Wage Gap Analysis
When it comes to the work environment, a wage gap between men and women is one of the clear aspects to show gender discrimination. If we sum up the amount of time each person works during a day, including inside and outside the home, women tend to work more hours than men. Even so, the wages women receive are much less than men. Women scholars have made extensive studies about the role of women in society and what affects them in participation into the labor force. In term of work competency, there are barriers that restrict women from competing with men for high wages.
First, as Shaw and Lee’s (2015) indication in Women's Voices, Feminist Visions, the U.S. economy maintains a “dual labor market”, which means that one market (called “primary”) …show more content…
They work hard. They get high education. They take care of housework and family. They do multi tasks within an amount of time equal to men, but their contributions are underpaid. The cultural norms have set the horizontal segregation and glass ceiling for women. In the reading “Will Marriage Equality Lead to Equal Sharing of Housework?”, Terrance Heath (2013) points out that it is the cultural norm of gender-based division of labor nurtures the inequality. The society advocates the norm, and it infiltrates into family life. From childhood, young boys are not taught to take care of chores; so they assume that housework is not in their job descriptions (Heath, 2013). Opposite to the mainstream families, Heath was raised in a family where his mother undermined the cultural norms and told him to do all the housework he could do. As a man, Heath does not fall into the gender-based division of labor concept, but he believes in personal traits to decide who do what. Heath’s awareness of gender hierarchy comes from his mother’s rearing. It can be said that the family environment plays a part in shaping the cultural norms. Besides legislations that support closing the gap between genders, educations from families, schools, and societies are very essential to help people change their prejudice. As young age, we learn things fast and apply them in real life, and I believe everything can change from
First, as Shaw and Lee’s (2015) indication in Women's Voices, Feminist Visions, the U.S. economy maintains a “dual labor market”, which means that one market (called “primary”) …show more content…
They work hard. They get high education. They take care of housework and family. They do multi tasks within an amount of time equal to men, but their contributions are underpaid. The cultural norms have set the horizontal segregation and glass ceiling for women. In the reading “Will Marriage Equality Lead to Equal Sharing of Housework?”, Terrance Heath (2013) points out that it is the cultural norm of gender-based division of labor nurtures the inequality. The society advocates the norm, and it infiltrates into family life. From childhood, young boys are not taught to take care of chores; so they assume that housework is not in their job descriptions (Heath, 2013). Opposite to the mainstream families, Heath was raised in a family where his mother undermined the cultural norms and told him to do all the housework he could do. As a man, Heath does not fall into the gender-based division of labor concept, but he believes in personal traits to decide who do what. Heath’s awareness of gender hierarchy comes from his mother’s rearing. It can be said that the family environment plays a part in shaping the cultural norms. Besides legislations that support closing the gap between genders, educations from families, schools, and societies are very essential to help people change their prejudice. As young age, we learn things fast and apply them in real life, and I believe everything can change from