Gender Inequality In John Poole's Article 'Where The Girls Are'

The answer is simple: men. Men have given the media this unrealistic image that women cannot fend for themselves, cannot do hard jobs, or cannot get as far in life as a man. Even in jobs, though a woman and a man may be in the same position, women “earn just 74 cents for every $1 a man earns” (CNNMoney). This is truly unfair, yet men today still say that women are “equal,” though it is obviously false. Women today, though they have more rights than in the 1800’s, are still not in the place we need to be in ranking with men.

This essay illustrates how biased our country is. Although we have multiple amendments that legally make minorities equivalent to males, females are still treated as if they’re completely irrelevant. Boys look and treat girls of all ages like they are objects or property. Males tend to believe they are stronger and more powerful than the women. Although men do tend to be stronger, women could be just as powerful if they took a stand or a little change was made.

They face this further devastation for similar reasons, just on a new level. Racism is still prevalent in the country, and many people are being filled with racist biases without even knowing it. The media, religion, society, and other culprits have constructed a racist environment where people of color are victims of prejudice. When this intersects with sexism, women of color tend to face a multitude problems that the rest of the country does not, and it is not their fault at all. The gender wage gap is clearly a pressing issue.

In the sports world there is a greater gap between men and woman athlete earnings than workers in the United States. In which women can earn up to 77 cents for every dollar earned by men according to the Center for American Progress. Though it may not be obvious sexual attractiveness are very important if you 're a female athlete if you want to get sponsorships. Because in order to sell whatever product the athlete will endorse they need to have an appeal factor to help persuade people to buy the product. It 's understandable that a female athlete should care and put effort into her appearance in front of camera.

Women encounter greater problems than men with regards to adjusting work and private life. Family, care and household duties are not equally shared. More women than men choose to take parental leave as women often borne the task of taking care their family members. In addition, the lack of facilities for childcare and elderly care have caused women to leave the workforce. According to a survey of working parents done by Pew Research Center (2015), it is found that 39 percent of mothers took time off to take care of their children or family and 27 percent responded that they have to quit their career.

In conclusion, being a female member of society leaves me with a completely different life experience than my male counterparts. My gender has heavily influenced everything from my identity, role in the family, opportunities, and views on religion. This belief is universal to women throughout the world, today’s women face a different struggle than the women of the 1960’s suffrage movement; access to education on social issues such as gender roles, identity, and stereotypes. Today’s women are choosing to defy the stereotypes surrounding appearance and body image. The body positivity movement is something that has impacted millions of women in an overwhelmingly positive way; allowing women to love themselves as they are instead of letting their insecurities tear them apart.

Girls may feel they are "ugly" and "gross" or untouchable. … strong empirical evidence indicates that exposure to ideals of sexual attractiveness in the media is associated with greater body dissatisfaction among girls and young women.” This links to my content analysis where by I found that the majority of the magazine covers or 100% of those examined, did display these factors surrounding the sexualisation of women, which are clearly affecting individuals and especially adolescents, evident through this article. 4. Conclusion To conclude, from the content analysis, it was proved that the sexualization of women is a highly common trend in today’s magazine covers and although only 6 out of the myriad of magazine covers were chosen and examined, this

Gender stratification usually support male more than female because of a simple fact that they are genetically different than male. As stated by debate.org poll that 88% people agree there is still some gender stratification in the U.S.A. A good example of gender stratifications is treating female unequally as male in the workforce environment. Most CEO and higher up position are usually help by male only, and if a female tried to apply for these position then she would get rejected because she is a female. Being a female emphasis that you’re not physically and mentally qualified to take on the role of a CEO since you are a female instead you are

This is mainly because in 1924 the United States Congress passed the immigration laws of Chinese women made strict demands, the explicit prohibition of "Chinese women, wives and prostitutes to enter the United States. The majority of women who enter the United States are treated as prostitutes by Americans. According to Erika Lee’s “Exclusion Acts”: as with other Chinese applying for admission into the country, Chinese woman were judged by intersecting notion of race, class, gender, and sexuality. As Chinses, they were subjected to additional scrutiny based on immigration official’s fears that most female applicants were ether practicing or potential prostitutes.” The main reason is due to a large number of cheap Chinese labor’s sexual desire cannot be met in a serious imbalance proportion of men and women, Leading to the prevailing prostitution industry. There are some reasons due to the misunderstanding of United States on China, for

A lot of the time if the in-laws criticize the young women or her family, she has to silently hear it especially if her husband is unsupportive and another factor if she is not educated. There are still some in-laws and husbands who even in these days don’t want their daughter in-law or wife to work in fear that they will be more independent. Oppression of Women is seen all over communities and societies for various reasons. Sometimes it is due to capitalistic society that women have to make decision to limit their fertility in order to be able to work. The question there is why only women have to take the responsibility and not men as well.