Egalitarianism

Group thesis statement: The United States is considered one of, if not the most, powerful and successful countries in the world. However, we still lag considerably behind other countries when it comes to gender equality in the workplace. Although the pay scale for women vs. men has steadily increased over the years, women still make only about 80% of what their male counterparts earn. The United States also ranks 20th out of 142 countries in regards to gender equality in the workplace base on…

Originally, Title IX started with equality in school related activities, but soon advanced to equality in sports. Amanda Ross Edwards covers this transition in her article, when she mentions the first intentions of Title IX by saying “Although current debates focus on gender equity in athletics, Title IX legislation as originally written did not even mention sport” (300). The switch from gender equality in education to gender equality in sports explains the idea of Title IX because it shows how…

Lister (2004, p 324) writes that citizenship, in both theory and practice, is simultaneously grounded in inclusion and exclusion. Throughout history, women have been denied full access to citizenship. Citizenship is said to encompass rights and duties. Women have been denied equal rights to men and have not enjoyed equal political participation (Lister 2004, p 326). Furthermore, domestic duties—duties that have been traditionally and are still overwhelmingly female dominated—are not considered…

Case Study: Affirmative Action in the Workplace In the case of Smulderbaum, Hammers and Stein hiring a black woman, Susan, over Richard, a white man, there are differing opinions within the firm on whether Susan was hired due to her qualifications. Some in the firm believe she was hired to diversify the firm and to improve its image in the marketplace as an inclusive workplace. Others, while not commenting on the reason she was hired, are enthusiastic about her hiring and believe she will be…

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION JOURNEY AT TATA STEEL What is Diversity and Inclusion?  Diversity: Fundamentally, diversity means respect for and appreciation of differences in age, gender, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, education, and national origin that are implemented by laws and policies.  Inclusion: Inclusion is an organizational effort and practices in which different groups or individuals having different backgrounds such as national origin, age, race and ethnicity,…

Gender equality, also known as sex equality, is the perspective that men and women should be treated equally and there should be no discrimination on the basis of gender. Gender equality is achieved when men and women enjoy the same rights and opportunities across all sectors of society, including economic participation and decision-making, and when there is no sort of discrimination on the different behavioral characteristics, aspirations and needs of men and women. Even the United Nations…

Gender equality is the process of being fair to women and men. To achieve so, measures must be taken to ensure that women and men of all gender identities are operating on a level playing field, be it in the workplace, education, or health. Gender equality in health, according to USAID means that women and men have equal conditions for realizing their full rights and potential to be healthy, contribute to health development, and benefit from the results. Achieving gender equality will…

Schmidtz and Cohen stand at two almost diametrically opposed positions of equality. Schmidtz argues for an equality of treatment, while Cohen argues for an equality of opportunity. Schmidtz’s argument for equality of treatment implies that everyone should be treated the same, even if that treatment will result in others not being well off (Schmidtz 114). Cohen, on the other hand, argues that everyone should be treated the same in regards to improving society Cohen’s argument addresses three…

Since the beginning of time, there has been an ideology that men overpower women in all aspects and that women are dependent on men, which is supported by some religions (“Women’s Rights”). This issue is still prominent all around the world today. People are putting in efforts to fix this problem, but to solve inequality in the scope of the entire world, we need to solve it in our own country. However, inequality cannot be detected easily because there’s not a definition that is unanimously…

Why Title IX is necessary for protecting Woman: What do Serena Williams, Hope Solo, and Ronda Rousey all have in common? All three are spectacular women athletes who dominated their sport. All three of these women also benefited from the law known as Title IX. Title IX is a federal law that forbids any persons in the United States from being discriminated against or withheld from participating in events because of their gender or sex. Thanks to this beneficial law women all over the nation have…