Woman in the current society of the 21st century have raised above the old fashioned concept of being simply a home maker, housekeeper, or stay at home mother. Through the decades women have triumphed over suppression to gain the rights and privileges to express and excel their intellect and ambitions to climb corporate ladders and gain the right to vote, run companies and become political leaders and role models.
A newspaper from researchers Francine D. Blau and Lawrence M. Kahn finds that while women made huge gains into the labor force since the 1970s, that growth has actually all but flat lined since the 1990s.The image of Geraldine Hoff in the iconic “We Can Do It!” poster wearing a bandana over her head and rolling up her sleeve over her bicep in a workers shirt produced by J. Howard Miller in 1943 has served as an inspirational message to woman to rise up and compete with men.
On April 20, 2010, US President Barack Obama issued a proclamation declaring National Equal Pay Day. In the proclamation it was recognized that despite years of progress in the workforce, women are still not paid as much as men. The proclamation states: “Throughout our Nation's history, extraordinary women have broken barriers to achieve their dreams and blazed trails so their daughters would not face similar obstacles. Despite decades of progress, pay inequity still hinders women and their families across our country. National Pay Day symbolizes the day when an American woman's earnings finally match what an average American man earned in the year. Today, we renew our commitment to end wage discrimination and celebrate the strength and vibrancy women add to our economy. ” The proclamation emphasized, "Nearly half of all working Americans are women,...
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...asized that women "Women feel they have to be aggressive to be promoted."Then they keep it up when they should be collegial and collaborative as leaders." The article offers some reasons as to why women may react to each other in less than a collegial way, when it points out "Some women may sabotage one another because they feel helping their female coworkers could jeopardize their own careers." The article further offers additional reasons why women are not helpful to other women at work and why women are made targets by other women. "One reason women select other women as targets probably are the assumption they will find a less confrontational person or someone less likely to respond to aggression with aggression." Some, including women, perceive women as less tough than men therefore find it appropriate to withhold information that could help them on the job.
In 1960 women were inspired by the leaders before them. This new generation of women fought for many things like, equality in the workplace, because men were paid more than women for the same job. Considering many men went off to war, so many women took over the jobs they use to have. However, when men returned from the war, they took their jobs back. Companies who hired women before stopped and only hired men. Even the newspapers had a separate listing of jobs for men and women. Both genders would work the same jobs, but would be paid on a different pay scale. Women fought for their rights of equal pay by organizing marches and protests in the nation 's capital. Therefore, the government proposed the Equal Pay Act, which was a victory for women once again. The Equal Pay Act was signed in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy, the Equal Pay Act required employers to give men and women equal pay for the same work. In remembrance of this fight, every year during Women 's History Month, in march, Americans honor the women who fought and continue to fight for freedom and gender equality “. “A Brief History of Women’s Rights Movements.”
Today, nothing remains of the former social role of women. Nearly all professions are open to women. The numbers of women in the government and traditionally male-dominated fields have dramatically increased. More women than men earn bachelor’s degrees. Many women's groups still prevail and are major political forces. Although the two movements hoped to achieve different things and used different tactics, they still came together to gain women’s rights and have achieved more than anyone would have ever anticipated.
More women began actively assuming more prominent roles in the 21st century. Women, such as Oprah Winfrey and Sheryl Sandberg, have proven that we can be a force to be reckoned with. We are now more empowered, independent, and ready to take
Throughout history and even today women are regarded as inconsequential. They are chattels or servants, a person without rights. In some present instances, women are struggling to show that they do have rights and can make a contribution to society if given the chance.
United States. National Equal Pay Taskforce. Assessing the Past, Taking Stock of the Future. Washington: GPO, 2013. PDF file.
In 1963, President Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law, making it unlawful to discriminate against a worker on the basis of sex. Since that time, the wage gap between men and women in the United States has narrowed by just 15 cents, now being 74 cents, as reported by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Today woman are not held back by the mere notion that they are woman so they should do this because society norms say so. Women have been trying to get into male heavy jobs such as construction. Even though this are generally seen as male dominated jobs the high pay has lead woman out of the public sector and into these high paying manual labor jobs. Although, the cycle no longer continues the struggle for equality is a never ending, in which woman are continually fighting for. In recent years there has been a raise in woman’s unionizations that has helped them create a voice within the general public. Increase in unionizations has led to a decrease in wage gap for many local and major cities in the United States. Employees who are represented by a union have the necessary voice to establish higher equality policies within the
Equal pay for equal work is an outdated and reductive artifact of the feminist movement which fails to acknowledge extraordinary workers, take advantage of physiological and socioemotional differences in the sexes, and promotes an enslaving and socialist ideal that values labor over results. We should, therefore, abandon it. Businesses should award salaries based solely on merit without regard to gender or other factors, even if a gender bias should emerge as a result.
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Men have dominated the workforce for most of civilization up until their patriotic duties called away to war. All of a sudden, the women were responsible for providing for their family while the men were away. Women went to work all over America to earn an income to insure their family’s survival. Women took all sorts of jobs including assembly line positions, office jobs, and even playing professional baseball. When the men returned home from war, the women were expected to resume their place as housewives. The women who had gotten a taste of the professional life decided that they wanted to continue working. Thus, the introduction to women in a man’s working environment began. Women were not taken seriously at first, because they were stepping into a “man’s world”.
Women’s right to equal pay or gender pay gap has been a subject of discussion over the years in the united states, women perform similar jobs to men, but are paid
In the past, many people believed that women’s exclusive responsibilities were to serve their husband, to be great mothers and to be the perfect wives. Those people considered women to be more appropriate for homemaking rather than to be involved in business or politics. This meant that women were not allowed to have a job, to own property or to enjoy the same major rights as men. The world is changing and so is the role of women in society. In today’s society, women have rights that they never had before and higher opportunities to succeed.
A women's role has changed tremendously and is making its greatest impact in our society today. Many years ago, women's contribution to society was limited and controlled by men. Women are standing tall and are playing a major role in many important areas. Women's role has changed at an accelerating rate and have part in areas such as Politics, Professional Training Jobs, Medicine,Business and Law. Formerly they were not part of any political matter, but they have advanced in many aspects. For example, women have attained power and have been growing in political office.
According to journal of organization culture, communication and conflict “in 1967 women earned sixty cents for a full time work, while men earned one dollar” (Hill, 31). Even though this has improved over the years we still have not reached equality. Women have been behind for centuries. For example, women were given the right to vote after men. Ever since women were created we have been one step behind men and we have been fighting to be equal. Even though society does not think women are equal, we have proven
Women today have excelled to unreachable heights. Today women are out in the workforce, the professional world, the military, and there are those that are still at home, but by choose. A woman’s value has skyrocketed over these past decades. A woman today can do anything a man can and more.