In today’s society, many women are forced to experience the struggles that come with living and working in a system that has catered to the needs and to the benefit of men for centuries. The maid or domestic housework industry has aided in this discrimination and continues to hinder women’s goals to be treated equally. This system that has been in place for so many years has been heavily discussed and revised in an attempt to remove influences of gender inequality within the maid industry in the United States. There have been numerous suggestions from a large amount of people on exactly how to fix this issue that has plagued the U.S. workforce for so long, but society continues to be far from acceptable equality. Many of these suggestions either
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Today, men have been required to give up much of their hold on the market and their influences across the board. As it can be seen in the graph above, in 1970 men held about sixty-two percent of the labor force, diminishing to nearly fifty-three percent by 2010 (not changing from the year 2000). Because American men have stereotypically been the providers for their families, America’s men can have a sense of failure if women begin to take more of the market. As stated in Gender Inequality in Our Changing World, “men who still believe in the old image of men as breadwinners… may feel humiliated and emasculated if changed economic circumstances mean that they were are unable to live up to their own expectations of masculinity” (376). Many men of today’s generations may feel as though they would be looked down upon if they were not able to provide adequately for their families and therefore would attempt to suppress the women in their lives. With more women entering the market and evening out the demographics to a near even split, a rise in gender inequality is eminent as men fight for their …show more content…
The Human Rights Watch is an organization dedicated to producing accurate reports and briefings on human rights conditions in more than ninety countries. In the report “Maid to Order Ending Abuses Against Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore” published by the Human Rights Watch organization, the author notes that the Singapore government has created “education programs for domestic workers and employers” as a way to educate domestic workers and “to facilitate better communication between employers and migrant domestic workers” (96). In implementing a government program that can help to educate migrant domestic workers on their rights and safety procedures in the workplace, the Singapore government has taken a strong step in beginning to improve the livelihood of many domestic workers. Along the same line, if the United States government were to introduce this policy, many of the abuses that these workers face could be stopped before they happen. With the Singapore government as an example, it can be possible to note the outcome of such a policy so that the U.S. may be able to implement a similar program. Through providing these classes to help educate employers as well as employees the U.S.
Today, men have been required to give up much of their hold on the market and their influences across the board. As it can be seen in the graph above, in 1970 men held about sixty-two percent of the labor force, diminishing to nearly fifty-three percent by 2010 (not changing from the year 2000). Because American men have stereotypically been the providers for their families, America’s men can have a sense of failure if women begin to take more of the market. As stated in Gender Inequality in Our Changing World, “men who still believe in the old image of men as breadwinners… may feel humiliated and emasculated if changed economic circumstances mean that they were are unable to live up to their own expectations of masculinity” (376). Many men of today’s generations may feel as though they would be looked down upon if they were not able to provide adequately for their families and therefore would attempt to suppress the women in their lives. With more women entering the market and evening out the demographics to a near even split, a rise in gender inequality is eminent as men fight for their …show more content…
The Human Rights Watch is an organization dedicated to producing accurate reports and briefings on human rights conditions in more than ninety countries. In the report “Maid to Order Ending Abuses Against Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore” published by the Human Rights Watch organization, the author notes that the Singapore government has created “education programs for domestic workers and employers” as a way to educate domestic workers and “to facilitate better communication between employers and migrant domestic workers” (96). In implementing a government program that can help to educate migrant domestic workers on their rights and safety procedures in the workplace, the Singapore government has taken a strong step in beginning to improve the livelihood of many domestic workers. Along the same line, if the United States government were to introduce this policy, many of the abuses that these workers face could be stopped before they happen. With the Singapore government as an example, it can be possible to note the outcome of such a policy so that the U.S. may be able to implement a similar program. Through providing these classes to help educate employers as well as employees the U.S.