The term Feminism dates back to the 1880s and was coined in France. The idea spread to Britain and then following to the United States. The first and second waves lasted from the 1880s all the way up to the 1980s. These two waves can be seen as helpful and any arguments against that statement will not hold up to any scrutiny. People like Christina Hoff Sommers, a reputable economist and author of “Whole Stole Feminism?”, believe the third wave has become nothing but harmful to our society. She believes that women have “more opportunities, more liberties than almost any women in history…”(CITE) and it is deleterious to western society. Although the first and second waves were more than helpful in giving women a new viewpoint and amazing opportunities,
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What they are mistaking are the terms salary and wages. The study is from the U.S Bureau of Labor, taking the total amount of working men in America, summing their salaries and dividing them for an average. They then take women and do the same. They come up with these two numbers for each sex after a little math and put them head to head. This results in the 78.3% factor for every man. The study fails to mention it is an average of every man and every woman. It doesn’t take into consideration the amount of hours worked, the actual job being worked, the major, the work experience, time taken off, or even job position. It is easily supported that men spend an average of 14% more time at work than women, that same man is also nine times more likely to die at work as seen by the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics(CITE) and even after that, young women in the age group of 22-30 outearn men in the same age group by eight percent. Also needing to be highlighted, is the fact that the 5 highest paying majors have a dominance upon men, excluding one, which is pharmacy. The others are Aerospace engineering, Chemical engineering, Petroleum engineering, and Math/Computer science. The four lowest paying majors are dominated by women, like Psychology, Early Education, Human Services/ Community Organization, or Social work. The one excluded is the fifth lowest paying, which is Theology and dominated by men. This is all discovered by Mark J. Perry on AEI through the Department of Education(cite). Many will come back with the idea of lack of encouragement is the reason for less women in these fields. They don’t take into consideration that men and women have a basic biological difference between each other. When surveyed between sitting in a room and figuring out and tinkering with a device for a week or sitting in a room and talking to people for a week, men will often
What they are mistaking are the terms salary and wages. The study is from the U.S Bureau of Labor, taking the total amount of working men in America, summing their salaries and dividing them for an average. They then take women and do the same. They come up with these two numbers for each sex after a little math and put them head to head. This results in the 78.3% factor for every man. The study fails to mention it is an average of every man and every woman. It doesn’t take into consideration the amount of hours worked, the actual job being worked, the major, the work experience, time taken off, or even job position. It is easily supported that men spend an average of 14% more time at work than women, that same man is also nine times more likely to die at work as seen by the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics(CITE) and even after that, young women in the age group of 22-30 outearn men in the same age group by eight percent. Also needing to be highlighted, is the fact that the 5 highest paying majors have a dominance upon men, excluding one, which is pharmacy. The others are Aerospace engineering, Chemical engineering, Petroleum engineering, and Math/Computer science. The four lowest paying majors are dominated by women, like Psychology, Early Education, Human Services/ Community Organization, or Social work. The one excluded is the fifth lowest paying, which is Theology and dominated by men. This is all discovered by Mark J. Perry on AEI through the Department of Education(cite). Many will come back with the idea of lack of encouragement is the reason for less women in these fields. They don’t take into consideration that men and women have a basic biological difference between each other. When surveyed between sitting in a room and figuring out and tinkering with a device for a week or sitting in a room and talking to people for a week, men will often