Feminism Claiming its Significance in the Workplace: Calling Humanity to Achieve Gender Equality Throughout Employment
In the progressive and modern day workforce, it seems that women have come a long way in their efforts to gain basic human rights, and to have an equal societal status to men. However, due to the reality that women still generally do not receive a uniform pay to men, they are restricted in their potentials of authoritative power, and they face discrimination in deciding factors of promotion and hiring, it is apparent that there is still a substantial amount of improvement to be made in regards to diminishing sexism within the market of jobs. For years, women’s rights activists have been advocating for the equivalent treatment …show more content…
Because of it’s inhibiting effect on the success of women, it is essential to diminish voluntary and involuntary sexism within authoritative positions in employment. Sexism has negative effects within particular areas of employment, especially ones of decision-making status. The article "Gender Inequalities in the Workplace: The Effects of Organizational Structures, Processes, Practices, and Decision Makers’ Sexism" located in the Frontiers in Psychology publication, explains that detrimental instances of gender inequalities in the working world are linked to human resources practices such as policies which determine factors such as “hiring, training, pay, and the promotion of women” (Stamarski 1). The journal summarizes that the amount of sexist behavior which exists in an authoritative setting can affect the probability of decisions being gender-biased (Stamarski 1). Although sometimes unintentional, sexism is clearly apparent in modern day administrative positions. In order for change to take place, the direct problem must be identified. In an article featured in The Wall Street Journal, Stanford University professor Shelley Correll suggests the idea that managers are holding women back unintentionally, and must realize that their actions are having major effects (Waller and Lublin). Based on this philosophy, …show more content…
Societal reform regarding gender equality within the workplace is only possible through a conjoined integration of the sexes. Despite common misconceptions, it must be made evident that the blame for the unequal distribution of power does not primarily reflect the actions and intentions of women themselves. Scholars Wendy Wolf and Neil Fligstein explain in the American Sociological Review, suggest that “steps must be taken to alter the behaviors and policies of employers before women can reach parity with men with respect to authority in the workplace” (Wolf and Fligstein 250). Based on the claims of this journal, the urgency to alter the perceptions of society’s pointing finger on women enabling their own mistreatment becomes crucial. The primary action to cease this unjustified accusation is to encourage corporations to innovate and update their views on gender roles within the workplace through diversifying their authoritative positions. By increasing diversity within an organization, as suggested in the "Gender Inequalities in the Workplace: The Effects of Organizational Structures, Processes, Practices, and Decision Makers’ Sexism." journal, female candidates are more likely to succeed in being considered for promotion
In the progressive and modern day workforce, it seems that women have come a long way in their efforts to gain basic human rights, and to have an equal societal status to men. However, due to the reality that women still generally do not receive a uniform pay to men, they are restricted in their potentials of authoritative power, and they face discrimination in deciding factors of promotion and hiring, it is apparent that there is still a substantial amount of improvement to be made in regards to diminishing sexism within the market of jobs. For years, women’s rights activists have been advocating for the equivalent treatment …show more content…
Because of it’s inhibiting effect on the success of women, it is essential to diminish voluntary and involuntary sexism within authoritative positions in employment. Sexism has negative effects within particular areas of employment, especially ones of decision-making status. The article "Gender Inequalities in the Workplace: The Effects of Organizational Structures, Processes, Practices, and Decision Makers’ Sexism" located in the Frontiers in Psychology publication, explains that detrimental instances of gender inequalities in the working world are linked to human resources practices such as policies which determine factors such as “hiring, training, pay, and the promotion of women” (Stamarski 1). The journal summarizes that the amount of sexist behavior which exists in an authoritative setting can affect the probability of decisions being gender-biased (Stamarski 1). Although sometimes unintentional, sexism is clearly apparent in modern day administrative positions. In order for change to take place, the direct problem must be identified. In an article featured in The Wall Street Journal, Stanford University professor Shelley Correll suggests the idea that managers are holding women back unintentionally, and must realize that their actions are having major effects (Waller and Lublin). Based on this philosophy, …show more content…
Societal reform regarding gender equality within the workplace is only possible through a conjoined integration of the sexes. Despite common misconceptions, it must be made evident that the blame for the unequal distribution of power does not primarily reflect the actions and intentions of women themselves. Scholars Wendy Wolf and Neil Fligstein explain in the American Sociological Review, suggest that “steps must be taken to alter the behaviors and policies of employers before women can reach parity with men with respect to authority in the workplace” (Wolf and Fligstein 250). Based on the claims of this journal, the urgency to alter the perceptions of society’s pointing finger on women enabling their own mistreatment becomes crucial. The primary action to cease this unjustified accusation is to encourage corporations to innovate and update their views on gender roles within the workplace through diversifying their authoritative positions. By increasing diversity within an organization, as suggested in the "Gender Inequalities in the Workplace: The Effects of Organizational Structures, Processes, Practices, and Decision Makers’ Sexism." journal, female candidates are more likely to succeed in being considered for promotion