Gender Equality
Melody Gonzalez
11/10/14
P.7
Gender Inequality in the Workplace
In the United States, more than half of the employees in most companies are women. In 40% of families, a woman is the primary source of income. Women, on average, receive more college degrees than men (37% of women have Bachelors degrees compared to 34% of men). Despite all of this, women still somehow earn significantly less than men yearly. In 2013, for every dollar a man made, a woman only earned 77 cents. The wage gap between men and women has barely changed since the 1990s. "According to research, if change continues at the same slow pace as it has done for the past fifty years, it will take almost fifty years—or until 2058—for women to finally reach pay parity" ("Pay Equity and Discrimination"). Therefore, the setback is not that females are not educated; the problem enters when parents try to balance work and family, and women usually end up carrying nearly all of the caregiving responsibilities (Brinton, "Gender Inequality and Women in the Workplace").
Many organizations concerning gender inequality have been founded in order to raise awareness of this ongoing problem. The largest and probably most impactful organization is called He-For-She. This group uses successful people with powerful voices (such as actors/actresses, musicians, etc.) to bring the problem of gender inequality into the limelight.
There are many other associations dealing with gender equality, but none has been as successful as this one. None of the organizations have washed out the entire issue, but they have brought more attention to it. Teenagers are now standing up for their equality and rights on social media because of these movements for justice. Emma Watson 's speech for He-For-She acknowledged that the progress toward men and women getting paid the same is moving slowly, but at least its moving.
The problem hasn 't been solved because it is a large, ongoing dilemma that involves half of the citizens in the
11/10/14
P.7
Gender Inequality in the Workplace
In the United States, more than half of the employees in most companies are women. In 40% of families, a woman is the primary source of income. Women, on average, receive more college degrees than men (37% of women have Bachelors degrees compared to 34% of men). Despite all of this, women still somehow earn significantly less than men yearly. In 2013, for every dollar a man made, a woman only earned 77 cents. The wage gap between men and women has barely changed since the 1990s. "According to research, if change continues at the same slow pace as it has done for the past fifty years, it will take almost fifty years—or until 2058—for women to finally reach pay parity" ("Pay Equity and Discrimination"). Therefore, the setback is not that females are not educated; the problem enters when parents try to balance work and family, and women usually end up carrying nearly all of the caregiving responsibilities (Brinton, "Gender Inequality and Women in the Workplace").
Many organizations concerning gender inequality have been founded in order to raise awareness of this ongoing problem. The largest and probably most impactful organization is called He-For-She. This group uses successful people with powerful voices (such as actors/actresses, musicians, etc.) to bring the problem of gender inequality into the limelight.
There are many other associations dealing with gender equality, but none has been as successful as this one. None of the organizations have washed out the entire issue, but they have brought more attention to it. Teenagers are now standing up for their equality and rights on social media because of these movements for justice. Emma Watson 's speech for He-For-She acknowledged that the progress toward men and women getting paid the same is moving slowly, but at least its moving.
The problem hasn 't been solved because it is a large, ongoing dilemma that involves half of the citizens in the
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