gender inequality and sexual harassment chaeri jeong & jason
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Gender Inequality and Sexual
Harassment Chaeri Jeong & Jason
The Pay GapThe ratio of women who work outside home for
wages is gradually growing.
1 to 2 (today)
The percentage of women who are in the workforce is higher in center of the U.S., (ie. Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin…)
More than 65 to 75%
US Women who work full time average only 68% of what men are paid
Child Penalty: Women missing out on work experience while they care for children
Even in colleges, gender gap in pay begins
Men start out at higher salaries than women
Only 8 of the 500 top corporations are headed by women
The Cracking Glass CeilingGlass Ceiling: the mostly invisible barrier that
keeps women from advancing to the top levels at work
Women are steered into human resources or public relations field
Less capable of leadership
Women lack mentors Successful executives who take an interest in them and teach them the ropes.
No opportunities to develop leadership skills
Glass CeilingNot all the time
Rich husbands…
Glass escalator
“You’re a guy so you get promoted/paid more/…”
Gender and control of workers
Men are real workers but women are there too…
No matter what your job is you’re primarily a woman (Karen Hossfeld)
Encouraging them to think of themselves as women workers makes them easier to control
When their bosses flirted with them, they were less inclined to file grievances
Sexual HarassmentUnwelcome sexual attention at work or school,
which may affect a person’s job or school performance or create hostile environment…
Structural Problem
More than doing obnoxious things
Abusing their positions of authority in order to force unwanted sexual activities on women
The meaning of sexual harassment is vague and shifting
Court cases constantly change what is considered as sexual harassment and what is not
Ie) photographing a woman’s legs