...Factory JoinSearchBrowseSaved Papers Home Page » Social Issues Women in Business In: Social Issues Women in Business Women vs. Men in Business. Should They Have the Same Rights? Women’s movement for equality with men appeared in the end of the XVIII century. The main idea was that women were oppressed in patriarchal society, which was concentrated on men. Not until the end of the XIX - the beginning of the XX century did women begin to attain rights: suffrage, a right to study in a university, to own property etc. Nowadays in many spheres of life, particularly in family life, women are equal with men. However, business is not one of them. In business, men prevail. For example, according to an Associated Press analysis of Standard & Poor's 500 companies there are no women in a list of 10 highest-paid CEOs. Women CEOs are paid much lesser. This is not to say that women are not strong or intelligent enough, it has simply been like that since the beginning, when a man was at the wheel. Of course, there are outstanding examples of women, who have achieved everything they have by themselves, but these examples are sporadic. According to Forbes Woman, in some countries women don’t even have the right to inherit business, to get bank loans or the right to education. Nevertheless, the number of businesswomen grows every year. More that 50% of students in the world are women. Women play a more important role in the world's economy than before. There are countries...
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...Born as a woman or a man everyone is conceived from woman. Shouldn’t being a woman, giving birth to the new life of a human put woman at an equal stance if not above? There was a point in time where woman were denied education. In some cases today some male teachers are still bias of who they choose to participate in class. Females and males share the same train of thought, and are touched by the same type of emotions. No human should be denied anything, especially the education that is molding their future. Eventually this leads up to the effect of a woman having a lesser chance to get hired for the more prestigious job, or being seen as having a lower position. It brings many people to the conclusion of woman can’t handle as much as man. It wasn’t until end of middle school, and high school where I started coming to a realization that men in a lot of cases will be put in front of a woman in school, but only if the teacher is male. I have also witnessed in some cases if the teacher is female it’s as if they would lean more towards the participation of the girls in class. I feel that because women were denied education in the past, and as well as in some cases today, when they are teaching the class they have the girls participate more than males in the class. This is considered for both sexes being denied of education, but still more toward woman. Women are like diamonds. Each exquisite stone shares the same inimitable radiance, captivating beauty and unbreakable strength;...
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...4/2/2011 The Roles of Women and Men For many years women were looked down upon by society. This all started to change when women started to get rights in the mid twentieth century. Even though they had rights they were still not treated equally by society. Men have always been seen by society as being the providers of a family. They often are workaholics who provide for the family and have very little time for their children. Women on the other hand are seen as the care givers and care for he children. They are usually depended on their husbands for physical and monetary needs for the family. In “I Want a Wife” Judy Brady talks about being a wife, and how she would like to have a wife that portrays the role of a husband in the family. She is arguing about expectations that men have towards women and marriage. In addition Brady writher how easy men have it, according to her men’s only responsibility in marriage is to be a provide. One the contrary, Ellen Goodman in “the company Man” argues that it isn’t easy to be a provider in the family. She supports that opinion with an example of a fifty-one year old men called Phil who worked himself to the death. Gender roles have been quite significant and important throughout the history, however now due to the harsh capitalistic society that we live in they are fading away. While Phil was a hard worker for his family, in “I Want a Wife” Judy Brady is portrayed as being a women who wants to become like Phil. She wants a wife that...
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...The Man Who Hugged Women The story takes point in a discussion between the main character Freya and her friend Pearl. They are sitting and talking, when Pearl tells Freya about a man, who after Pearl’s opinion is much more interesting than Freya’s husband, who is Asian and apparently it doesn’t matter for Freya, because she finds Pearl a bit silly. Pearl is talking very interested in this man, which Freya doesn’t understand because she has a husband herself, and not like Pearl who seems to be interested in cheating on her husband, like she fears that Pearl is going to do. Freya also knows that Pearl isn’t a very smart person, which makes her tell stories, that she might regret what she has told to her friend. Because as Pearl tells that this man hugs women, Freya doesn’t understand how Pearl’s husband Jacob would react to that. And Pearl excuses that her husband even if he hugs her, does it in an indifferent way, and Pearl doesn’t understand the wrongfulness of it, she and Freya going to this man. Freya’s relationship to her own husband is good, but she also gets Pearl’s point, that everything about their husbands is predictable and not exciting enough. But Freya doesn’t want to admit that to Pearl, as she is the more mature person in their friendship, but Freya accepts that they’re going to visit the man at Thursday. Even Pearl apparently knows that Freya is interested in this course, because she mentions, “The sessions are only thirty minutes, and some of that is just him...
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...”The Man Who Hugged Women” Busy husbands and empty promises leaves desperate middle-aged women in need of affection. The fevered minds of western women find desperate solutions to get their affection; described in this text as hugs from a desirable father figure. Ethical questions about hugging with another man while married, and the “craziness” about this phenomenon are ‘discussed’ in this text. “The Man Who Hugged Women” is a text from 2012, written by British/Palestinian writer Mischa Hiller. Our main protagonist Freya is a middle-aged woman living in-or-around London - “…Freya and Pearl travelled on a cold bus to an address in North London”, since it is bus and not train/car does Freya probably live in London. She is married to a psychi-atrist with private practice; named Mukesh. Since their kitchen on p.1 l. 2, is de-scribed as large, and it is recently refurbished does it seem like Freya and Mukesh is a middle/upper class family. They have a child named Rita together, who is in uni-versity now. Freya assists, as a teacher’s assistant at the primary school where their daughter Rita had gone. She used the job to get rid of excess time and to give some-thing back to the school, even though she didn’t knew what. Freya doesn’t seem like an independent, strong woman in her decisions; she constanly thinks about what Mukesh will think, “ Did Mukesh like it?” “He’d pooh-pooh the whole idea of going to see this guy” etc. She didn’t ‘stand her ground’ on their daughters choice educa-tion...
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...”The Man Who Hugged Women” Busy husbands and empty promises leaves desperate middle-aged women in need of affection. The fevered minds of western women find desperate solutions to get their affection; described in this text as hugs from a desirable father figure. Ethical questions about hugging with another man while married, and the “craziness” about this phenomenon are ‘discussed’ in this text. “The Man Who Hugged Women” is a text from 2012, written by British/Palestinian writer Mischa Hiller. Our main protagonist Freya is a middle-aged woman living in-or-around London - “…Freya and Pearl travelled on a cold bus to an address in North London”, since it is bus and not train/car does Freya probably live in London. She is married to a psychi-atrist with private practice; named Mukesh. Since their kitchen on p.1 l. 2, is de-scribed as large, and it is recently refurbished does it seem like Freya and Mukesh is a middle/upper class family. They have a child named Rita together, who is in uni-versity now. Freya assists, as a teacher’s assistant at the primary school where their daughter Rita had gone. She used the job to get rid of excess time and to give some-thing back to the school, even though she didn’t knew what. Freya doesn’t seem like an independent, strong woman in her decisions; she constanly thinks about what Mukesh will think, “ Did Mukesh like it?” “He’d pooh-pooh the whole idea of going to see this guy” etc. She didn’t ‘stand her ground’ on their daughters choice educa-tion...
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...Are women and men equal in our society? Why or why not? Women’s Rights establish the same social and economic status for women as for men. Women’s rights guarantee that women will not face discrimination on the basis of their sex. Until the second half of the 20th century, women in most societies were denied some of the legal and political rights according to men. Although women in much of the world have gained significant legal rights, many people believe that women still do not have equality with men. This is evident in the home, workplace, and society in general. Look no further than the home to see the first sign that men and women are not equal. The traditional role of man was to work and make the money, which would be used by all in the household. The traditional role of the woman was to stay home, take care of the children, clean the house, and cook. Because society has always associated money with power, the person bringing home the money had the power. The man often makes the final decision on all household matters because he has the money. The workplace is another place where men and women are not equal. Men are often applauded for being assertive and giving orders. By giving orders, men are taking a leadership role. Demonstrating leadership ability is a quality that employers often look Slava 2 for. On the other hand, women who are assertive and give orders are not well liked in th... [to view the full essay now, purchase below] ...
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...During the middle ages, society viewed women as submissive and lesser than men. During the Reformation, views became slightly skewed as religions developed different opinions towards the issue of women in society. 16th and 17th century Europe portrayed different religions such as Lutheranism and Calvinism that changed views on women in society, while the Anabaptist kept previous views. Lutheranism, a branch of Protestant religion showed a shift in view towards women being equal to men. Martin Luther, the founder of Lutheranism, believed that views and rules written in Bible were what life actions should be lived and based off on. “God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them,” Genesis 1:27. This passage from the Bible states that both men and women were created in the same image and likeness by God. Being written in the Bible, Luther believed and preached the idea that men and women are equal, based off of the image of their creator, God. “...husband differs from the wife in no other respect than in sex; otherwise the women is altogether [as] man… If the wife is honorable, virtuous, and pious, she shares in all the cares, endeavors,...
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...Is this a new era for female filmmakers? Regrettably the numbers infer that is not so. An assessment of women’s employment on the top 250 films in 2012 and 1998 demonstrates that the percentages of women directors and editors have not changed. The proportion of women writers and producers has increased marginally. Women executive producers and cinematographers have declined. In 2012, women included 18% of all, executive producers, producers, directors, cinematographers, writers, and editors working on the top 250 domestic films. From 2011 there is no change and growth of 1 percentage point from 1998 (Martha M. Lauzen, 2013). Women creating film, statistics show that men predominantly run the film industry but recent studies show that women are starting to become a more important part of filmmaking; women are underrepresented but women like Kathryn Bigelow are changing the landscape of movie making. In 2012, according to research by San Diego State University’s Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, women directed just five percent of the 250 highest-grossing films Only nine percent of Hollywood directors in 2008 were women – that was the same figure recorded in 1998. Kathryn Bigelow was nominated for the best directing Oscar in March 2010, and it was only the fourth time a woman had been nominated, out of more than 400 director nominations (the other three were Lina Wertmüller in 1976, Jane Campion in 1993, and Sofia Coppola in 2003) ("Creating opportunities...
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...Man charged with murder in shooting death of transgender women On January 29 Carlton Champion was arrested in Texas for allegedly shooting and killing Tyrone Underwood. Tyrone Underwood or Ty as she went by was a transgender woman who was found dead in her car after being shot three times at 2:45am in the 400 block of West 24th street on January 28th. Officers were dispatched to an apparent car accident but found Tyrone dead caused by shooting not by the car accident. Tyrone did not die immediately she drove down the street hitting some curbs until she went into a yard and hit a utility pole. Tyler officers have electronic evidence of Tyrone and Carlton texting back and forth about meeting up. The evidence made Carlton their first suspect on the murder. Champion was initially arrested on a warrant from Gregg County for a parole violation and was transferred there on February 3rd, authorities said. He was served Monday with a warrant on the murder charge and will be brought back to Tyler once the details are worked out. I believe that Carlton killed Tyrone because they were initially dating. Figured that Tyrone did not mention to Carlton that he was transgender which caused Carlton to outrage and get mad at the fact that Tyrone was a man. They had only been dating for a while so Carlton had no idea she was transgender. I believe Carlton got mad and shot Tyrone for lying and for being a man. Many men are too scared to love a “man” because thats not right in society's eyes...
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...1007/s11199-014-0418-0 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Are You Man Enough to be a Nurse? The Impact of Ambivalent Sexism and Role Congruity on Perceptions of Men and Women in Nursing Advertisements Kimberley A. Clow & Rosemary Ricciardelli & Wally J. Bartfay # Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 Abstract Framed by role congruity and ambivalent sexism, the current study is designed to investigate perceptions of male and female nurses. Specifically, 167 Canadian undergraduates from Southern Ontario viewed a potential nursing recruitment advertisement (female nurse, male nurse, or masculinity emphasized male nurse), reported their perceptions of the nurse in the advertisement, and rated the appropriateness of nursing as a career for men and women. MANOVAs revealed that participants viewed the male nurses more negatively (less competent and more deviant) in the masculinity emphasized condition than the male nurse condition, which is consistent with role congruity theory. Correlations further revealed that men in the male nurse condition and women in the masculinity emphasized condition who were higher in hostile sexism were more likely to rate the depicted male nurse as deviant than their lower scoring peers. Female participants rated nursing as a more appropriate career for men than did male participants, suggesting that resistance toward male nurses may stem primarily from other men. The ambivalent sexism scores of men and women related differently in each condition to ratings...
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...Cultural Action for Freedom Paulo Freire Introduction I think it is important—for my own sake as well as the reader’s—that we try, at the very outset, to clarify some points fundamental to the general understanding of my ideas on education as cultural action for freedom. This is all the more important since one of the basic aims of this work, where the process of adult literacy is discussed, is to show that if our option is for man, education is cultural action for freedom and therefore an act of knowing and not of memorization. This act can never be accounted for in its complex totality by a mechanistic theory, for such a theory does not perceive education in general and adult literacy in particular as an act of knowing. Instead, it reduces the practice of education to a complex of techniques, naively considered to be neutral, by means of which the educational process is standardized in a sterile and bureaucratic operation. This is not a gratuitous assertion. We will later clarify the radical distinction between knowing and memorizing and the reasons why we attach such importance to the adult literacy process. But first, some words about the socio-historical conditioning of the thinking presented here, as well as an explanation of the necessity for critical reflection on such conditioning. From a non-dualistic viewpoint, thought and language, constituting a whole, always refer to the reality of the thinking subject. Authentic thought-language is generated...
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...Conclusions on Women in Ancient Egypt -Pilgrim couple The Met, 1982.60.291 ca. 1755–59, Italian (Naples) -Statue of Demedji and Hennutsen The Met, 51.37 ca. 2465–2438 B.C., Egypt, Memphite Region, el-Giza or Saqqara Learning about certain ancient cultures can be difficult when there is not a lot of documentation about daily events and actions, as these two aspects of life are the ones that tell us most about the needs and beliefs of a culture. Learning about the needs and beliefs of ancient Egyptian culture brings up these barriers. In order to get an idea of the events and actions that pertained to the needs and beliefs of ancient Egyptians, we can look at certain physical artifacts from the time. Art and everyday objects can explain a lot about the daily events and actions of ancient Egyptians. However, these objects cannot give a thorough explanation about aspects of the culture on their own. In order to make the most out of the interpretation of ancient artifacts, they must be compared to similar artifacts from a culture that is known by the individual conducting the comparison. Finding the similarities and differences between the objects’ appearance and usage can lead to conclusions about the culture as a whole. One aspect of Egyptian culture that can be learned about and analyzed through certain artifacts is the depiction of women, and how women were viewed by other members of ancient Egyptian society. The way women are depicted in art during the times of ancient...
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...“What do Women Want?” In the women of the bath tale it shows what women want or desire from a man. They want to be loved by the man they adore. I agree with what Dennis Prenger said in his article. I do agree women like strong men. They want a man who has strength, integrity, and ambition. All three are needed. Women want to be loved by the man she admires. Women are drawn to strong men. Women find physically strong men are attractive. It’s no secret that women like strong, muscular guys. Women like men who are physically fit. Women like upper body strength in a man, like wide shoulders, and being fit. They are attracted to strong men. Women like a man with integrity. This is what women find to be really attractive....
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...“The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World,” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez the villagers are changed by their experiences with the drowned man, and they begin to question the quality of their own lives and their village. Beginning with the children, Marquez hints that there is something different about this drowned man. When the drowned man first washes up on the beach the children were the first to see the corpse, but they are not frightened by the dead man. In fact, “they had been playing with him all afternoon,” (1). When the men carry him to be scraped clean by the women they notice “that he weighed more than any dead man they had ever known,” (1). After the women finish cleaning him off, they realized “what kind of man he was and it left them...
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