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Crystal Murphy
Mr. Brown
Economics
3/3/14
Women in the Labor Force: Are they getting their due?
The Labor force today is divided mostly between gender and race. Whites get paid more than black and blacks get paid more than Hispanics. The main problem in the work force is the gender gap. The gender gap is the discrepancy in opportunities, status, and attitudes between men and women. Women endure a constant struggle as they fight to acquire, in all aspects, equality at work. Women have to meet a series of standards just to be hired at the most. To succeed in work alone women must exceed men in all aspects, their work ethic must be more efficient, their appearance must be flawless and they must go beyond their limits. Women seek equality but that is inaccessible since men are the dominating force of the work industry. Statistics show that women were 72,648 (20%) compared to men 82,327 (70%) in the labor force. In 2007, women’s earnings were lower than men's earnings in all states and the District of Columbia according to the Income, Earnings, and Poverty Data From the 2007 American Community Survey by the Census Bureau. The national female-to-male earnings ratio was 77.5%. The gender gap has forced women to become lower than men, receive fewer benefits, and has allowed several types of discrimination.
Women are hired basically by their looks versus than their ability to perform the job. Our society deems looks as the most important aspect of a woman. Men automatically feel as if males have more qualifications than women do. Women are considered the bottom of barrel. They receive the jobs that men either don’t want to do or the jobs that they feel they are over qualified for. A women could have a PhD in medicine and get a lower job than a male just because she a woman. If women don’t meet their supervisor’s requirement, who may be a male, her job is automatically on the line. If a woman has a job where her face is shown, her beauty determines her position
Mr. Brown
Economics
3/3/14
Women in the Labor Force: Are they getting their due?
The Labor force today is divided mostly between gender and race. Whites get paid more than black and blacks get paid more than Hispanics. The main problem in the work force is the gender gap. The gender gap is the discrepancy in opportunities, status, and attitudes between men and women. Women endure a constant struggle as they fight to acquire, in all aspects, equality at work. Women have to meet a series of standards just to be hired at the most. To succeed in work alone women must exceed men in all aspects, their work ethic must be more efficient, their appearance must be flawless and they must go beyond their limits. Women seek equality but that is inaccessible since men are the dominating force of the work industry. Statistics show that women were 72,648 (20%) compared to men 82,327 (70%) in the labor force. In 2007, women’s earnings were lower than men's earnings in all states and the District of Columbia according to the Income, Earnings, and Poverty Data From the 2007 American Community Survey by the Census Bureau. The national female-to-male earnings ratio was 77.5%. The gender gap has forced women to become lower than men, receive fewer benefits, and has allowed several types of discrimination.
Women are hired basically by their looks versus than their ability to perform the job. Our society deems looks as the most important aspect of a woman. Men automatically feel as if males have more qualifications than women do. Women are considered the bottom of barrel. They receive the jobs that men either don’t want to do or the jobs that they feel they are over qualified for. A women could have a PhD in medicine and get a lower job than a male just because she a woman. If women don’t meet their supervisor’s requirement, who may be a male, her job is automatically on the line. If a woman has a job where her face is shown, her beauty determines her position