Present Day Gender Inequality
Imagine that you are working towards getting a job, competing with the opposing gender- both of you have the same amount of experience; the opposing gender got the job just because their gender role fits the job description better. From gender differences in payment, to just general gender standards, gender inequality is still a problem today. It’s not always the most noticeable, yet it still affects our society in a cynical fashion. Speaking about fashion, that can be unequal as well with gender standards, it can be considered casual clothing for some girls to go out in public with a guy’s clothing, such as hoodies, T-shirts and Etc., But it is considered socially unacceptable for a guy to go out in public in …show more content…
Some of these gender differences are slim, some are quite larger differences and more noticeable. One of those gender differences is the gender pay gap. The gender pay gap is a gap is a difference in the job payments, for every $1 and man gets, a women only gets 77 cents (Is Gender Inequality Still An Issue In America?). Another difference is the amount of jail time given for the same crimes, men normally get longer jail time than women do even if it’s for the same crime (Is Gender Inequality Still An Issue In America?). Also the hiring rates in Engineering and Science are 73% men and 27% for women, even with the same experience (Is Gender Inequality Still An Issue In America?). Gender differences can affect someone’s life as notoriously as anything else …show more content…
Gender standards are specific standards that genders need to abide by, set up yet again by today’s society. A man’s standard set up by society is that it is “Unmanly” to cry, making it complex to show emotions to other people (Is Gender Inequality Still An Issue In America?). Another standard, set up by society for women, is that they should know how to cook. Not just women should know how to cook, cooking should be a required class to take. How would you take care of yourself if you can’t even feed yourself? Another standard, is that women should be more educated than men (Gender Inequality in Modern Times). Gender standards are very stereotypical and sadly most everybody believes them because that’s how society set it up to
Imagine that you are working towards getting a job, competing with the opposing gender- both of you have the same amount of experience; the opposing gender got the job just because their gender role fits the job description better. From gender differences in payment, to just general gender standards, gender inequality is still a problem today. It’s not always the most noticeable, yet it still affects our society in a cynical fashion. Speaking about fashion, that can be unequal as well with gender standards, it can be considered casual clothing for some girls to go out in public with a guy’s clothing, such as hoodies, T-shirts and Etc., But it is considered socially unacceptable for a guy to go out in public in …show more content…
Some of these gender differences are slim, some are quite larger differences and more noticeable. One of those gender differences is the gender pay gap. The gender pay gap is a gap is a difference in the job payments, for every $1 and man gets, a women only gets 77 cents (Is Gender Inequality Still An Issue In America?). Another difference is the amount of jail time given for the same crimes, men normally get longer jail time than women do even if it’s for the same crime (Is Gender Inequality Still An Issue In America?). Also the hiring rates in Engineering and Science are 73% men and 27% for women, even with the same experience (Is Gender Inequality Still An Issue In America?). Gender differences can affect someone’s life as notoriously as anything else …show more content…
Gender standards are specific standards that genders need to abide by, set up yet again by today’s society. A man’s standard set up by society is that it is “Unmanly” to cry, making it complex to show emotions to other people (Is Gender Inequality Still An Issue In America?). Another standard, set up by society for women, is that they should know how to cook. Not just women should know how to cook, cooking should be a required class to take. How would you take care of yourself if you can’t even feed yourself? Another standard, is that women should be more educated than men (Gender Inequality in Modern Times). Gender standards are very stereotypical and sadly most everybody believes them because that’s how society set it up to