James Charles Covergirl Sparknotes

In October, Covergirl - a cosmetic company has announced the first ‘cover boy’ of their company, James Charles, a 17 years old boy. His talent has been noticed and gained tremendous supports on social media such as youtube and instagram. With his talent and enthusiasm about makeup, James Charles has influenced a lot of people in general and in the gay community. Jame Charles’s story definitely has impact a lot in the society. Analysis However, his story create an unfair barrier between genders in the workplace. By using the “theoretical perspectives,” it will prove that men are having more benefit in female-dominated jobs due to the “Glass Escalator,” and women are being treated unequally because of the “Glass Ceiling”(Ridnor,Macionis).
Pink collar jobs were traditionally dominated by women since World War II. The jobs do not require much professional skill and usually did not have equal pay. Beside that, men are not used to work in the pink collar workforce because with men always suppose to do the manly work, like construction or being a boss of the company. Working in the pink collar jobs will lower their status, give them less pay, less benefit. But James Charles has proved it wrong. A 17 years old boy not only do what he loves, he also successfully breaks all the boundaries between genders and stereotype of men in the pink collar job industry.
As men working in a female-dominated job, they are considered as rarity. That they often automatically get more attention and have higher chance to get more benefit or promoted quicker than other women with the same talent. Stereotype is a key role in the “Glass escalator” (Ridnor, Macionis). Because of how people view men as strong, determined, capable leaders, it leads to men rising up faster than other women and people often deciding to promote men based on their