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  • Essay / Gender Inequalities in the Workplace - 1117

    Gender Inequalities in the Workplace Historically, men and women normally take on different types of jobs with varying salaries in the workplace. These apparent disparities are widely recognized and experienced across the world, and the most general justification for these differences is that they are the direct result of discrimination or traditional gender beliefs – that women are the caregivers. and men those who earn money. However, at the turn of the new century, women revolutionized their role in the workforce. Particularly in industrialized societies, the social and economic position of women has changed. Despite the increasing participation of women in the workforce and the improvement of their skills and qualifications, the workforce is still not as favorable to women. The opportunities available to women in the marketplace are not as diverse as those available to men. Yet the construction of gender ideology influences how employers make economic decisions, and this is why companies still have jobs labeled as "men's work" and occupations classified as "women's work." . Indeed, the pervasiveness of gender differences in labor markets is undeniably true, particularly with regard to the gender pay gap, occupational segregation between men and women and the challenge facing women are faced with juggling their time and attention between their careers. and family life. It is undeniable that men's salaries are much higher than women's. In Britain (and other parts of the world), evidence suggests that gendered practices of labor market participation still have a significant impact on the level of economic security that men and women develop over the course of of their lives. .... middle of article ......d women's biological purpose has provided men with a source of comparative advantage in work. It is therefore natural for most companies to think that women cannot be as capable as men of taking on arduous or challenging positions, because women, by default, become less participatory and more vulnerable when they begin to have a family and children. Apparently, this situation has led to various gender discriminations in the labor market. In conclusion, even though the roles of men and women have changed drastically over the century, it is still inevitable to have various gender-related occupational differences due to social and professional differences. the biological roles of women and men don't really change. Society still perceives women as housewives and men as employees, and this perception alone defines the different roles of men and women in the workforce...