Gender Inequalities in the Social Services During World War II, women were recruited from their home into the work force, as their husbands were sent to protect their country. Women were placed into the same types of labor that their husbands had before they departed. That meant that women were working under the same types of working conditions, with also having the same amount of work, but with a lower pay. Over the years, the percentage of women integrating into male dominated occupations increased. They followed careers like “business, marketing, and accounting”, while also increasing their numbers in female dominated occupations, which were commonly under social services, like social work and counseling (England 2010). Even though, it
