Issues Fueling Gender Inequality in The Workplace

Issues fueling
Gender Inequality
in the workplace.
WHAT IS
GENDER
INEQUALITY?
Gender inequality is one of the most serious
problems in the world today. Gender inequality is
defined that men and women are not equal and that
gender affects an individual’s living experience.
These differences arise from distinctions in biology,
psychology, and cultural norms. The problem of
inequality between men and women in India has
always existed.
TOP ISSUES RESULTING IN GENDER
INEQUALITY:
1. UNEQUAL PAY
• On average, American women are more educated than men.
For decades, women have earned more bachelor’s degrees,
master’s degrees, and doctorate degrees than men. Yet women
in the U.S. workforce still earn less than their male
counterparts. How much less?
• While some statistics show that women earn 80 percent of
what men are paid, new data published in November 2018
suggests the pay gap between men and women may even be
greater.
• According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research,
women earn 49 cents compared to every $1 men earn. Unlike
other research, the new data considers part-time workers and
women who have taken time off from work to shoulder the
demands of having and raising children or other family
obligations. More than half of women leave the workforce for
at least a year, which is twice the rate of men
2. SEXUAL HARRASEMENT
• An obstacle that many women face in the workforce is sexual
harassment. While the #MeToo movement has helped to shed light on
the issue, little had been known, until now, about how many women are
subjected to this type of mistreatment.
• A survey conducted in January 2018 by the nonprofit
Stop Street Harassment found 38 percent of women have experienced
sexual harassment in the workplace, and 81 percent reported
experiencing some form of sexual harassment in their lifetime,
including verbal or physical assault.
• Data also links work-related factors to an increased risk of sexual
harassment or assault in the workplace. Women restaurant workers who
rely on tips for their main source of income are twice as likely to
experience sexual harassment. Women lacking legal immigration status
or having only a temporary work visa are also at an increased risk of
sexual harassment or assault.
3. Racism
Unfortunately, race seems to play a major role in how women
are treated and compensated in the workplace. The pay a
woman receives may vary depending on her race and
ethnicity. Data from the Institute for Women’s Policy
Research found that Asian/Pacific Islander women have the
highest median annual earnings and are compensated
$46,000. White women follow at $40,000, while Native
American and Hispanic women have the lowest pay, earning
$31,000 and $28,000 per year. Earnings also vary by race
when compared to what men are compensated.
4. Women are promoted
less often than men
• Despite being more educated than men and constituting nearly
half of the workforce, women are promoted at work far less
often than men. We know this because women make up
less than 5 percent of CEOs and less than 10 percent of women
are top earners in the S&P 500. Women of color are even worse
off, as they are nearly invisible on both S&P 500 boards and
Fortune 500 boards.
• One reason cited for why more women aren’t moving into
higher-up executive-type roles is the lack of female role models
in the workplace. Catalyst.org says that not having a visible role
model can make women feel as if moving into a leadership-type
role is simply unattainable.
5. FAMILY LIFE
Many men and women are concerned about raising a family. However,
unlike many other developed countries, the United States does not
legally guarantee any paid maternity leave to women. Employers may
usually choose to provide six weeks of paid maternity leave.
Men, on the other hand, are rarely granted paternity leave. While
both partners of any gender can work, one partner may prefer to stay
at home and save money on childcare costs.
If women put in more hours at home for caregiving, they will
eventually lose out on putting in more hours at work. Work-life
balance has been a problem for both men and women. It also
frequently strains partners’ relationships at home and work.
The stereotype that women should stay at home with their children is
deeply entrenched in society, and it can be made even more
complicated if the mother is also breastfeeding. Breastfeeding breaks
are still not wholly accepted in the workplace, even though some are
legally protected.
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