Over the time thousands of bloody wars fought for the sakes of land, money, and goods. Debatably, the most brutal wars have been fought for something much less materialistic: equality. Although most American citizens are lucky enough to live in a country striving toward equality more than ever before, equal opportunity is still far from being something felt by all. In modern America, people claim that women in the workforce are the ones who are stuck suffering from inside the confines of inequality. Experts have summarized these restrictions on women with the term “glass ceiling”, meaning “the unfair system or set of attitudes that prevents some people (such as women or people of a certain race) from getting the most powerful jobs”. In
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While it is true the glass ceiling will not likely be crushed for some time, and although some of these statistics look bleak, society has come a far way since the beginning and will continue to crumble if the right force is pressed upon it. The glass ceiling exists because society has relentlessly supported it for several centuries. Advertisements, social media, cultural expectations, and stereotypes have all worked to oppress women to the confines of where they currently reside. In order to break these barriers, residents of this great nation must give our young women the confidence and drive needed to relentlessly seek the equal opportunity, pay, and treatment that they deserve. People are beginning to realize the oppressive tendencies of our culture and this is vital for the devastation of the glass ceiling. As of recently, women are being taught that their value lies far beyond the beauty of their faces and that their skills are good for things past the homestead. The continuous teachings of these leveling lessons help women demand equality. A vital way to instill this feeling of deservedness and capability is to make it important to the current leaders of the world, men. Once this powerful group of people learns how the glass ceiling is a personal issue because it affects their loved ones, their mothers, aunts, and sisters, change will undoubtedly occur. Once it is made clear that unequal opportunity …show more content…
But, in action, it is much more emotional than this. It is the denial and oppression of your sister, mother, aunt, or friend despite her qualifications and ability. The glass ceiling has been around for as long as women have worked outside the home; it effects positions held and wages earned. The glass ceiling has been prodded with government regulations like the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which tries to guarantee equal opportunity to all people. But such actions cannot be properly carried out without the angered determination of the nation’s people behind it. The work place cannot change till society changes its way of thinking and doing things. By building up the confidence of our professional women to demand equality and maintaining a governmental standpoint that promotes the same value, America can break past the glass ceiling it suffocates under and blossom into the land of equal people it was designed to
While it is true the glass ceiling will not likely be crushed for some time, and although some of these statistics look bleak, society has come a far way since the beginning and will continue to crumble if the right force is pressed upon it. The glass ceiling exists because society has relentlessly supported it for several centuries. Advertisements, social media, cultural expectations, and stereotypes have all worked to oppress women to the confines of where they currently reside. In order to break these barriers, residents of this great nation must give our young women the confidence and drive needed to relentlessly seek the equal opportunity, pay, and treatment that they deserve. People are beginning to realize the oppressive tendencies of our culture and this is vital for the devastation of the glass ceiling. As of recently, women are being taught that their value lies far beyond the beauty of their faces and that their skills are good for things past the homestead. The continuous teachings of these leveling lessons help women demand equality. A vital way to instill this feeling of deservedness and capability is to make it important to the current leaders of the world, men. Once this powerful group of people learns how the glass ceiling is a personal issue because it affects their loved ones, their mothers, aunts, and sisters, change will undoubtedly occur. Once it is made clear that unequal opportunity …show more content…
But, in action, it is much more emotional than this. It is the denial and oppression of your sister, mother, aunt, or friend despite her qualifications and ability. The glass ceiling has been around for as long as women have worked outside the home; it effects positions held and wages earned. The glass ceiling has been prodded with government regulations like the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which tries to guarantee equal opportunity to all people. But such actions cannot be properly carried out without the angered determination of the nation’s people behind it. The work place cannot change till society changes its way of thinking and doing things. By building up the confidence of our professional women to demand equality and maintaining a governmental standpoint that promotes the same value, America can break past the glass ceiling it suffocates under and blossom into the land of equal people it was designed to