According to The New Webster 's Dictionary, the term justice means, righteousness; equitableness; lawfulness. When thinking about gender equality, justice may feel like an illusion, especially for women. Although, our current time period seems to be the highpoint for feminism, it doesn 't feel authentic for many. Despite all that feminists have fought for in equal rights over the years, women are still getting raped, trafficked, discriminated against and violated. In the workplace, women are often discriminated against by not getting equal pay as their male co workers, regardless of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which required women and men in the same workplace to have equal pay for equal work, the “gender gap” in pay still exists. A woman who
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The glass ceiling metaphor has often been used to describe invisible barriers through which women can see elite positions but cannot reach them. These barriers prevent large numbers of women and minorities from obtaining and securing the most powerful and prestigious jobs in the workforce. This may make women feel as if they are not worthy to fill high-ranking positions or they may feel as if their bosses do not take them seriously or see them as potential candidates for advancement. In Irina Zamfirache’s, “Women and Politics-The Glass Ceiling”, she explains that statistically the gender gap in pay is decreasing over time. However, according to Zamfirache despite the media still projecting a disadvantageous image of women, the change of stereotypes and perceptions of not only women but also minorities suggests that the glass ceiling can eventually be …show more content…
Lily took her pay discrimination complaint all the way to the Supreme Court, which ruled in 2007 that claims like hers had to be filed within one hundred and eighty days of an employer’s decision to pay a worker less, even if she did not learn about the unfair pay until years after the discrimination began. To make sure that people can effectively challenge unequal pay, the law signed by President Obama shortly after taking office amended the Civil Rights Act of 1964 so unfair pay complaints can be filed within one hundred and eighty days of a discriminatory paycheck and that one hundred and eighty days resets after every such paycheck is
The glass ceiling metaphor has often been used to describe invisible barriers through which women can see elite positions but cannot reach them. These barriers prevent large numbers of women and minorities from obtaining and securing the most powerful and prestigious jobs in the workforce. This may make women feel as if they are not worthy to fill high-ranking positions or they may feel as if their bosses do not take them seriously or see them as potential candidates for advancement. In Irina Zamfirache’s, “Women and Politics-The Glass Ceiling”, she explains that statistically the gender gap in pay is decreasing over time. However, according to Zamfirache despite the media still projecting a disadvantageous image of women, the change of stereotypes and perceptions of not only women but also minorities suggests that the glass ceiling can eventually be …show more content…
Lily took her pay discrimination complaint all the way to the Supreme Court, which ruled in 2007 that claims like hers had to be filed within one hundred and eighty days of an employer’s decision to pay a worker less, even if she did not learn about the unfair pay until years after the discrimination began. To make sure that people can effectively challenge unequal pay, the law signed by President Obama shortly after taking office amended the Civil Rights Act of 1964 so unfair pay complaints can be filed within one hundred and eighty days of a discriminatory paycheck and that one hundred and eighty days resets after every such paycheck is