Gender inequality has diminished compared to the past years, but women are still seen to be fragile, incompetent and belong at home where life is easy and safe. Men are the breadwinners while women are the homemakers, but this should not be because women are just as energetic and enthusiastic as men. According to Katherine Sobering, Jessica Thomas and Christine L. Williams in their article found in the Laurentian University Academic OneFile talk, identify that, “The workplace is an important source of gender inequality in society”, and that’s the gender inequality in the workplace is discussed in this essay.
During the first world war (1914 – 1918), the male citizens, were out in the war zone fighting for their country, but then, there was still work to be done at home, such as building ships, making bombs and aircraft part, ambulance and fire engine drivers, nursing the injured, etc. Women were required to do these jobs, but then after the war the …show more content…
As a matter of fact, all these points add up, if most women are not given the opportunity to work, then women are not strong enough to do the same work men do, which means that, they would be given less work than men, therefore, they wouldn’t get the same pay that men get. Due to these circumstances, there is a pay gap, and this is what really causes the gender inequality in the workplace. Gender inequality has been a problem in many situations and societies, and there shouldn’t be, because women and men should be treated as equals, especially in the