in household duties, education, and work.…

    • 405 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Gender Roles

    • 523 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Today’s television shows have made an effort to stray from the classic American family and the gender roles within it. While gender roles aren’t as evident as they use to be, that’s not to say they do not exist. The Brady Bunch is a perfect example of gender roles existing even in a non-traditional family in the 1970’s. In a more current show, Full House, we also see a non-traditional family without a mother, but after looking closer I found that gender roles are still there.…

    • 523 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    While some might argue that gender roles are outdated and no longer politically correct or even followed by people I would have to disagree. I think we can look around almost everyday of our lives and see people following social norms that are set based on their gender. For instance, police officers and fire fighting are still widely male professions. While more women are seeking employment in these professions they are still widely outnumbered by men. If you look at nursing there are far more female nurses than there are male…

    • 587 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    A woman with the identical job as a male usually gets paid less. This makes women feel inferior and underappreciated. Also, some men in the workplace think women aren’t capable for their job making women feel inadequate and discouraged. For each occupation there is usually a dominant gender. For example, you don’t see many male nurses or receptionists.…

    • 1298 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Gender Roles

    • 911 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Gender roles are affected by the typical roles society expects both men and women to fit into because they determine how we should think, speak, dress, and interact within the context of society. Whereas I believe that men and women should be who they want to be.…

    • 911 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    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.…

    • 1028 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Honestly, it is hard to find gender diversity jobs, which is a real issue our society have had problem with. Also, men continue to have better jobs and earn more money than women. More men working in scientific, male dominated professions such as IT industry, pilots, engineers. Women tend to have supportive jobs such as bank clerks and dental hygienist. Receptionist is the one that characterized as female occupation. Men’s applying for Pink Collar jobs is the main key to create gender diversity in the workplace. The places that have a lower level of diversity tend to inward-perspective than the other places that have a higher level of…

    • 262 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Women have experienced a historic situation of inequality in the social as well as professional aspects. Women are normally the ones that would take care of the children, do the household chores, and in rural areas; they would work in the field with the rest of the family. Just like how the Breaking Barriers article states, “from an early age, girls are dressed in pink boys in blue. Boys are given trucks to play with while girls are offered dolls [..] girls are assigned household duties like washing the dishes and doing laundry, while boys are relegated to mowing the lawn and talking out the trash” (18). Gender inequality in the workplace is becoming less common; yet, gender is a factor that affects both men and women. Also, in Breaking Barriers article it says how “females and males often choose career paths that are traditional for their gender” (18). Females are usually seen in jobs such as nursing or paralegals. Males are typically doing jobs that have to do with welding, carpentry, or engineering. Women could have the same capabilities and maybe even higher qualifications than a men going for the same position, but because of gender inequality the male is more likely to get the job then the female. Men and women should be offered the same job opportunities no matter what gender they are; it should be based on their ability to complete the…

    • 992 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Gender Roles In Society

    • 741 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Gender roles are expectations of how a person should act, dress, and talk based on his or her sex. A majority of people conform to these roles at an early age, and will continue to carry these beliefs, often unconsciously, around with them throughout their lives, and these beliefs can affect people negatively. The message that gender roles send is that in order to be part of society, you must fit into the predisposed mold for your gender, or most importantly, what society deems as acceptable. But at the same time, try to incorporate individuality and establish a sense of self.…

    • 741 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Gender Roles

    • 1200 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Gender roles are a set of social and behavioral norms that are generally considered appropriate for men or women in a social or interpersonal relationship. We are not sure when this practice started but pink and blue begins this lifelong process in the 21st century (Lindsey, 2005).…

    • 1200 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    In the research studies, the women are more responsible to make a decision, to optimize the solution accurately in many ways. The only thing that I don't want to agree with that there are still gender diversification in the organizations that doesn't depend on who could do better and have more ability. Meanwhile, women do the job as same proportion as men do, but there are more chances for men to lead the organization and take boards of directors in all kinds of job that requires such abilities either women do better than men naturally. In my opinion is that want to make an equality, any work positions to be available for anyone whoever has more ability on it, and also if women can participate in the labor force same as men, there should be women participation on the seats of director or leader positions. Because in real life, women are handling a lot of responsibilities on their own family life matters. Besides these many issues women are still not to overlook their career and work. That is why I think the women are more ability to organize everything at the same time and could focus on their job accurately.…

    • 847 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays