For this research paper, I will illustrate the general stereotypes applied to male and females, and how it affects their day to day life in the workplace. In this paper, I will question why it is more acceptable for female nurses to treat male patients, than it is for male nurses to treat female patients. I will investigate women being paid less than men for the equal amount of work. The sources I list in this bibliography illustrate the stereotypes that affect men and women in their place of work. For example, studies show that one in five employed adults are victims of domestic violence, and a good chunk of them are male, and a large number of those victims reported being late to work and that their work performance decreased drastically.
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25 Issue 6, p764, 23p, 5 Dec. 2011, . This article explores the stereotypes and treatment that women receive in the workplace, as well as question where the treatment of women stems from. Bobbitt-Zeher explains that even without meaning to, men and women alike, tend to characterize others by their sex which directly plays into the creation of gender stereotypes. Bobbitt-Zeher even goes as far as saying that “men interpret women’s presence as a threat to their power.” (Bobbitt-Zeher, 767). This article explains women tended to receive increased harassment when they joined a field that was dominated by men. This article benefits my research paper because Bobbitt-Zeher provides substantial evidence supporting the claims in the article and approaches a subject from a different viewpoint than Fisher’s “Being A Chameleon: Labour Processes of Male Nurses Performing Bodywork.”. Compared to Fisher’s article, this approaches the women’s standpoint on the treatment they receive in the workplace due to gender stereotypes, whereas Fisher’s approaches the male’s on being treated due to nursing being a women’s job, Bobbitt-Zeher’s article will support my claims that although men are affected greatly in the workplace, women tend to have a harder time dealing with harassment due to being in a “man’s
25 Issue 6, p764, 23p, 5 Dec. 2011, . This article explores the stereotypes and treatment that women receive in the workplace, as well as question where the treatment of women stems from. Bobbitt-Zeher explains that even without meaning to, men and women alike, tend to characterize others by their sex which directly plays into the creation of gender stereotypes. Bobbitt-Zeher even goes as far as saying that “men interpret women’s presence as a threat to their power.” (Bobbitt-Zeher, 767). This article explains women tended to receive increased harassment when they joined a field that was dominated by men. This article benefits my research paper because Bobbitt-Zeher provides substantial evidence supporting the claims in the article and approaches a subject from a different viewpoint than Fisher’s “Being A Chameleon: Labour Processes of Male Nurses Performing Bodywork.”. Compared to Fisher’s article, this approaches the women’s standpoint on the treatment they receive in the workplace due to gender stereotypes, whereas Fisher’s approaches the male’s on being treated due to nursing being a women’s job, Bobbitt-Zeher’s article will support my claims that although men are affected greatly in the workplace, women tend to have a harder time dealing with harassment due to being in a “man’s