...Joseane Carlos ENC 1101 Out-of-Class Essay Date: 20, November 2015 Is Gender Discrimination Still a Problem in a Modern America? In the past century many changes have taken place in America because women had to fight hard to conquer the liberty that they have nowadays. It was a long and difficult struggle; women had to work hard to overcome many obstacles, to gain the right to work, have political participation, serve in the military, study, and accomplish many other goals that before were absolutely impossible. Looking back at history, there have been many issues about gender discrimination in America, and this has led many men and women to believe that discrimination against women is still a problem; however, women in America are free to accomplish everything they desire, and today women and men have the same privileges; they just do not choose to accomplish the same occupations. Most times, men and women have different considerations about their futures which leads them to build different career paths, and to be unequal at particular points; moreover, the manner that women and men are usually raised, their education, and their career choices, could make an enormous difference in their future; therefore, what occurs in a modern America is not discrimination. The choices that women and men make throughout their lives make them different from each other. Women have made enormous progress throughout the years; they have conquered many obstacles; however, many people...
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...In its own way, the social stigma attached to being overweight can be as damping to a child as the physical dieases and conditions that often accompany obesity. You can probably see it in the eyes and hear it in the words of you own children. In a society that puts a premium on thinness, studies show that children as young as 6 years may associate negative sterotypes with exess weight and believe that a heavy child is simply less likiable. A contributing factor of obesesi ny years ago protestors took to the streets to ensure that women can have career opportunities equal to men. With countless of hours of protesting and new laws changes in the 90’s gave push women closer to that goal, to finally be considered equal in the work field. Yet the moment she decided to become a mother and have a family inequalities between woman and the majority quickly became clear. There is so much can be done in the Corporate America world. The transition to parenthood is...
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...Women’s Social Mobility in the United States of America We live in a world full of obstacles where it’s said that the one who is born poor will remain poor. Like many other country in the world the United States of America is also struggling with the difficulties regarding social mobility. The American dream is that the poorest suburban person can be a rich person too and America is the home and land of unlimited possibilities. The main idea is that if you work hard enough you can make it to the top. Is it true for everyone? Can women make it to the top? But before I start my essay on Women’s Social Mobility in the United States of America let me clarity certain definitions. The concept of social mobility has two main meanings: a) in the narrow sense, represents the moving in a stratification system, b) broadly refers to the space movement (territorial mobility) and / or change of employment (or mobility fluctuation labor). Studies (theoretical and empirical) say that social mobility can be placed in three categories: - those using a hierarchy criteria, tracking movements between strictly hierarchical layers. It’s the American tradition, which uses the social status as a hierarchical criteria. - those who use as a classification criteria exclusively the individual’s occupation, this leading to the establishment of a social space consisting some number of socio-professional categories: tradition - those using as a criteria social classes and social strata. Here fall particularly...
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...closely, you will recognize the iconic name, Barbie, branded across a wide selection of dolls, houses, clothing, cars, and other accessories. Most likely, you will notice a news anchor and a computer engineer Barbie, representing the new Barbie careers of the 2010s. If you were shopping in any other decade since the late 1950s, you would see Barbie dolls with different costumes and careers. Since its inception in 1959, by creator Ruth Handler, the Barbie doll has taken on more than 100 different career paths and has become the most successful doll ever produced. This iconic and often controversial doll has had a great deal of influence on every decade since the late 1950s. From its very inception, Barbie was an innovative fashion doll, whose desirability and influence among girls quickly skyrocketed. It was the first ever adult-bodied doll, equipped with breasts, long legs, and a small waist. Previously, the only dolls for girls were baby or infant dolls that allowed little girls to play mommy. But with Barbie, little girls were soon able to imagine being much more than just mothers or wives, and could play as any career they wanted. The Barbie doll was not simply a fashionable toy, but a role model for individuality and freedom of choice for all females. It broke through gender barriers by teaching girls they could be anything they dreamed. However, the doll received a great deal of outrage and criticism throughout the decades as well. In its early years, people criticized the...
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...Abortion: I am Pro-Choice Abortion is an issue that many women have been dealing with for years. On January 22, 1973 the court deemed abortion a fundamental right under the United States Constitution thereby subjecting all laws attempting to restrict it to the standard of strict scrutiny (en.m.wikipedia.org). Unwanted pregnancies can be very stressful for women. According to Socialist worker, women have the right to control their own bodies and reproductive lives (socialistworker.org). Therefore, I am pro-choice. Abortion is growing rapidly in America amongst women and their right to reproduce children, however women should have the right to choose to get an abortion for many reasons such as a medical condition, teen pregnancy, and rape. Women that are faced with medical conditions while pregnant are faced with difficult choices. Many women have medical conditions before they become pregnant, and some transpires during the pregnancy. Medical conditions can arise during pregnancy that may pose a danger to the mother’s life. Some women may opt for abortion in order to receive treatment that could save a woman’s life. Having a baby could pose a risk for the mother, the baby or both. “To force her at the risk of her life means to force her to give up her right to live.”(Gordon, John Stewart “Abortion” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2005) Certain conditions can complicate any pregnancy. The child could also be born with a serious medical issue, such...
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...been so difficult for students wanting to continue their education. Preparing for a successful future begins with a quality education. For many students, however, the quality of the available education is dependent on their financial circumstances. In order to ensure that all American citizens are as successful as they can be, access to quality education must be based on effort and commitment, not an individual’s ability to pay for it. Today most people would agree that education is the key to success. It is almost impossible to have a successful career without having an advanced education from a superior school. Businesses and companies depend consequently on what school someone graduated from and what degree they have, that it creates an unfair bias and almost makes it impossible for someone to compete for a job when they could not afford the same education. In today’s economy it is more challenging to acquire a successful career. Businesses have become further meticulous in their hiring processes and are not speculating towards undergraduates to employ. Businesses are looking for applicants who have a degree and the experience to fulfill open positions. Bigger businesses and companies demand educated people to fulfill positions that have opened up due to experienced and skillful employees retiring. Companies would have to put more time and money into educating and training undergraduates to fulfill these positions. They would like to hire individuals who will fulfill the position...
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...Week 3 – Case Study LAWS 420 Professor Melinda Whitman 09/22/2013 What are the moral issues in this case? What ideals, obligations, and consequences must Carla Lombard consider? What rights, if any, are at stake? Will it make a difference whether Carla adopts a Kantian approach or a utilitarian approach to this situation? Over the years, this country has been confronted with many legal and ethical issues that surround the AIDs epidemic, and the workplace has certainly found itself at the center of these legal and ethical questions. Carla must consider many things when dealing with her situation with Tom, and most certainly the first one would be, “how do I determine if this information is even true”? Carla came by this so called information second hand, from an ex-spouse of all people, so she should first find out if the information is even true, and to do this she must go to Tom and tell him what his ex-wife told her. Carla knows Tom to be a valuable employee, and out of respect for Tom she should make him aware of the fact this is being “reported” to her. What if this turns out to be malicious slander on the part of Tom’s ex-wife, and even if it’s true, Tom has the right to privacy on many levels. Whether or not Tom chooses to disclose this information to Carla is strictly up to him. By law, an individual has no legal obligation to tell an employer that he has AIDS unless his or her job could expose others to blood or bodily fluids, and even then, the employee should...
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...why America is so attractive to the immigrants. He defends the idea that people immigrates to America because of the social status and wealth. D’Souza thinks that the search for better life is not only based on wealth and status but also on the dreams that each man can create his or her own destiny without any parental or cultural controls. The immigration is the result of the extremely difficult lifestyles in the Third World which includes overcrowded transportation, pollution, unsafe drinking water, poor education for the children, and the corrupt government. D’Souza says that media presents America as a land in which every citizen has a large home and even normal laborers can purchase expensive items. He also mentions that unlike the Third World countries, Americans do not have to fear starvation. He identifies the freedom of choice that America provides in several different areas like marriage, occupations and opinions. D’Souza explains that by coming to America he had the opportunity to experience new ideas, and ways of thinking. He illustrates this by giving example of his own life and early employment history. He has worked at the Washington Post and as a senior policy analyst for President Reagan. In America one can even become a comedian, which his father wouldn’t have ever approved of. He says in traditional cultures, birth determines a large part of someone’s life, including career and job. He compars this to American culture where two brothers from same family can...
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...1 The Making of Modern America Robin Mccreery Western Governors University WGU Student ID#000322893 The Making of Modern America 2 In America Feminism, the quest for women’s Equality is part of women’s collective desire to be recognized as participating members of our society. The equality movement was rife with ongoing struggles women faced to find equality in the public’s eye. After the Great Depression and 2 world wars, people looked for fulfillment in their private lives; an expression of their commitment to both home and family with distinctive roles divided between men and women. Career choices for women were limited leaving many women with the feeling of dissatisfaction outside social defined gender roles, a feeling of Isolation; a wanting for more. (Mary B. Norton, Jane Kamensky, Carol Sheriff, David W. Blight, Howard F. Chudacoff, Fredrick Logevall, Beth Bailey, and Debra Michales, 2015). In both “The Problem has no name” and “Giving Women the Business” women of late twentieth century (60’s, 70’s, and 80’s) had to deal with trying to balance the choices between being Independent , achieving self-satisfaction, and the reality of the two. Betty Friedan was an inspiring writer, known for her role as one of the founders of the National Organization for Women (NOW), a social activist, housewife, and freelance writer who launched the second wave of the feminist movement with the publication of her book “The Feminine Mystique”...
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...Michael King BUS309 Prof. Zimmerman Michael King BUS309 Prof. Zimmerman Assignment 2 CASE STUDY 9.5: SWEDISH DADDIES Assignment 2 CASE STUDY 9.5: SWEDISH DADDIES My Experience in Corporate America As a single man in the work force with no kids and only an immediate family consisting of my parents and sister, describing the balance I seek between career and family life is difficult. The balance I have with the family I do have is no more than going to work, visiting my parents or hanging out with my sister on occasion. I work more than anything dealing with my family life and other than those things I stay to myself. Overall, it is a fairly balanced between my career and family life. The current mindset of corporate America at the moment is conducive to the type of work and family arrangement I have. Due to the fact I have no family life, as in wife and children, I am much more flexible in how I balance my career and family life. The major reason why the current mindset of corporate America is conducive to a balanced career and family life for is me is simple in that I am single and if I have to work my parents and sister understand and doesn’t impact the relationship between us. Maternity Leave in the United States When approaching the subject of paid maternity leave, the United States tends to fall behind many countries around the globe. Many companies in the United States do allow a short maternity leave, which is often unpaid or requires mothers to expend what...
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...My Journal HIS/ 120 09/28/2015 My Journal HIS/ 120 09/28/2015 Dear Diary, Today is November 4, 1920. My mother and father, my brother, Jonathan, my sister, Rosy and I are forced to leave our country in Eastern Europe; migrating to the United States of America. My mother told us about her close friends that she had known since she was a child, moved there. Her best friend Charlotte wrote letters to her every week. Explaining that America has a lot of job opportunities, education, and that there’s freedom there to live. Verses staying in our home country where anti-Semites would start riots. 1. So we packed all our belongings and took whatever we could carry. After purchasing our tickets to sail away, we entered the biggest ship I’ve ever seen. I had many emotions and thoughts rushing through my mind. Feeling nervous about moving to a place I’ve never been… Sad that there’s a war coming to erupt… Worried for the people that we’re leaving behind… Exhausted from stress and not getting enough sleep... What’s really going to happen when we get to America? I hate the feeling of not knowing what’s going to come because I feel then I have to prepare myself for the worse. On the ship there were more than 2,000 Jews. Everybody was very close together and compacted inside. We had to make our own beds and we had to keep each other warm. It took us days, weeks for our arrival. I couldn’t keep track. Some people eventually gotten seasick because of the rocking back and forth. On the deck...
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...University of the West Indies PROGRAMME: Master of Arts in Higher Education - Student Personnel Administration COURSE TITLE: Introduction to University and College Students' Development Theory EDEA6311 / ED63K MODULE: Course Work ASSIGNMENT: A) Based on Marcia’ (1966) and Josselson’s (1971) Psychosocial Perspective, develop and present a set of questions (an interview schedule) as an instrument to be administered to two female and two male traditional- age (18-21) college/university students. The instrument should seek data on the students’: · Religious choice · Career choice · Attitude towards sex before marriage · The students' opinion on their ideal intimate partner. B). State any identified differences between the responses of the male students and the female students. Analyze the differences (if any) in the responses, based on posits of the two theorists, and any other authors. ©. Based on the findings from the interview, identify the psychosocial development state of each of the four students sampled. Justify your classification with literature. (D) Based on your findings, identify any differences between your findings and the theories that could be a result of a difference in culture. FACILITATOR: Dr. Thelora Reynolds DATE: November 29, 2009 SUBMITTED BY: Marlene Grant Question A Based...
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...explores the balance between career and family life. Whether we believe the mindset of corporate America is conducive to the type of work and family arrangement that is suitable. Then explain reasons why or why not. This writer will tell whether or not the United States should require organizations to provide paid maternity leave if so, discuss whether or not the United States should assist the companies financially in this endeavor. This writer will describe the stance of the United States requiring organizations to offer paternity leave. They give rationale for the position of choice. Also state whether specialized organizational arrangements can be made for those workers wish to combine career and raising children, and give an explanation why or why not. If specialized organizational arrangement should be made for the workers, explain the steps that an organization can take to accommodate them adequately with their parental needs. Lastly, state whether a firm should be obligated to give employees flexibility to work out a particular career and family balance that is right for them. State whether this is far beyond the social responsibility of the organization, then justify the response. Swedish Daddies Today, we value family and career. Although women have yet to attain full worth at the highest levels of business, they compose nearly half the United States workforce. Their salary is not so very far behind that of men. Balancing both career and family can be a source of aggravation...
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...is to explain my study plan while studying in America. As part of visa application process, I understand that a study plan is essential for my future success. Objective To pursue Bachelor’s degree in Second Language Learning in America. My choice of studying in America A graduate with Bachelor’s degree from a western university is much more competitive in China’s labor market comparing with holding the same degree from a domestic university. In that case, the experience of studying abroad and holding a foreign Bachelor’s degree can undoubtedly keep me competitive and help me to find a better job in China. Inevitably, there will be many challenges and obstacles for studying abroad with culture, manners and customs differences between China and foreign countries. However, I am fully prepared to take all these difficulties as a precious experience in my whole life, I am sure I will be more mature and strong-minded after these 3 years learning and living there. In comparison with other western countries, I chose America to be the destination for its more peaceful and harmonious environment and its richness in educational resources will surly help me to grow soon as I wished. Financial Support My parents have deposited sufficient money for me to study abroad. And my father works in the government and my mother has her business. They will offer more than￥300,000 for my study. Return to China and Career Objective Studying abroad will provide me with...
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...Monroe Sherman Women and Gender in American Society Rough Draft 4/14/16 There’s a proven history of gender affecting differences in pay as well as promotions in America. With no concrete reason, I find myself confused about why for so long this fact has remained to be true; why gender stereotypes affect the business world. This topic sparked my interest really because I’m a student at the McGowan School of Business where both genders are oozing with potential to do great things after college. Despite us graduating from the same school, it’s safe to say that a good portion of my woman counterparts will face gender inequality at some point in their careers. The sources I found were those that I believe will help dig into the reason for gender inequality in the workplace. The article that sparked my research was by Ariel Smilowitz titled, “For U.S. Women, Inequality Takes Many Forms”. She points out how gender stereotypes have not only affected wage gaps but also the percentage of those living in poverty. The article lets us as Americans know that although yes, there have been strides towards a gender equal America, there’s still a long way to go. In a sense, you could say the article removes the blindfolds of us believing that everything is okay, shedding light on how the business world has been unfair for decades. Our generation and maybe the one following still won’t live to see true gender equality. Of my sources the most important one to me is Kerry Spalding’s, “Do Women...
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