This research report takes a look at a variety of literature on the subject. Issues discussed include stereotyping and workplace dilemmas. This six page paper has six sources listed in the bibliography.
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the woman would bear the children, keep the cave clean, cook the meals and raise the children. Despite the wave of modernization during
the past several thousand years, these assumptions are still in place, which leads to a condition known as gender inequality - in other words, men and women being treated differently
because they are men and women. This paper will examine issues of gender equality in the workplace, among the genders and in terms of qualities of opportunities for women.
According to Alan Wolfe and Amartya Sen, gender inequality is old, almost as old as the human race (Wolfe, 1994; see also Sen, 2001).
"Gender difference originated when we began to imagine ourselves as human," Wolfe writes. "It developed as we did, and it extended its reach to the period we call modern" (Wolfe,
1994. P. 27). Despite the revolution of the past century to attempt to equalize the sexes, gender inequalities still exist (Wolfe, 1994). In many branches of society throughout the world,
gender inequality can begin as parents wanting their babies to be boys rather than girls (Sen, 2001). This extends into the subconscious idea that women are simply "marking time" until
they get married, and then start the cycle all over again with their own children. Employment/Benefits Although more women are entering fields these
days that were once considered "typically male," gender inequity unfortunately still exists in the workplace, as does the concept of equality in pay (Hull and Nelson, 2000). Women, when they
work, still earn less than men (Wolfe, 1994; see also Hull and Nelson, 2000). They are still underrepresented in many professions (Wolfe, 1994). Other women bump into "glass ceilings" when