Feminism is a movement promoting the equality of men and women in all spheres of society. The first major wave of feminism took place in the nineteenth and early twentieth century and is still occurring today. Some argue that gender equality has been achieved at the beginning of the twenty-first century and women are no longer disadvantaged when compared to men. This is argued because women now occupy powerful positions in politics and have equal opportunity to vote, own property, with jobs, and more. The object of this paper is to understand how gender equality has not been accomplished by studying specific inequalities between men and women in the areas of workplace and in the home in order to better understand why feminism is still needed today.
Gender Inequality in the Workplace Gender inequality in the workplace has improved greatly since the1960s when women finally began to enter the workforce in greater numbers however, it has not yet been achieved. Today, there is still a gender pay gap and gender and power issues in the workplace. This …show more content…
They are often seen as the primary caretaker of children, the nurturer, the one who stays at home while the male is at work, and as the one who cooks and does all of the housework. After a paid work day, women often go home to perform housework or childcare and this is referred to as “the second shift.” The second shift is why it is said women work longer hours than most men in a day in most countries. A recent United Nations report found that women in the United States work on average twenty-five minutes more than men each day. But this is not the same for all countries, where women in developed countries are performing housework at a considerably higher rate; Austria (45 minutes) and Italy (103 minutes). This amount is even higher in undeveloped countries where women worked an average of 165 minutes more than men each day (Giddens, Duneier, Appelbaum,
Gender Inequality in the Workplace Gender inequality in the workplace has improved greatly since the1960s when women finally began to enter the workforce in greater numbers however, it has not yet been achieved. Today, there is still a gender pay gap and gender and power issues in the workplace. This …show more content…
They are often seen as the primary caretaker of children, the nurturer, the one who stays at home while the male is at work, and as the one who cooks and does all of the housework. After a paid work day, women often go home to perform housework or childcare and this is referred to as “the second shift.” The second shift is why it is said women work longer hours than most men in a day in most countries. A recent United Nations report found that women in the United States work on average twenty-five minutes more than men each day. But this is not the same for all countries, where women in developed countries are performing housework at a considerably higher rate; Austria (45 minutes) and Italy (103 minutes). This amount is even higher in undeveloped countries where women worked an average of 165 minutes more than men each day (Giddens, Duneier, Appelbaum,