Substantive Blog Post #2
Well-qualified women continue to be under-promoted and under paid. American women make 77 cents for every dollar earned by men. Men hold more of the top jobs and they’re better paid for their efforts. A man and woman might hold the exact same position and perform the same duties within a company, but the job title is different for one than for the other. The man may be paid more, or he might be entitled to raises or promotions on a different schedule and at a faster pace than the woman. According to Goldmacher (2014), women made up 22 percent of 644 CEOs who run nonprofit organizations in Washington and those female executives were generally paid less than their male counterparts. No women were among the 25 highest-paid executives on the list; only five women landed in the top 50; and just 13 women were in the top 100 (Golmacher, 2014).
In the workplace, qualified women may be passed over for promotions because they become pregnant or because they might become pregnant. Under these circumstances, jobs are offered to less qualified male applicants. Women are also more likely than men to be judged by their physical appearance. Women are not only discriminated against for being “pretty” or “provocative” they are also discriminated against for being not pretty enough, too old, or, in some positions for not being sexy enough.
In regards to my paper I am going to continue researching gender discrimination as well as racial discrimination in the workplace.
Goldmacher, S. (2014). Why do washington’s women leaders make less? National Journal