A big topic of discussion in the United States today is gender inequality in the workplace. The movie Anchorman and the book Selling Women Short by Louise Marie Roth both exemplify how these gender based biases affect women in the work environment as well as why they exist at all. Compared to men, women have much more trouble moving up the hierarchy within a job, have lower salaries, and are seen as less competent overall.
Anchorman may be a well-loved movie by many Americans, but it also illustrates how women were treated in the work place in the 1970s, especially in a newsroom setting. Ron, the main character of the film, is the head anchorman for Channel 4 News. When the movie begins, it is obvious that all of the workers, other than secretaries, were men. The men usually only interacted with the women when they were hitting on them or when they wanted them to complete simple task such as making coffee, making phone calls, scheduling, etc. The entertainment business was nothing more than a boys club.
Shortly into the story, Veronica is introduced. She is an aspiring news anchor who hoped to one day become …show more content…
Men believed that they should be at the top and that women should be around the office only for their good looks. Men were simply stunned when women even tried to move up the hierarchy to top level jobs.
The book Selling Women Short by Louise Marie Roth is also a story that studies gender biases in the workplace. The book focuses on Wall Street in the 1990s. Wall Street claims that they are meritocratic, meaning that they hired and give out bonuses based on who will produce the most profit, but is this really true? After interviewing people who work on Wall Street, examining the salaries, bonuses, hiring systems, and other work characteristics, Roth found that gender hierarchies still exist within these
Anchorman may be a well-loved movie by many Americans, but it also illustrates how women were treated in the work place in the 1970s, especially in a newsroom setting. Ron, the main character of the film, is the head anchorman for Channel 4 News. When the movie begins, it is obvious that all of the workers, other than secretaries, were men. The men usually only interacted with the women when they were hitting on them or when they wanted them to complete simple task such as making coffee, making phone calls, scheduling, etc. The entertainment business was nothing more than a boys club.
Shortly into the story, Veronica is introduced. She is an aspiring news anchor who hoped to one day become …show more content…
Men believed that they should be at the top and that women should be around the office only for their good looks. Men were simply stunned when women even tried to move up the hierarchy to top level jobs.
The book Selling Women Short by Louise Marie Roth is also a story that studies gender biases in the workplace. The book focuses on Wall Street in the 1990s. Wall Street claims that they are meritocratic, meaning that they hired and give out bonuses based on who will produce the most profit, but is this really true? After interviewing people who work on Wall Street, examining the salaries, bonuses, hiring systems, and other work characteristics, Roth found that gender hierarchies still exist within these