Between “Hear Her Roar” by Rana Foroohar, which in 2009 was published in Newsweek and “Life on the Global Assembly Line” by Barbara Ehrenreich and Annette Fuentes, among the first readings to recognize the importance of working women globally, we are able to realize how women in different regions of the country face everyday reality. The undeniable fact that women in the workforce, globally, have not yet reached a level of equality to men is at the heart of both “Hear Her Roar” and “Life on the…
The same way Peterson was perceived as strange because he seemed to be the only person in his pastoral group to read books, I was the only person in my group of friends at home with a global vision. In Tanzania, I realized that at although at home I was isolated in my interests, when placed in an international community, Atheists and Muslims make up the majority. In undeveloped areas, American Christians are grossly underrepresented in the medical dynamic. In America, Christianity is the…
Transgender: Rejection of Ego or Rejection by Society What is transgender? You may not be familiar with what being transgender means, so to explain, we first we need to look at the concepts of sex and gender. Sex is biological; it refers to your biological status at birth and is associated with physical anatomy, hormones and chromosomes. Gender, on the other hand, refers to social roles, behaviors and attributes that a society deems appropriate for males or females (Transgender FAQS). It is…
market share just as the Japaneese technical and automotive industry did. This observation proved to be right. The constant price/cost monitoring eventually led the company close its factories in USA and seek for more cost effective production sites. Third world countries seemed as the perfect place for the new fabrics due to very low work force costs. For example, a daily fee for a worker in Indonesia during 90 's was less…
With the introduction of globalization in our modern society, many corporations use the economic “advantage” of child labour. This allows corporations and major franchises to save money on production of materials and raw goods. There are many factors that make this a disadvantage as well as an advantage for major companies, such as lower labour costs, lower rent costs in overseas factories but many of these come with the problem of inadequate health regulations and living costs. Many big name…
regions depend on their manipulation of other regions. However, bringing companies into third world countries develops the economies of the peripheral regions and gives them the opportunity to advance beyond factories. (Allen 21) Through mutual exploitation, corporations take advantage of cheap labor, while workers take advantage of incoming firms by extracting higher pay. As more and more companies move to the third world, they start to have to compete for workers, thus, the wages go up as the…
Transgender. This word is being heard more and more in America but what does it mean? According to the Webster Dictionary, the word transgender means “of, relating to or being a person who identifies with or expresses a gender identity that differs from the one which corresponds to the person 's sex at birth” ("Transgender"). Transgender and gender nonconforming people have in recent years earned recognition as being legitimate genders. An estimated .03% of the population within the United…
globalization but so has the third world. The factory type jobs that are being relocated to third world countries, are nothing but modern day slavery, and actually hurt the people in the countries. Capitalism without globalization I contend, has outgrown the United States because the biggest institution that helped the United States become an economic behemoth was slavery. Without slavery, capitalist will seek to fill its void, which is labor that cost next to nothing that in third world…
Transgender or third gender communities have been a part of history in a variety of countries and cultures for thousands of years. From the balka people of the Phillipines, the two-spirit people of the American indigenous, and the sworn virgins of the Balkan Peninsula third genders have been a part of history all across the world. This paper will examine the Hijra of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, specifically their history, current standing as citizens, official recognition as a third gender,…
A True Corporatocracy A true Corporatocracy happens when the corporate elite controls the power of the government. Fascism was popular in Nazi Germany and Mussolini’s Italy during World War II. It evolved in America in a way that made companies create close ties with government and blurred the line of government and the multinational corporation. Who uses campaign contributions and the division of political groups known as Democrats and Republicans to keep a division helping people believe one…