Not only do girls face problems obtaining average competency, but after they prove their capability, they don’t usually get a chance to have a meaningful role. "Women may hold the majority of the jobs in growing sectors such as retail, healthcare and food service," writes the Nation 's Bryce Colvert, "but of the executive officers in those industries they represent less than eighteen percent, under sixteen percent and just fifteen.five percent, respectively."(Source eight) One would think that someone in a position of administration, would embody and speak for the majority of those they oversee. What makes the lack of females in positions of power problematic is that the perspectives and issues of women will not be understood on a personal
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It is basic knowledge that women are the people that give birth to the world’s next generation and that they play an undeniably important role in the cycle of life, so why is it that Eighty-eight percent of American women do not get paid for a single day or a single hour after they give birth?(Source seven) Time spent recovering in the hospital after giving birth is for some reason not considered to be paid medical leave, which is very puzzling because if a man were to be in the hospital, most likely his job would consider this instance to be paid medical leave. Some may think, it isn’t that big a deal for a women to go a few days without pay but in forty percent of households with children, women are the main source of income. (Source seven) And with consideration to little money women do make, a few days without pay may do some damage and financially hurt a family. The changes that need to be made in the workplace are not because we need to change to make social environments more welcoming to women and that “we need to make them less male”, the are necessary to make these environments places in which the rights of all citizens aren’t …show more content…
Before the United States can be considered a nation where all are treated equally the nation must address the conflicts women are encountering globally due to the weakly advocated issue of gender equality. The issue of women’s rights will not subside until the issues of unequal pay, the horrific discrimination against women, and cruel violence women are encounter are all globally
It is basic knowledge that women are the people that give birth to the world’s next generation and that they play an undeniably important role in the cycle of life, so why is it that Eighty-eight percent of American women do not get paid for a single day or a single hour after they give birth?(Source seven) Time spent recovering in the hospital after giving birth is for some reason not considered to be paid medical leave, which is very puzzling because if a man were to be in the hospital, most likely his job would consider this instance to be paid medical leave. Some may think, it isn’t that big a deal for a women to go a few days without pay but in forty percent of households with children, women are the main source of income. (Source seven) And with consideration to little money women do make, a few days without pay may do some damage and financially hurt a family. The changes that need to be made in the workplace are not because we need to change to make social environments more welcoming to women and that “we need to make them less male”, the are necessary to make these environments places in which the rights of all citizens aren’t …show more content…
Before the United States can be considered a nation where all are treated equally the nation must address the conflicts women are encountering globally due to the weakly advocated issue of gender equality. The issue of women’s rights will not subside until the issues of unequal pay, the horrific discrimination against women, and cruel violence women are encounter are all globally