As a Hispanic woman who seeks to achieve a successful professional career, the gender inequality gap not only discourages me, but also helps me understand and challenge gender roles in American society. According to Henslin (2015) the gender pay gap has been a challenge that women have to face since the Industrial Revolution. Women from all education levels, from those with less than a high school diploma to those with doctoral degrees experience the gender pay gap. In the same way, the difficulty of this issue is rooted in today’s culture. The gender role of men historically is to provide substantial income to the family, and the role of women is to take care of the children and the household. Although these norms have been shaped by other
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One of the most important problems is the educational damage. In accordance with Wagner’s (2015) article, the pay gap causes women to pursue certain careers and educational pathways that are not well paid because they do not believe that better salary can be reached in other competitive fields where men dominate the higher paid positions. Similarly, one of the main reasons why the gender pay gap exists is because women are choosing lower paid careers than men. According to Heslin (2015) the lack of representation of minorities and women in STEM fields has been a crucial component of the gender pay gap because STEM fields are stereotypically men areas in which the salary is significantly higher than any women dominated fields. In addition, Dr. Yonghong (2015) argues that one of the most important causes of the gender pay gap is the inability of many influential corporations to acknowledge the variety of roles a woman has in society besides being an employee, such as being a mother. This issue affects women because they do not get the appropriate amount of days of maternity leave or numerous sanctions that affect not only the professional life of that individual, but also the life of those who she supports financially and emotionally. Nevertheless, the …show more content…
In the same way, the author explains that authority and power is deeply rooted in an androcentric belief. In addition, when examining the correlation between race and gender in the labor market, researchers found that these two variables are dependent on each other, building a critical and complex system of inequality. Likewise, Browne (2003) argues that because some ethnic and race groups have less access to education and training, the pay gap becomes even more overwhelming. One of the examples he gives to show the interaction of labor, gender, race and class is domestic work. The author believes that the norm for domestic workers is to be a woman and usually of color, which limits women’s abilities in the work field and leads to constructed stereotypes. This phenomenon displays the privileged and non-privileged groups of people in this
One of the most important problems is the educational damage. In accordance with Wagner’s (2015) article, the pay gap causes women to pursue certain careers and educational pathways that are not well paid because they do not believe that better salary can be reached in other competitive fields where men dominate the higher paid positions. Similarly, one of the main reasons why the gender pay gap exists is because women are choosing lower paid careers than men. According to Heslin (2015) the lack of representation of minorities and women in STEM fields has been a crucial component of the gender pay gap because STEM fields are stereotypically men areas in which the salary is significantly higher than any women dominated fields. In addition, Dr. Yonghong (2015) argues that one of the most important causes of the gender pay gap is the inability of many influential corporations to acknowledge the variety of roles a woman has in society besides being an employee, such as being a mother. This issue affects women because they do not get the appropriate amount of days of maternity leave or numerous sanctions that affect not only the professional life of that individual, but also the life of those who she supports financially and emotionally. Nevertheless, the …show more content…
In the same way, the author explains that authority and power is deeply rooted in an androcentric belief. In addition, when examining the correlation between race and gender in the labor market, researchers found that these two variables are dependent on each other, building a critical and complex system of inequality. Likewise, Browne (2003) argues that because some ethnic and race groups have less access to education and training, the pay gap becomes even more overwhelming. One of the examples he gives to show the interaction of labor, gender, race and class is domestic work. The author believes that the norm for domestic workers is to be a woman and usually of color, which limits women’s abilities in the work field and leads to constructed stereotypes. This phenomenon displays the privileged and non-privileged groups of people in this