According to the online Oxford Dictionary, discrimination is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age or sex. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, part of the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, protects against discrimination based upon several criteria. It was expanded to not only protect against discrimination in the workplace but in the educational system as well. Understanding the sociological reasoning behind discrimination will help to develop ways to identify, treat, or control discrimination within the United States. In the United States, gender, race and age discrimination has been a sociological issue for generations.
Gender discrimination …show more content…
Women did not work in any roles that did fluctuated away from the natural jobs that women did in families. They may have worked in restaurants cooking and cleaning or even teach in schools, however, for a woman to do manual work it was very much frowned upon. Gender equality has come a long way since then, however, there is still the perception of superiority of the male race. Men are routinely paid more for the same work that women do. Women are now taking on roles previously dominated by men, an example being, women are now enlisting in the military and participating in combat related roles. Gender issues being faced include issues related to healthcare coverage, maternity and paternity leave, and pay equality. Women in the United States earn only 76% of what men earn. (Wolford, 2005, p. 85) The wage disparity has not changed even though more women are earning advanced degrees and obtaining higher job classifications. Why …show more content…
(Kydd, 2015, p.2) What gets confusing is defining the term “old.” Some people view old age as anything over the age of 50, some 65 and others say that old age is dependent upon physical and mental health, financial stability and family relationships. Between the year 2000 and 2010, the population of Americans aged forty-five to sixty-four grew at a rate of 31.5% and those sixty-five and older grew at a rate of 15.1%. (Taurro, 2014, p. 256) Government projections say 97.8 million Americans will be over the age of fifty-five by the year 2020. (Taurro, 2014, p. 256) With advancements in health care, and increased knowledge about healthy living the population is living longer. Some of the aged population are unable to retire at sixty-five or even later due to financial issues. Due to the aging population there is an increase of ageism in the United States – some of the younger population are frustrated that the older population are staying employed longer and keeping better jobs or opportunities for advancements from the young. There is also an issue with healthcare. As our population ages, they can have increased healthcare needs – these needs are expensive and can increase costs of employer offered healthcare insurance. The 1967 Age Discrimination in Employment act was enacted to protect the rights of employees against discrimination based upon age. An
Gender discrimination …show more content…
Women did not work in any roles that did fluctuated away from the natural jobs that women did in families. They may have worked in restaurants cooking and cleaning or even teach in schools, however, for a woman to do manual work it was very much frowned upon. Gender equality has come a long way since then, however, there is still the perception of superiority of the male race. Men are routinely paid more for the same work that women do. Women are now taking on roles previously dominated by men, an example being, women are now enlisting in the military and participating in combat related roles. Gender issues being faced include issues related to healthcare coverage, maternity and paternity leave, and pay equality. Women in the United States earn only 76% of what men earn. (Wolford, 2005, p. 85) The wage disparity has not changed even though more women are earning advanced degrees and obtaining higher job classifications. Why …show more content…
(Kydd, 2015, p.2) What gets confusing is defining the term “old.” Some people view old age as anything over the age of 50, some 65 and others say that old age is dependent upon physical and mental health, financial stability and family relationships. Between the year 2000 and 2010, the population of Americans aged forty-five to sixty-four grew at a rate of 31.5% and those sixty-five and older grew at a rate of 15.1%. (Taurro, 2014, p. 256) Government projections say 97.8 million Americans will be over the age of fifty-five by the year 2020. (Taurro, 2014, p. 256) With advancements in health care, and increased knowledge about healthy living the population is living longer. Some of the aged population are unable to retire at sixty-five or even later due to financial issues. Due to the aging population there is an increase of ageism in the United States – some of the younger population are frustrated that the older population are staying employed longer and keeping better jobs or opportunities for advancements from the young. There is also an issue with healthcare. As our population ages, they can have increased healthcare needs – these needs are expensive and can increase costs of employer offered healthcare insurance. The 1967 Age Discrimination in Employment act was enacted to protect the rights of employees against discrimination based upon age. An