...Women & GLBT Throughout most of history women generally had fewer rights and career opportunities compared to men. Being a homemaker taking care of the home and children were viewed as a woman’s most important job. Historically throughout many cultures and religions women have been viewed as intellectually inferior as well as a source of temptation and evil. A man, in early history of the United States, actually owned his wife and children as well as his marital possessions. During the 1960’s several federal laws improved requiring equal wages for men and women doing equal work, but discrimination still persisted. The status of women in the United States today has improved considerably compared to previous generations. Women today have caught up to men in college attendance, and now women are more likely than men to gain a college degree. Women in the United States are working more and the number of women in the labor force is nearly equal to men. Gains in education and involvement in the labor force have yet to translate in to wage and income equality. Unmarried and divorced women holding the responsibility of raising and supporting their child is to blame for women’s lowered earning. Women today are less likely than in the past to be the target of violent crimes, including homicide. Examples of concepts or constructions of masculinity and femininity in society and in the media are that men are to be masculine by being strong, brave, and dominant. Society and the media...
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...Women and GLBT Diversities ETH/125 March 15, 2015 Women and GLBT Diversities In the United States women has grown throughout history. This change has had a significant effect on women. Women had fewer career opportunities and fewer legal rights. Voting, working or even attending college was against the norm for women until the 19th century. Seen only as homemakers, women where only allowed to be mothers and wives. Women jobs where to take care of homes as they husband provided for their families. During the 19th and the 20th century things changed for the American women. Women were able to work outside of their homes. In large numbers, women worked in garment shops, even attitudes where changed in the medical field. Women also began to work in textile mills. Choosing such jobs women considered this work to be suitable for them, and their husbands agreed. In the 1920's, political roles of women were minimal, however, women were given the right to vote. While men seemed more acceptable to the women, becoming empowered, women continued to make a mark in the world as they became more noticeable. Reaping the same benefits as men women in the United States status was just as equal to men. (Equality 4 women, 2015) (ERA) or Equal Rights Amendment guarantee to end discrimination of sex essential to women protection of the law. This ERA guaranteed abortion access as a routine. This movement gave women the right to end their pregnancies without facing legalities...
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...already indicate that this minority group is evenly distributed throughout the entire society. Homosexuals can be both men and women. They exist in all classes, social groups, races, positions, and countries, regardless of their age or origin. Believe it or not but as far as historians can trace back the past, homosexuals have always been in existence, from Julius Caesar to Alexander the Great. How does a student know if he/she is gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender? This is a question a lot of scientists want an answer to when concerning the GLBT community. Finding his/her identity is a good way to become stress free! After a student is able to find their identity, there is a greater chance him/her will become more comfortable with them self. College is seen as a place for individuals to express themselves and figure out whom he/she is this becomes more challenging for students of the GLBT community. While the acceptance of GLBT individuals in society has increased, the issues they face are continuously increasing as well; especially on college campuses where students go expecting to find a home away from home. As a developing professional, I believe that it is influential for institutions to acknowledge the issues of this matter that exist among college students and develop ways to help all students. The foundation for such...
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...| Gender and Sexuality Essay | ETH 125 | | Codi Pragacz | 11/15/2012 | | Women and members of the GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender) community have had many of the same struggles throughout history. Each group has had rights taken away, progresses in liberations for their individual groups, as well as setbacks for their groups. GLBT people have been noticed as their own group for a shorter amount of time than women groups have but are none the less important. It is generally seen that the gay rights movement that we currently see was started up in the 1980’s because of the emergence of aides and it was an international conclusion that aides was a disease brought about by the homosexual community. The activists involved in defending the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities united to form a stronger front against the discrimination they faced. Traditionally the more masculine men have been seen as a more rough, emotionally disconnected and aggressive image whereas femininity has been viewed more as timid, overly sensitive, submissive, and weak. Throughout history women have taken the necessary steps to fight this image and have become seen as more assertive, independent and ambitious. While conversely today it is more acceptable for men to be more emotionally in tune, more concerned with personal appearance, and more willing to be a partner to rather than in charge of their female counter parts. Of course, there are certain people...
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...Associate Program Material Diversity Organizations Worksheet Search the Internet for information related to the following: • Women’s rights organizations • Equality organizations • Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) rights organizations Note. You may also refer to the Internet Resource Directory of Racial and Ethnic Groups. Complete the following table with notes and thoughts related to your findings: |Site |Thoughts/Notes | |http://www.wic.org |Women have been thought to be the weaker sex throughout history. This website details the events that | | |have lead up to the present time. It shows how much women have had to overcome to get where they are | | |today. | |http://www.hrc.org |Human rights have evolved over the years. This website has great positive information on human rights | | |and support. | |https://www.aclu.org |Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender have projects that work towards those to become a free America| | |from discrimination...
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...Appendix H Student Name ETH/125 Due Date Instructor’s Name Site Image Thoughts National Organization for Women This site is dedicated to the women’s rights movement, covering such issues as ending sex discrimination, stopping violence against women, promoting diversity, and ending racism. I was very pleased to find this movement covers such a wide variety of issues we face in today’s society. American Civil Liberties Union This site is dedicated to an America free of discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This means an America where GLBT people can live openly, where their identities, relationships and families are respected, and where there is fair treatment on the job, in schools, housing, public places, health care, and government programs. Appendix H • What has been the status of women in the United States throughout history? Throughout history American women have been subjected to such stereotypes that they are the weaker sex and are incapable of performing work that requires physical labor or intellectual reasoning. The attitude toward women was that their primary purpose in life was to have children and tend to household chores. Traditionally American women learned from their mothers to cook, clean, and tend to the children. Scholastic testing created in the 1960’s showed that girls scored much higher in early grades, but once they reached high school their grades were significantly lower. The reasoning behind this was...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix H Search the Internet for information related to the following: • Women’s rights organizations • Equality organizations • Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) rights organizations Note. You may also refer to the Internet Resource Directory of Racial and Ethnic Groups. Complete the following table related to your search: |Site |Image |Thoughts | |http://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights |ACLU American Civil Liberties Union |The ACLU works to extend the rights to those who | | | |have over time been denied their rights in the | | | |past such as women, lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, | | | |transgender people, prisoners, and those with | | | |disabilities. The ACLU provides a LGBT project | | | |that works toward an America without | | | |discrimination based on gender or sexual | | ...
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...fired, harassed or denied a promotion, almost three quarters (73%) answered ‘gays and lesbians’ – the second highest survey response, just behind ‘older adults aged 65 and older’ (78%). Other groups mentioned as vulnerable to workplace discrimination included ‘people with disabilities’ (68%), ‘women’ (65%), ‘African Americans’ (61%), ‘Hispanic Americans’ (60%), ‘Muslims’ (60%), ‘Asian Americans’ (44%) and ‘Jews’ (39%). The far-reaching online survey was commissioned by Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, a non-profit organization that provides support and advocacy for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) community in the workplace. The complete results of this survey will be made available at the opening session of the Out & Equal Workplace Summit in Orlando, Florida on Friday, September 13. The Out & Equal Workplace Summit is the nation’s leading conference for GLBT employees and human resources professionals addressing these issues in the...
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...better than in years past. Concepts and conceptions have been created by society about the gender roles in society. People generally believe that women are to be feminine, and men should remain masculine. Media and society portray how people should be and act. The world believes that if a man shows a feminine side then they must be gay. If a women shows masculinity then they must be a lesbian. The truth is thought, that either gender can portray characteristics of the other gender. I know plenty of women who just aren’t nurturing or motherly they have no desire to be. They are often mislabeled and made fun of, which is society’s reaction to change and something that is different then they are. In times past people that belong to the GLBT society have hid from other people, keeping their status of sexual orientation and personal lives a secret. It...
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...Discrimination and Sexual Orientation By Mario Satterthwaite 11/26/2013 Discrimination is the prejudicial and/or distinguishing treatment of an individual based on their actual or perceived membership in a certain group or category, "in a way that is worse than the way people are usually treated. It involves the group's initial reaction or interaction, influencing the individual's actual behavior towards the group or the group leader, restricting members of one group from opportunities or privileges that are available to another group, leading to the exclusion of the individual or entities based on logical or irrational decision making. Discriminatory traditions, policies, ideas, practices, and laws exist in many countries and institutions in every part of the world, even in ones where discrimination is generally looked down upon. In some places, controversial attempts such as quotas or affirmative action have been used to benefit those believed to be current or past victims of discrimination but have sometimes been called reverse discrimination themselves. Inequality in the workplace is any form of bias or discrimination that takes place in a work environment and is established, promoted, or allowed to persist by the workplace authority. It is common for a workplace to have inequalities based on gender, race, and social class. There is usually a hierarchy that exists in the workplace in which managers, leaders and executives are paid higher wages and have more...
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...Diversity Organizations The status of women in the United States throughout history has been less than our male counterparts. Women in this country have often been looked at as inferior to men. They are looked at just things to reproduce and maintain the house. Women where also treated as if they where not as smart as men, and could not handle an intellectual conversation. More doors are open to Women today in the United States. Women are able to hold powerful positions in the government, and corporate world. There was a time when women were not allowed to have any role or say in the law making decisions. The role of women has changed since the 60’s 70’s and 80’s. Some women do not even choose to be mothers. That is still somewhat of a taboo, but it is not that uncommon. Women can now choose their careers, over being a wife and or mother. Women are owning fortune 500 companies and being powerful forces in the business world. Women are also demanding and earning the same if not more than some males on the job. A women can be the breadwinner in the family. Women have proven that they can do both, They can run a business and a household. This upcoming Presidential election, we will be having a Woman running for president. The government is no longer an all boys club. The idea of having a woman president is proof of how far women’s rights have come. Women are now more respected and their opinions valued. Of course there is still those who do not want to evolve,...
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...The white underclass is economically oppressed and given a certain social status. For example, the white underclass was ongoing economic oppression in the automotive industry. The automotive industry took a decline with the end of WWII. The combination of high oil prices and competition from foreign manufactures effected companies such as Chrysler and Ford. The beginning of WWII, the automotive industries received ten million dollars in war efforts. With the great depression, it brought blue collar working class to white underclass status. The unemployed white underclass used to work in the automotive industry and made decent money. The automotive industries were not located in the cities, but in rural towns like Duluth, Minnesota and Portland, Maine. There was no reason for blue collar class people of Lakeside to attend school. Their education level did not exceed the tenth grade. With no extended education, it made the white underclass underemployed. Parents told their sons to not waste their time with school and come to work in the automotive industry as young as 14 to 15 years old. The girls were told to go to college to find a husband (Lecture). Today, American car parts are being manufactured overseas. In Flint, Michigan the majority of people made parts and worked on the assembly line. It went from fifty people working on the assembly line to just having three people making sure the machines were working properly (Lecture). The economy once driven by industry is now...
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...Culture Diversity in the United States culture Diversity in the United States For decades, the human race has been identified as nothing more but unique! From the various shades of skin to the native language and geographic native land, people are diverse and have a major impact on our world and society. United States has had major culture changes as money continues to be one of the leading causes to mankind’s problems. However, knowledge of justice has help citizens and the governments realize to a degree, humans are the primary concern rather than the root to all madness “Money”. The effects of money has had an impression on the cultural diversity of the United States primary because power played the role of inequality that lead to the destruction of many families of minorities by the majority because of money. Moreover, the United States has overcome barriers to fix the disarray that power has had on individuals to help the citizens to reach out for understanding and answers that has led to the combination of knowledge, awareness and solutions. Let’s examine how! Understanding the history of how the United States met with cultural diversity has helped me to see that through history the effects begin with a negative view and later after harsh treatment was administered; lawmakers examined the outlook of the country to benefit the citizens. Two unique situations were race and gender that had an influential role of the American culture. Race was distinguished between...
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... legal framework. We conform— albeit equally—with their screwedup system. That is not liberation. It is capitulation. —Peter Thatchell Recent developments in samesex marriage have raised emotions, awareness and many questions about equality and rights as well as inquires about the benefits of marriage for society in general. Is the goal to blend into an existing system of rights and privileges or to work toward a new framework of acceptance? To examine these questions, I invite you to take a journey through the past sixty years and visit moments of both the African American and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Civil Rights Movements. By examining the African American Civil Rights Movement, I attempt to survey and assess the advantages and disadvantages of both the assimilationist and liberationist perspectives of the GLBT Movement. Historical Context The racist institution of Jim Crow grew out of the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 which abolished slavery in the United States. Long after slavery was abolished, however, African Americans continued to suffer cruel injustices throughout the country. The discriminatory system of Jim Crow perpetually placed blacks as inferior to whites in all circumstances. If these laws, both social and legal, were not abided by, African Americans faced severe consequences of punishment and death. The detestably bigoted establishment pervaded the American culture well into the twentieth century. The l...
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...A Long Way to Equality A Long Way to Equality By: Tanyalynn Muna ETH Cultral Diversity 125 September 22, 2013 Sharon White A Long Way to Equality [Abstract] Over time the fight for equality in America has been fought by many different races, genders, and groups of people. Women have fought for things like the right to vote, work and be treated as equal individuals for more than a decade and though there has been a little head way in our society there are still some things women are looked over. The same could be said for the gay community. There are big issues that will touch on such as work, marriage, adoption, and opportunities that the gay communities have been discriminated against. A Long Way to Equality A Long Way to Equality For decades now women have been fighting for equality in many areas of life. Wethier it was the right to vote, equal opportunity in work environments or just to be treated as equals it has been a fight since at least the late 1700’s. Between the 1700’s early and the1800’s it was under common law that a woman leaving her husband not only had to give up her name but also all the property and belongs to her husband. It was as if all the work that women did to maintain a home was not good enough to be able to keep what was obtains during the marriage. In 1776 Abigail Adams wrote her husband in reference to the Deceleration of Independence reminding him that women “will not...
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