Bias Against Women

In this world, men and women are treated differently in the workplace. Women are likely to be concentrated in lower status; lower income jobs, and earns less than men in the same occupations.  There are huge majority of women who believe that societies are biased against them and feel intimidated at work basically because of their gender. It is inadmissible that a high number of female workers have felt intimidated against their gender.

The role of expectations of women is to hold lower expectations than men, and be likely to view lower salaries for women. The reasons why women is to hold lower expectations is because they expect to take more time out from work to care for others; putting less importance on job outcomes; and realizing that women generally earn less, even comparing themselves to other women or men. The role of self-confidence of women is likely to express lower self-confidence than men in many achievement-related situations. This may lead to supervisors observing women employees as less determined to be successful on the job than men, and may contribute to women not getting promotions to full equality in the workplace.

In many areas in this world, girls are frequently taken out of school when they hit teenage. Girls are to stay home, do housework, and take care of their family.  Some areas of people do not send girls and boys to the same school after third grade. Also girls cannot be taught by a man after a certain age, is having a negative impact on girls’ education. The total number of children enrolled in primary schools is increasing; the percentage of female students is not.

In the case of gender inequality, wage discrimination exists between the male and female gender. Men and women are still seen different in today’s world.  Based on the information given above, shows negative reactions towards females. A large number of women believe that bias still exist against them and feel intimidated because of their gender.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/bias-against-women-and-discrimination-in-the-workplace.html

Gender Differences in Relation to Age

As people begin to grow older gender tension and differences become more of an issue.  Different cultures and religions make an exception more for men as they grow older compared to women because they feel that men are more responsible and able to protect themselves from certain aspects of society.  Girls/women on the other hand are portrayed as not being able to protect themselves when they are outside in society and therefore even in families different rules are present form girls than boys.

For example females are considered more venerable no matter their age, where as men once they hit a certain age are able to fend for themselves.

 In families leniency towards boys are displayed more than for girls.  Boys as they grow up are expected to be the “men of the house” therefore learning and understanding all the responsibilities and duties necessary for them as they grow up.  Girls on the other hand do not undertake as much responsibility, because society believes that women should not be responsible when it comes to income (hence the lower paying jobs).

At a young age men are taught to focus on the big picture and to become independent and maintain status along with knowledge where as women are made to focus on the smaller details, and to negotiate decisions that are made.  This influences communication skills, where men and women are taught different ways to communicate which impacts them as they enter into workplace.  This creates tension because stereotypes have been portrayed as reality. 

Conclusion

In conclusion, there are still some gender differences in social behaviors, and as mentioned above it has been going on for years now.  This blog deals with the tension that arises because of gender differences, and factors such as discrimination, age, religion, culture which contribute to this problem.  Male and females are looked at differently when it comes to the workplace, such as males are more likely to be involved with jobs that include speaking, leadership, and jobs that involve a certain amount of strength.  Women are more likely to work in jobs that involve caring for others, and this is because society has practiced this and made it somewhat of a norm.  Also the roles that are played in households, are different for men and women, men are in charge of income where as women focus more on the caring and nurturing of their family.  

Gender differences do not always have to be present, as research has shown over years females and males are beginning to have equal opportunity.  Bias’ and discrimination may always be present but this doesn’t necessarily mean that this will be an on-going problem.  Society is always changing and opportunities are becoming more available  and even though there will always be gender tension, it may decrease as change is constantly happening in our daily lives.

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