What's Holding Women In The Workplace

At the beginning of their harsh journey that became known as the Holocaust, Jewish people were deported from their homes to concentration camps located throughout Europe. Run by the Germans, specifically the Nazis, around six million Jews were persecuted and murdered. However, during the first few stages of this event, many of the Jews were oblivious to the horrors that they would soon encounter. In the novel Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie describes his own experiences from the Holocaust. On his way to the concentration camp known as Auschwitz, he encounters a woman who he presumes has gone mad in light of recent events. Mrs. Schachter's husband and two eldest sons had mistakenly been deported separately from her and her 10-year-old son. Mrs. Schachter

Nadler and Stockdale mention how women face the most challenges in receiving higher positions in the workforce (282+). Nadler and Stockdale claim that women are viewed as competent, but individuals who are both competent and likeable are most likely to be promoted (287+). Nadler and Stockdale declare, “Women endeavoring to succeed in a masculine work role, such as upper management, currently face obstacles based on their perceived gender role” (283+). Women who succeed in earning a managerial position will have to eventually pay the cost of receiving that position (Nadler and Stockdale 282+). Many women will postpone relationships or having children to succeed in the workforce (Nadler and Stockdale 282+). Nadler and Stockdale add that women

Yet it is brought to attention that there is a problem. Women don’t feel as if they are treated

Governments can use propaganda to bend people’s thoughts to any purpose. This is the main theme because Squealer, Napoleon, or the government took control using propaganda. Propaganda was used widely throughout the story by Squealer to get Napoleon to stay in power.

times put other people down to make ourselves look better. We see this everyday in

“Marked: Women in the Workplace” by Deborah Tannen exclaims the continuous struggles women face throughout their social life and professional careers. Tannen catches herself at a work conference with an array of eight men and four women. Without realizing, she subconsciously began judging and analyzing the appearances of the women. This presents the conflict women face consistently, everyday and by everyone; themselves included. Tannen claims that the term “marked” refers to “the way language alters the base meaning of a word by adding something”. Women are marked because everything they do is critiqued, if a women enters a workplace dressed in tight and revealing clothing she will be marked as a women who wants to look attractive. However, if she enters the work environment dressed very casual with loose clothing, she will look like she is not trying enough. Additionally, women are marked by their association with men. If a women is married, she is a “Mrs.” while “Miss” symbolizes she is not. In a hypothetical, professional workplace such as a doctor’s office, there is a male nurse and a female doctor. In many cases people who visit the office will assume the contrary; the man is the doctor and the women is the nurse. This results because females are marked as supportive roles while males are given the lead role, whether it be true or not. Essentially, women aren’t marked whether or not they do something; they are marked for simply being a women.

o People believe that the factory setting is more of a place for a man. In management meetings, people get confused as to why she is speaking because they assume that she is just a secretary.

Throughout the years women have made great effort to become equal to men. This effort has led to great advances in the movement, but not all of the problems are solved yet. One of the main problems as of right now is the unequal treatment of men and women in the work place. Women are not equal to men in the workplace because of unequal pay, a lack of women in managerial positions, and sexual harassment in the work place.

Instead of being allowed to become corporate leaders and influential characters that can bring change to the system, women are encouraged to become part-time employees. They are often offered positions that are important but not influential enough to affect policy. In this manner they are shown that they are good enough to work, but not quite ready to accept the mantle of leadership.

“The human race is a bird and it needs both its wings to be able to fly. And, at the moment, one of its wings is clipped we’re never going to be able to fly as high.”

In the article “What’s Holding Women Back” by E.W it talks about how even though the public can see that women are just as good as men and in some cases better for certain positions, they still don’t get those jobs. In this paper I’m going to tell show you how even though women are just as capable as men to do certain jobs they are still discriminated against in the workplace. How women are affect by the glass ceiling effect and how it prevents them from getting the jobs that they deserve to have.

"Today’s feminism goes further than demanding equal treatment of men and women, however. Modern feminists fight for language equality (saying 'chairperson' instead of 'chairman,' even if the person in question is male) and gender equality (redefining femininity and masculinity). The more radical feminists actively seek to overthrow any vestige of male dominance in society, to the point of opposing the biblical roles of husbands and wives, defending abortion on demand, and promoting lesbianism. Radical feminists deny there is any difference between men and women, teaching that any perceived differences between the sexes are due solely to social conditioning." (What does the Bible say about feminism? Should a Christian be a feminist?)

Self- respect is built by recognizing flaws ; people are afraid to admit their flaws because they feel judged by other people.

Of all the women we interviewed, our group expected to find that most, if not all, would have experienced some form of objectification or sexual harassment in the workplace. We expected some wage gap, perhaps of an insignificant amount; but significant preference shown to male colleagues when it came to being promoted or hired for a new position.

Capital punishment is execution, which can furthermore be identified as the death penalty, has been a hot topic in the public eye for a while. The question on lots of minds is whether it is acceptable for the state to terminate one’s life for the crime they have committed. A significant question that we will address is whether or not capital punishment should be allowed. By inquiring more information about this topic people should be able to formulate their own opinions on this debate. As I began to research further into this issue, I became aware that plenty of people agree with the idea of capital punishment being endorsed; however, I believe in order for the public to recognize all the factors that apply to this debate, asking this question will not only be the key to finally finding closure, but it will help them articulate their own views.