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Women still face inequality in the workplace. In 2010, women on average earned only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. While women have achieved higher levels of education compared to men, they still take on most caregiving responsibilities, which disadvantages them in their careers. Another obstacle for women is the expectation in many jobs that long work hours be combined with handling household tasks, which is unrealistic. Gender stereotypes also persist as a root cause of inequality.
Women still face inequality in the workplace. In 2010, women on average earned only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. While women have achieved higher levels of education compared to men, they still take on most caregiving responsibilities, which disadvantages them in their careers. Another obstacle for women is the expectation in many jobs that long work hours be combined with handling household tasks, which is unrealistic. Gender stereotypes also persist as a root cause of inequality.
Women still face inequality in the workplace. In 2010, women on average earned only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. While women have achieved higher levels of education compared to men, they still take on most caregiving responsibilities, which disadvantages them in their careers. Another obstacle for women is the expectation in many jobs that long work hours be combined with handling household tasks, which is unrealistic. Gender stereotypes also persist as a root cause of inequality.
Women have made great strides in the workplace, but
inequality persists. On average in 2010, women only
made 77 cents to every dollar a man earned. There is still a big gender gap that needs to be rectified. Gender inequality in the workplace Rather than telling women to be more confident and ambitious, I think that it is more important to talk about how workplaces need to adapt to the whole person, both women and men. This way everyone can strike a better balance between working and spending time with family, friends, and their community. Women have caught up with men in terms of education. In fact, in the United States and a number of other countries, women now actually surpass men in educational achievement. So there is not a problem with female achievement. The problem enters in when young adults try to balance work and family, and women end up carrying nearly all of the caregiving responsibilities. Where does the United States stand in terms of gender equality? The gender wage gap in the United States is lower than in many other countries. But what is troubling is that the gap has barely narrowed since the mid-1990s.
Also, the contribution of men to housework and childcare has grown significantly over the past 25 years, but is still far below womens contribution. A lot of working women continue to have two jobsone in the workplace and one at home. Childcare is very expensive in the United States. And we are way behind most European countries and many Asian countries in terms of offering affordable, high-quality care.
What do you think is the root of gender inequality? Gender stereotypes are hard to break, and like it or not, we are all prone to engaging in stereotyping at one time or another.
As a society, we need to continue to encourage people to go beyond stereotypes and recognize the contributions that each individual, male or female, can make to the workplace and to relationships. What do you think is the biggest obstacle for women in the workplace today? The necessity in many prestigious jobs is to put in very long work hours and then leave the more mundane aspects of daily lifelike cooking, grocery shopping, and picking up the kids to other people. This generally means that women put many more hours into these household activities than men. This greatly disadvantages women in the workplace. It is unrealistic to expect gender equality if workplaces demand that women be available all the time. Gender inequality in education Despite the dramatic increase in the number of women enrolled in colleges and universities around the world, there is still gross gender inequality when it comes to professional advancement of women in higher education. There is, however, a notably gender segregation in degree choice, correlated with lower incomes for graduates with "feminine" degrees, such as education or nursing, and higher incomes for those with "masculine" degrees, such as engineering. In addition, men have a statistically significant advantage over women when applying for highly selective universities, despite the fact that women generally outperform men in high school. Despite progress in recent years, girls continue to suffer severe disadvantage and exclusion in education systems throughout their lives. An estimated 31 million girls of primary school age and 34 million girls of lower secondary school age were not enrolled in school in 2011 Girls education is both an intrinsic right and a critical lever to reaching other development objectives. Providing girls with an education helps break the cycle of poverty: educated women are less likely to marry early and against their will; less likely to die in childbirth; more likely to have healthy babies; and are more likely to send their children to school. When all children have access to a quality education rooted in human r ights and gender equality, it creates a ripple effect of opportunity that influences generations to come. Girls education is essential to the achievement of quality learning relevant to the 21st century, including girls transition to and performance in secondary school and beyond. Adolescent girls that attend school delay marriage and childbearing, are less vulnerable to disease including HIV and AIDS, and acquire information and skills that lead to increased earning power. Evidence shows that the return to a year of secondary education for girls correlates to a 25 per cent increase in wages later in life. There are various barriers to girls education throughout the world, ranging from supply-side constraints to negative social norms. Some include school fees; strong cultural norms, priorities for boys education when a family has limited resources; inadequate sanitation facilities in schools such as lack of private and separate latrines; and negative classroom environments, where girls may face violence, exploitation or corporal punishment. Additionally, schools often lack sufficient numbers of female teachers.
Inequalities of aging Culture have big influence how people will treat their elderly. In Tiwi culture, if a women is frail and old then they cover up her until she died. On the other hand Abkhasians treat their elderly with respect without discriminating between men and women.
The Graying of America In 2000, 35 million Americans were age 65 and oldera 12 percent increase from 1990. Almost half of these 35 million were older than 75. With an aging population faces both challenges and benefits: financially, politically and socially.
Most of these older Americans are women. American women live an average of six years longer than men. According to the 2002 U.S. Census, the ratio of men per 100 women steadily declines with age: from 92 men per 100 women age 55 to 64, to 46 men per 100 women age 85 and over. Because women have longer life expectancies than men, older woman are likely to be living alone. Like Irja and Lucille in SUNSET STORY, nearly 80 percent of women 85 and over are widowed. Older womens retirement incomes and Social Security benefits are often lower than mens due to the gender gap in wages. Many older women also worked at home in their younger years, caring for children as well as elderly parents. For these older women, making ends meet is often a struggle on a limited income.
Many older Americans are living at home, cared for by adult children. Now in 40s and 50s, after spending decades raising children, millions of baby boomers find themselves caring for aging parents. For these family caregivers, emotional, financial and physical stress can often be an issue. With the rise of home caregiving and other assisted living options for seniors, the number of older Americans living in nursing homes has declined in recent years. In 2000, less than five percent of Americans 65 years and older lived in nursing homes such as Sunset Hall. Most of the seniors either live in nursing home or in assisted living facility. One reason for increased political engagement with age is the lifestyle change that comes with retirement. Issues such as financial security and improving Medicare and health insurance options suddenly hit home when seniors find themselves living off of pensions and limited Social Security benefits.