Parental leave

After years of fighting for equality in America, inequality is still the norm. Inequality still exists in the workplace because of sex, race, and education. The question to be answered is why does inequality still such a problem in a country that was built off the premise of equality. One of the largest inequalities that face the workplace is pay gaps between genders. Women and men are still paid differing salaries for the same professions. One of the beliefs that continue to…

In her essay about the Glass Ceiling Effect, Anne Gibson discusses the needed improvement in attitudes toward women in the work force. She presents different aspects of treatment towards them that need changed. It was a very interesting essay to read. Although grammar and explanations could be refined, I got the impression that even though some improvement is being made towards eliminating this effect, more needs to be done. The author bases her argument on the premise that women deserve to be…

by the stress of the parents. Family policies need to be changed so they are more family friendly. All other nations except the US give paid maternity leave to new mothers. Unpaid leave is not even guaranteed after 12 months, but mothers usually have to return to work after 3 months when they really need more time with their baby. Not enough leave and childcare are of the many reasons parents develop stress. Childcare in the US ranks 31/45 in availability, 16/45 in affordability and 22/45 in…

researchers feminism started in 1846, by the first meeting in New York and discuss women’s right in the United States. Where women started to realize all the restriction they have such as, not right to vote, access to higher education, not maternity pay leave, etc. From the moment on, women started to understand that they have to take a stand, in order to have a voice in their community, by starting their own institution. Feminism is divided into three waves they all started in particular period…

Composition 1 10/20/14 Paid Paternity Leave Do you ever get tired of the stereotypical cliché where women are the only ones who raise the child and do all of the cooking and cleaning? Do you plan on having children while working a job at the same time? What opportunities did your parents get when having children? Our country does not give parents the opportunities that other parents receive in other countries. Not only should mothers receive paid maternity leave but fathers should as well.…

women for doing the identical job as their male counterpart and receiving less pay. Women are subjected to believing their efforts are not valued as much as their male coworkers. We are paid less money to do the same job, receive no pay for maternity leave, and women minorities are offered even less than that of white women. In todays world it is no secret that women are still resilient in the work place. As women climb the ladder to reach the top of their profession, they are constantly…

Maternity Leave is an often-debated issue and the conditions that would make it possible for some women to take a maternity leave are not the same for others. The distinction between social classes in careers prevents women from having maternity leave even if they are offered it. CEO women have the luxury of taking maternity leave because they have a job where they have the chance to take time off because they have a position of power and delegate the work people do for them. Working class…

Society in the United States is ever changing. I believe the US built, with the belief that this nation will be the best nation overall. Obviously, the pilgrims left their old society, to start and build their ideal society in the US. I would say like most societies the US is still developing, with events that we learn from every 10 or so years. I think currently the US society is focused on divisions, mainly division of races and sexes. I don’t think the US society will ever be as divided on…

Paternal leave is for both men and women and paternity leave is gender specific, to men (Huerta, Adema, Baxter, Han, Lausten, Lee, and Waldfogel, 2013). Paternity leave is starting to become more popular in European countries (Ruhm, Waldfogel, 2011). There is evidence that fathers, who take leave, positively affect their children’s future (Zhelyazkova, 2013). Forty four percent of men in the United States took leave (Family Values Work). FMLA or the Family and Medical Leave act protects family…

What about Maternity and Paternity Leave? The maternity leave and paternity leave in the United States has caused many discussions on how fare the leave time is per person regardless of being mother or father and the money offered during leave. Maternity is the time a mother takes off of work after giving birth, and paternity is the time a father takes off after his new baby is born. Many companies in the U.S. average anywhere from four to six weeks of given time after the birth of the child…