For many years, women had been subject of increased gender inequality, including restricted access to employment opportunities. However, during the antebellum era, several important changes were introduced to address the rights and roles of women in the society. Consequently, though earning a much lower pay at the time, women started getting access to job opportunities. The job landscape has continued to evolve over time and presently more women are enjoying almost similar employment opportunities as their male counterparts. In this paper, Goudreau , Adamy and Overberg’s effectively support this argument that there has been a paradigm shift in women’s employment rights and access to employment opportunities in the contemporary work environment.
…show more content…
The topic sentence in Goudreau’s article focuses on demonstrating to the audience two important elements, namely: (i) the estimated composition of women in the workforce; (ii) the majority of women working in jobs that are low-paying, for example as administrative assistants, retail workers, and waitresses. Fundamentally, this topic sentence in Goudreau’s article can be described as a summative position statement on the widely known facts about the jobs borne by the majority of women in the economy. Moreover, Goudreau’s theorizes that there is a possibility there is a paradigm shift in the work environment where more women are “moving up” towards jobs that are highly paying and more professional. On the other hand, Adamy and Overberg’s article “Women in Elite Jobs Face Stubborn Pay Gap” explore the issue of the wide pay-gap between men and women in elite jobs, focusing on explaining to their audience how women in elite jobs continue to earn lower salaries than their male counterparts. Adamy and Overberg’s topic sentence in this article emphasizes the fact that on average, women in America earn less than their male colleagues. The researchers hypothesize that in a comparison between the less and highly educated women, the highly educated women have the least
The topic sentence in Goudreau’s article focuses on demonstrating to the audience two important elements, namely: (i) the estimated composition of women in the workforce; (ii) the majority of women working in jobs that are low-paying, for example as administrative assistants, retail workers, and waitresses. Fundamentally, this topic sentence in Goudreau’s article can be described as a summative position statement on the widely known facts about the jobs borne by the majority of women in the economy. Moreover, Goudreau’s theorizes that there is a possibility there is a paradigm shift in the work environment where more women are “moving up” towards jobs that are highly paying and more professional. On the other hand, Adamy and Overberg’s article “Women in Elite Jobs Face Stubborn Pay Gap” explore the issue of the wide pay-gap between men and women in elite jobs, focusing on explaining to their audience how women in elite jobs continue to earn lower salaries than their male counterparts. Adamy and Overberg’s topic sentence in this article emphasizes the fact that on average, women in America earn less than their male colleagues. The researchers hypothesize that in a comparison between the less and highly educated women, the highly educated women have the least