Whereas sex is more universally defined, gender can vary in each society; the “norms, roles and relationships” (Newman, 2016, para.14) of socially defined characteristics can change for both men and women.
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However, it is possible that an unconscious bias exists, and this barrier could stop women’s progress. The way to tackle this might be to train HR employees in their possible unconscious biased way of thinking. Furthermore, encouraging females to apply for management roles and holding business leaders accountable, could further progression.
How does gender stratification harm both men and women?
At the end of the day, not being paid as much as a man for working in the same position is going to ultimately dent and hinder household incomes. With divorce rates being so high and single parent families seem to be always growing in numbers, such households are sadly losing out; there is a risk that those households could find themselves quickly falling into the poverty line, with no way of climbing out of it. This hardly seems fair!
One thing I would also like to point out is the risk of going to extremes to hire women for certain positions, but who may not perform as well as males who could be more