After watching the movie Inequality for All the income inequality is widening. There’s no simple answer. Globalization has created "superstars" and concentrated pay among corporate executives‚ Wall Street traders‚ popular entertainers and another financial elite. At the same time‚ factory workers now compete with 3 billion people in China‚ India‚ eastern Europe and elsewhere who weren’t working for multinational corporations 20 years ago. Many now make products for Apple‚ Intel‚ General Motors and
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Gender Inequalities in Society Does gender create inequality? Throughout history‚ most societies have held women in an inferior status compared to men. This situation was often justified as being the natural result of differences between the sexes. People believed women to be naturally more emotional and less decisive than men. Women were also held to be less intelligent and less creative by nature. Many sociologists state that various cultures have taught girls to behave according to negative
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Lauren Bender Gender Inequality in the Workplace Not a single state in the United States has equal compensation for men and women in the workplace. In fact‚ the state with the most equal annual earnings between men and women is Washington D.C. which is still a 9% difference. The reasons as to why women do not make the same as men vary. For one‚ women naturally tend to go to the caregiving jobs because of the motherly instinct and those jobs generally do not pay very well. Second‚ employers can
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text Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi explores many lenses‚ but the most prominent are gender and culture. Marjane reveals how gender affects the daily lives of people in Iran‚ she also shows how her life and many other lives were affected due to the cultural changes in Iran. Marji also explains how difficult it can be growing up in Iran for children and how it affects them. The chapter The veil explores gender inequality caused by the Islamic revolution and how it affected women and children in Iran.
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CASE STUDY 1) A study was conducted ( V.V.Giri National Labour Institute 2007) in Brass Industry‚Moradabad city Uttar Pradesh where 64 male and 5 female children worked in artisan units and 30 male and 2 female children worked in multi-process units. Why child labour? Children were put to work mostly because they were out of school. Their early entry into the workforce was a natural trap due to their reduced working capacity after 30 years. Highest productive capacity of an artisan was at the
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Improvement of Students’ Competency After Attending Writing 2C Class I. Introduction Writing 2 is a compulsory course which be held for all English Department students in 2nd semester. It learns about how to write well in English‚ especially learns how to make a good scientific writing. Scientific writing is very important in future‚ because all students must write thesis in the end of year in college. So that‚ from the beginning the lecturer gives many knowledges to 2C students about how
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The United States holds an incarceration rate of 2.3 Million people‚ and over half a million of those imprisoned are due to drug charges (Anon). And while African American only make up 11% of the population‚ they make up 40% of those imprisoned. The U.S also incarcerates higher rates of women than anywhere else in the world. (Reynolds). Thousands of the women incarcerated with children under the age of 18. Due to the feminization of poverty‚ many
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there were many events that took place prior to the 1960s‚ the 1960s was the time that those violent and nonviolent protest for civil rights‚ equality‚ and freedom went global because blacks had had access televisions and radios to experience the inequality in their society especially in the southern states such as Alabama and Mississippi. Many southern states did not see African Americans as human and if so‚ blacks still did not get equal rights. It was the time that many African Americans reached
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pieces of legislation hold upon this truth to be self-evident. For instance‚ the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states‚ “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” Subsequently‚ everyone should have an equal chance to prosper in this world‚ at school‚ and in the workplace. That is why the United States legalized
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Well‚ I am putting my "two cents" in on the race in America. With all the fuss about race in the public square‚ I began to put my thoughts together on the subject observing everything. First‚ I looked at my circle of friends. Could I make a racial distinction on loyalty based on race‚ no I can not. How about intelligence‚ no I can not. How about the opportunity‚ yes I can. We should be able to create an opportunity for ourselves. Rightfully we focus on public policy. Without question‚ there is unfairness
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