grounded or socially constructed. (On differences between the sexes‚ see Sex and psychology.) Wage discrimination exists when workers are equally qualified and perform the same work but one group of workers is paid more than another. Historically‚ wage discrimination has favored men over similarly qualified women.[2] Income disparity between genders stems from processes that determine the quality of jobs and earnings associated with jobs.[clarification needed] Earnings associated with jobs will
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CHANGING ROLE OF WOMEN IN PAST 25 YEARS RELATING TO JOINT FAMILIES‚ NUCLEAR FAMILIES‚ WOMEN AS A BREAD EARNER OF THE FAMILY. CHANGES IN THE REQUIREMENTS TREND OF MIXERS‚ WASHING MACHINES‚ MICROWAVE & STANDARD OF LIVING. NAME: HENA CLASS: XII DIV: G ROLL NO: 7 DATE OF SUBMISSION: SUPERVISED BY: MAHALAKSHMI MA’AM INDEX S.NO TOPIC PAGE NO 1 ACKNOWLEDGMENT 2 INTRODUCTION 3 NUCLEAR AND JOINT FAMILIES 4 BREAD EARNER 5 INTRODUCTION Women are important in
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The exploitation of women in Ads What are the dangers for the companies to use such types of ads? What are the different reactions of men and women to this kind of ads ? Introduction The exploitation of women in the media has been part of the advertising industry since its beginning‚ although the level to which women have been exploited has changed drastically. Advertising is a highly visible and seemingly controversial agent of socialization (Paff‚ Lakner‚ 1997). Indeed‚ it appears everywhere
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Women for the Win! Women served an important role in WWII. They not only took the challenge and stepped up to take the places of the men off fighting in the war to work in factories‚ but they also fought side by side with those risking their lives and fighting for their country. They were needed everywhere during the war. There were an unbelievable amount of job opportunities for women during the war and many supported the brave acts of voluntary enlistment. “‘A woman’s place is in the home’
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In Greek Mythology‚ women were either very fierce or very weak. Women were usually defined by wits‚ beauty‚ or bad deeds. In The Odyssey women were not in the background. On the contrary‚ women were powerful. They charmed and controlled men‚ provided wisdom‚ and took care of them. The Odyssey appears to be strongly female based. Penelope is the wife of Odysseus who is the king of Ithaca. When Odysseus is called off to the Trojan War Penelope shows great faithfulness and wit. She stays faithful
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way‚ there are small‚ minor details that seem unobservable but actually have major significance. Stereotyping has a major significance. Women in media‚ is stereotyped as passive and gentle. They are expected to work at home‚ be obedient and be pleasant. And when they get angry‚ they erupt like volcanoes. The e-card from someecards.com‚ tells us “When women ask you for your opinion‚ they don’t want to hear your opinion‚ they want to hear their opinion in a deeper voice.” At first glance‚ there
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RESILANCEY IN BLACK WOMAN The act of resistance and defiance is one of the most used human reactions that we as Americans often use this to express ourselves in society today. These reactions are also used when some one fee3ls that they are being treated unfairly or in an unjust manner. America is supposed to be a land of equal value and opportunity when it comes to being human. Obviously this is not the way that things are in society today but things were a lot worse off not so long ago. From
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Women and men have fought for gender equality for almost 200 years. With the strong organization of this movement‚ one would think problems would be non-existent. By looking at the history of the feminist movement‚ many of these struggles are evident. Through these experiences‚ one can see what has worked or not in the fight for gender equality and understand where to go to help solve future issues. In the early 19th century‚ "married women could not sign contracts; they had no title to their own
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and the environment these women had to sustain. “For fifty years prior to 1875‚ no women had been committed to the state prison at Charlestown‚ but were confined in jails and houses of corrections” (MCI-Framingham). From the year that The Reformatory For Women at Sherborn opened in 1877‚ to the end of the term of the seventh‚ most memorable superintendent‚ Dr. Mirian Van Waters‚ the prison underwent multiple reforms that formulated it from a holding facility for women to a prison
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The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. From equal status with men in ancient times[6] through the low points of the medieval period‚ to the promotion of equal rights by many reformers‚ the history of women in India has been eventful. In modern India‚ women have held high offices in India including that of the President‚ Prime Minister‚ Speaker of the Lok Sabha and Leader of the Opposition. As of 2011‚ the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and the Leader
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