Challenges Of Working Women During The Industrial Revolution

Working Women

Women are characterized to have strengths in keeping a clean home, raising children, and cooking decadent meals. Not all women are so inclined. Unfortunately, if a woman does intend on working outside of the home, there are many challenges ahead. Women started off in America as taking care of the home responsibilities. If women were lucky, they could work in the family business. This however, resulted in their wages belonging to the family rather than their own. During the Industrial Revolution, factory owners tended to hire women because owners could pay them less than men resulting in a rise of women in the workforce. So begins the issue of pay differences in men and women workers which only pay transparency and culture
Studies show that men pay off student loan debts faster than women due to making less money after their college experience. This also expands to credit card and medical debt. Women also have a tougher time setting aside retirement income and continuously fall short of men in how much they will receive in their lifetime. Poverty amongst women 65 and older is more likely. In the workplace, the general opinion could be why try harder if the male co-worker will always generate more money. Not only does the gender pay gap involve money but a degrading cultural
Men tend to self-promote and confidently ask for raises in between review times. Women lean more towards complacency and hope that a supervisor will notice the hard work. Another personality trait is that women negotiate less when it comes to raises. Women also tend to be harsher towards other women, often judging one another on unrelated work performances such as home life and appearance, making it more difficult to change the cycle. For example, instead of a journalist interviewing a woman about the actual position and job, the woman is questioned about style. While this is all a terrible stereotype, it may hold some merit as the wage gap does still