Sexism In The Workplace: A Case Study

About one year ago there was a study done on how much a women would make per every dollar a man would make. In 2014, female full-time workers made only 79 cents for every dollar earned by men. That means that there is a 21 percent difference in male and female income, in many person’s opinions that is hugely sexist and should be eliminated from the work field between male and female workers. Throughout history Sexism in the workplace has evolved immensely and has made women welcome to have all rights of men although some have lower standards for women. In the last hundred years women’s rights have evolved from having little to no rights at all to being able to do anything that they would like to do. In the early 1900’s to around mid or more 1900’s women weren’t able to get jobs at certain places, they had to work at specific locations and if they did get a job where it is mainly male dominate they would get a ridiculously low wage than the opposing sex. In which is still partially going on in today's world. “From country to country, the advances women have made vary greatly.” (NKU) There was a survey that was taken in the mid 1990’s by men and women, in this survey women were noted in the “mid 1990’s women made up only 8 …show more content…
They are the equal, if not main, breadwinner in four out of ten families.” (Women’s Policy Research: Pay Equality and Discrimination) In most cases that sentence is entirely true, most mothers work hard to make a good income enough to provide for their children and also for their families. My mother has provided for me my entire life with no help from the opposite sex and would never have in any other way. Other than women having a jobs to provide for their families, over the past decades women have moved up the job that they can possibly obtain such as being a business owner or even moving into job positions that no woman has dreamed of doing. (Women’s Policy Research: Pay Equality and