Majoring in business is a very broad study. General business can include a wide range of minor majors. Majors like finance, accounting, and marketing all ties in under a business major. It is in my plans for me to one day becoming an entrepreneur and because of this I chose business management as my major to truly understand the meaning of running a business. With my interest in learning business, this lead me to do research of the bias that can come with my major. For many years, I always heard that men get paid more than women just the fact that they were men. It really didn't make sense to me. It’s always been the propaganda that women belong in the kitchen . had to take years after World War II for society to realize that women are more
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That's why many people say then males can endure more than women. However though, fact or not, that shouldn’t put fear in a women from doing a certain job because her body makeup is different. That just means to me women have to work twice as hard then men just to prove our worth. Bias in the workplace has a long history of being unfair. That’s why the Equal Pay Act was created. The Equal Pay Act basically states that men and women are both equally payed for equal work. We all know that in some places, boss may work around that law and find loop holds that don't fully fit the idea of equal work equal pay. Me being a women, this motivates me to work even harder. The business field is very competitive. I’m not only competing with people at my college for jobs ; I have to go against all business majors in college in Georgia and prove why I deserve a …show more content…
The duties around the house involved cleaning, cooking, and taking care of the family .Television shows such as I Love Lucy, and The Danny Thomas Show were popular shows that always showcased the woman role in the household. Betty Friedan, a woman activist and who also wrote The Feminine Mystique, stated this: “Just what was this problem that has no name? What were the words women used when they tried to express it? Sometimes a woman would say "I feel empty somehow ... incomplete." Or she would say, "I feel as if I don't exist”. She was basically stated how women felt they had more to offer to the world. Not every woman was happy to just cook and clean everyday. The missing thing that many women faced was the fact they have a life too. They have rights just as men to go out and work. This idea of having rights just as men lead to the 19th amendment. According to History.com, it states , “Ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote—a right known as woman suffrage. This was a spark for women to gain more opportunities.However, what was portrayed on the tv was a continuous propaganda that show the image of a woman to be at home.Women were seen as fragile and not able to take on challenges that are difficult to be in. Men often get put in the more risky conditions because they are seen to take on more physically and emotionally. That’s why
That's why many people say then males can endure more than women. However though, fact or not, that shouldn’t put fear in a women from doing a certain job because her body makeup is different. That just means to me women have to work twice as hard then men just to prove our worth. Bias in the workplace has a long history of being unfair. That’s why the Equal Pay Act was created. The Equal Pay Act basically states that men and women are both equally payed for equal work. We all know that in some places, boss may work around that law and find loop holds that don't fully fit the idea of equal work equal pay. Me being a women, this motivates me to work even harder. The business field is very competitive. I’m not only competing with people at my college for jobs ; I have to go against all business majors in college in Georgia and prove why I deserve a …show more content…
The duties around the house involved cleaning, cooking, and taking care of the family .Television shows such as I Love Lucy, and The Danny Thomas Show were popular shows that always showcased the woman role in the household. Betty Friedan, a woman activist and who also wrote The Feminine Mystique, stated this: “Just what was this problem that has no name? What were the words women used when they tried to express it? Sometimes a woman would say "I feel empty somehow ... incomplete." Or she would say, "I feel as if I don't exist”. She was basically stated how women felt they had more to offer to the world. Not every woman was happy to just cook and clean everyday. The missing thing that many women faced was the fact they have a life too. They have rights just as men to go out and work. This idea of having rights just as men lead to the 19th amendment. According to History.com, it states , “Ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted American women the right to vote—a right known as woman suffrage. This was a spark for women to gain more opportunities.However, what was portrayed on the tv was a continuous propaganda that show the image of a woman to be at home.Women were seen as fragile and not able to take on challenges that are difficult to be in. Men often get put in the more risky conditions because they are seen to take on more physically and emotionally. That’s why