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    Thao Nguyen English 101 Mr. Merchant October 19‚ 2012 Essay #2 Causes and Effects of Gender Inequality Throughout history‚ countless acts of gender inequality can be identified; the causes of these discriminating accounts can be traced back to different causes. The general morality of the inequity relies on a belief that men are superior to women; because of this idea‚ women have spent generations suffering under their counterparts. Also‚ a common expectation is that men tend to be more

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    cultures that have differing viewpoints on gender and gender roles than most Americans. In fact‚ there are many countries where women have no rights or freedoms other than what men allow them to have. In others‚ women are considered to be inherently inferior to men and must act accordingly or face severe disciplinary actions. Ethiopia is a clear example of the latter. Although the country has strict laws that divide appropriate actions according to gender‚ there are aspects of Ethiopian culture that

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    For the past century‚ there has been an issue confronting equality between gender. Equality is ensuring that an individual has equal opportunities to make most out of their lives‚ and believing that no individual has less opportunities just because of the different values and beliefs the individual follows. Throughout time women and men were treated with inequality. During the early 1900s‚ inequality continued to become an issue especially in the workforce. For instance‚ women were treated unequally

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    Women’s sports are not treated with nearly as much respect as men’s sports all across the globe. Every day‚ we see tons of news about what is going on with sports‚ but it seems women don’t attain to ‘sports news’. Men’s highlights spew across all sports shows‚ while highlights of women’s sports must be dug up through rigorous searching and locating. Not only that‚ but male athletes are sitting pretty and bathing in glory while female athletes receive just enough money to survive. Clearly there is

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    cheerleading is not merely a “girl’s activity” and that it was an actual sport‚ Grindstaff and West gave much reasoning behind their seemingly paradoxical view. Throughout history‚ people socially constructed categories as a means to better organize society. Consequently‚ males and females were given specialized roles in society. Men were often given active roles while women were given passive roles. Going off of this basis in the world of sports‚ men were given more competitive roles‚ while women were directed

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    Gilman was one the first theorist to explore the role of females in society. Gilman sought to explain the development of gender inequality‚ from both a biological and sociological standpoint. With a multidimensional approach and a sociobiological perspective‚ Gilman maintained that political factors‚ economic factors‚ and the process of socialization lead to gender inequality within the human race. Gilman was concerned with the traditional family structure‚ where men were the sole provider’s and

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    Gender Roles & Homosexuality in Athletics As society progresses‚ homosexuality becomes more prevalent and people become more comfortable with the subject of sexuality. Homosexuality is something that has dated back to Greek times‚ but just in the past 50-100 years has become more common; not that homosexuality did not exist‚ just that more people are becoming more comfortable and coming out. Gay and Lesbian people are all around us‚ weather it be the work place‚ schools‚ and specifically athletics

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    workforce‚ claiming men are more suitable for the job. Women are treated this way because of the societal views or perceptions that are assigned to both genders. Biologically speaking‚ women are less accepted in top company positions due to motherly duties. Cognitive process definitely plays a role along with perception and stereotyping genders resulting them to behave a certain way. Preferential treatment towards men over women is influenced both biologically

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    Street‚ London W1T 3JH‚ UK The International Journal of Human Resource Management Publication details‚ including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rijh20 Women at workequality versus inequality: barriers for advancing in the workplace a b M. P. Michailidis ‚ R. N. Morphitou & I. Theophylatou c a Management & MIS Department‚ Business School‚ University of Nicosia‚ Nicosia‚ Cyprus b Department of Marketing‚ Business

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    Racial and Gender Inequality Functionalist Theory Racial inequality evaluated through the functionalist theory would be looked at to provide a function to the working system of a society. One function for racial inequality could be that the inferior race‚ prefers or needs direction by the dominant race. This was a common view in the enslavement of blacks in the south before the civil war. Another functionalist view might try to explain that the inferior race is in fact dangerous to mix with the

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