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A MODEST PROPOSAL FOR ENSURING THAT WOMEN HAVE THE RIGHTS THEY DESERVE IN ORDER TO ACQUIRE THE SAME AMOUNT OF PAYMENT WHERE JOBS ARE CONCERNED IN CANADA.…
Up until 1929, Canadian women were not legally considered “persons.” Women had few rights during the early 1900s, and were forced to live with their father or husband (Fonseca, Famous Five). Women’s Suffrage gave more rights however the highest governmental position available to females was only in the House of Commons. After the Supreme Court of Canada refused to cater to the Famous Five, the Privy Council in Britain made the court decision that women could be Senators, and were legally equal to men. The Persons Case was a key factor for women’s rights in Canada. Gender equality legally and in government paved the way for other inequalities to be eliminated such as the wage gap and sexual harassment which are still an issue for women presently (“Women in Canada - History Timeline”). The Persons Case allowed equality for women in government and ultimately changed women’s rights in…
Gender inequality has been ongoing debate in the workforce for years. Men have always been on the top with higher wages and positions while women are expected to be doing the unpaid domestic jobs. However, as a result of globalization there are more job opportunities for women, although men are still the dominant gender in the workforce. In this paper we will look at how three characters from John Wiseman’s ‘Barbie in a Borderless World? A Case Study’ has been affected due to globalization and their gender order.…
When the men had to go leave for war, this opened up a vast majority of jobs for women to take over since the work industry could not stop without men as the economy of Canada would become terrible. Women had to do jobs that they would normally never do, like working labour jobs or in factories of different kinds. Even through all the trauma and stress women were going through, they were being very successful with having these many job opportunities. Most women had kids that they had to watch too, so they weren’t just doing one job. Also, the most favoured job that women were choosing was becoming a nurse, about 2400 women became a nurse in this time of the year. These nurses had to sometimes go into battles and help the wounded and they also helped treat…
Feminist theory does not have one official definition and can take many different forms (Hick, 2010). Most feminists agree that all women in society have the right to obtain the same economic, political and social rights that their male counterparts experience (Hick, 2010). The belief that women are treated differently than men within society is a well-known phenomenon. Historically, the basis of feminist theory is presumed to have arisen out of the three waves of feminism (Hick, 2010). Women in Canada have made vast strides towards attaining more rights and resisting gender-based discriminatory beliefs and assumptions that aim to socially exclude women from reclaiming their womanhood (Mullaly, 2010). Women’s social position as subordinate…
Many individuals classify as the prosperous or unfortunate, and the differentiation amongst the two groups continue to expand yearly; this categorization is known as income inequality. The sociological perspective, more so the structural functionalism, also identified as functionalism, can be used to further examine income inequality. Structural functionalism was introduced by Talcott Parsons, and it accentuates that efficient healthcare and excellent wellbeing are two fundamental factors for a human being to function well. Each person’s health helps the society function because when multiple individuals are unhealthy, the society is at risk imbalance.…
Basic rights (such as the right to vote and work) for women of visible minorities were extended to them long after the same rights were extended to white men and women and of course, later for white women. Before the World War Two ear, the media romanticized the role of women as housewife leaving the man to be the sole breadwinner for the household as the woman does the unpaid work in the house taking care of the family. In relation to Lecture 6, post-World War Two era, Canada has seen a notable increase in women’s presence in the labour market, however there is a distinct unequal representation in the three labour sectors – primary, secondary and service sectors. With respect to gender dynamics, it is important to note that there is a higher percentage of women who are working in these service sector. (cite?) Further analyzing the intersectionality of race, gender, class, sexuality and in this context class. This continues to be a problematic factor within our labour force. It is important to note that women often encounter the “glass ceiling”. However, there are much more limitations placed on other visible minorities of women in the labour market than there are white women.…
Social stratification is society’s categorization based on various factors which exists all around the globe. Society has evolved immensely and created many opportunities for people to prosper and strive for their goals. However, many face countless number of difficulties and obstacles in order to accomplish their goals and even attain simple needs in their lives due to the presence of disparities. Social inequalities are present in all continents around the world and are often overlooked. In general, social inequalities have provoked numerous people to give up on their dream as they find it rather difficult to find the light at the end of the tunnel.…
The problem of inequality in the Canadian labor force is defined through the examples of equal education standards that are often ignored in terms of immigrant labour. In this aspect of “equal labour-market return”, many immigrants coming into Canada are often educated in very highly level international academic institutions, yet they are not considered valid in terms of gaining employment in Canada. In this way, the Canadian immigration labor policies do not acknowledge these academic credentials as a barrier to equal employment in Canada. Certainly, many of these immigrant come to Canada with the necessary education and skill requirements in the labour force, but these barriers define why many immigrants cannot find equal levels of income…
Gender equality in Canada has been a struggle for a great deal of time, and to this day, still is. The greatest accomplishment that Canada can show for this issue is Kim Campbell and her roughly half year in office. The biggest cause for the disproportional gender balance in politics has to do with the stigma against women in office due to the social values from the past. Because society treated women and men much differently in the past, especially in politics, there is still a similar mentality in modern society. With that being said, there are also other extraneous variables that could explain the gender balance in politics. First, the political ideologies of a woman running could be on the right wing, but could be in a left wing society.…
Everyone is entitled to the equal wages for equal work. However, women’s average income has been lower than men’s in nearly all occupation and women in Canada are still far behind the men’s starting line on wage in the labour market. It is one of many parts of gender inequality in Canada, when considering labour market participation in view of gender. I think that the current measures to settle wage discrimination are not effective enough to correspond to market income inequality. That’s why I choose this topic. It is required to think of new alternatives for closing the gap. So I provide a few ways to figure out gender wage gaps.…
There have always been inequalities in America, but the most shocking inequality is gender inequality because America is known for being a modern society due to it’s accepting nature but it is a paradox to have gender inequality embedded. These inequalities affect the peoples’ jobs, lives and wages. One of the roots of gender inequality is discrimination. Discrimination is… In other words society judges people on their external appearances. America is notorious for gender inequality.…
Canada is globally known as a friendly nation with endless opportunities and equal rights given to everyone. It has a reputation as a nation that cares about its people. However, is this misleading? Is Canada really a nation without any inequality? No, there are some misunderstandings when it comes to what people consider “equal.” Upon interviewing several Canadians from various groups and ages, the results show a surprising outcome of the opportunities Canada actually offers to its societies.…
According to the National Association of Japanese Canadians, gender discrimination is bias towards a person based on their sex. Usually, this affects women and causes them to receive less opportunities than men when it comes to education, careers, politics, and economics. However, Japanese Canadians are not the only demographic that have to deal with this phenomenon. Gender discrimination is closely linked to sexism, and sexism is present even in a full world of social justice warriors. For example, an Indian Kellogg’s advertisement for their cereal, Special K, shows a woman standing in the foreground wearing a revealing red sari similar to a bedlah adorned by belly dancers. In the background a man, presumably her husband, sits on a couch while glancing towards his wife with…
During the 1980s many people were ignorant to the fact that gender inequality still existed in an advanced nation such as Canada. Due to the technological advancements, and the betterment of various social services (i.e. healthcare, welfare, child care, etc.); the natural assumption was that women discrimination too had decreased and didn't pose a serious enough threat in the society. However, the anti-feminist rage at L'école Polytechnique on December 6th, 1989 shattered this perception and opened the eyes of the Canadian public to the reality inequalities do exist and something must be done about them so that another Montreal Massacre won't happen. A revolutionary wave hit our country as everyone tried to improve the status of women. The government on its part funded the new women groups; and created panels to evaluate the problems associated with gender equality, and to offer solutions for them (Parliament 10). Slowly, the immediate problems that the massacre brought to light dissipated from people's minds as they realized that the problems were solved; and that women had equal footing with men at least that was the illusion, created by the government's actions. However, it has been seventeen years since the massacre, and equality has still not been achieved. Discrimination and violence against women still occurs, in subtler and less discernible ways instead of blatantly discriminating women, the government using a series of rules and regulations to do it discreetly, so not even the victims know that they are being treated unfairly. This is especially true in the economic, educational and societal realms of Canada where women are still judged according to ancient prejudices and patriarchal standards, which deprives them of equal pay and equal opportunities in the workplace, fair representation in the educational system, and peaceful relationships with their male counterparts.…