1. If more women were like Alexandra and worked hard for what they want, would there be more women in the workforce and higher positions?
2. Why do you think there is such a divide between men and women in the workforce?
3. Do you think the divide will lesson or disappear in the future?
New: Should big governments use taxes and/or laws to lower the gender gap in the workforce instead of creating a free market where the person best equipped for the job receives it
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ReplyDeleteI believe that laws should not enforce equality in our government because it could result in an ill qualified individual and I our government it can be damaging to the part as a whole. For example, if the branch manager in Bainbridge of Key Bank was a man and a law was put in place that the gender forces had to be equal and a woman was hired that was less qualified than the man, the branch would be disorganized and/or poorly run leading to several different consequences. One consequence being the firing of the branch manager or employees within the same building due to false accusations or other issues. Either way, I believe that the work forces will never be truly equal unless forced to be and the more skilled and practiced individual should hold the position if possible instead of the ill learned and taught individual
ReplyDelete1: I believe that if more women in the workforce, especially in the fields with a structured hierarchy within the institution, were to share aspects of Alexandra’s personality, we may witness more women taking jobs in higher positions. Alexandra exhibits mental strength above many other characters, shows to be savvy in business, and reveals to possess an entrepreneurial spirit, all aiding in making for a desirable employee/executive. Many successful business leaders share these same qualities, and have put them to use in numerous occasions in the course of corporate history. If more women incorporate these attributes, and materialize them through hard work, then we will definitely see the further rise of women in the corporate ladder.
ReplyDelete2: I believe the divide in the workforce between men and women, is the lingering institutions of strict, separate spheres of influence between genders that were developed and maintained numerous generations ago toward our earliest history. The most frequent pattern that occurs following the spheres of influence is the male role of the worker and primary benefactor, and the female role of homemaker. As we venture further into the contemporary era, this paradigm is fading passively, and in some cases forcefully, as more and more women are taking roles in society formerly exclusive to men. As a result, individuals retaining strong feelings for the continuation of the separate spheres may come into conflict with the new female workforce, which may materialize in differing forms of prejudice and discrimination.
3: I believe that the divide between women and men in the workforce will fade to a certain point, but not disappear completely. Even though men and women come into par with each other in numerous categories, the fundamental differences in nature between men and women will last through the continuation of the human race and culture, perpetuated by a constant struggle between advocates for a return to the old paradigm of genders, advocates for equality, and even advocates of feminist supremacy. Although not as vibrant, I believe that this tension between groups will behave similar to the party system that is integrated in United States politics between democrats and republicans.
4: I do not believe that the United States Government should take fiscal/legislative recourse to promote gender equality favoring one specific party/gender that will draw from the competitive free market system. I do believe however, that protection be given to both genders from blatant discrimination in the workforce from the other. The free market system is designed with the mindset of competition, which will draw heightened effort from both genders to succeed; if one gender were to gain supremacy, less effort will be placed (from the politically superior gender) on career advancement based on the particular issue of gender. Discrimination based on gender is a social issue, and must not be dealt with from economic incentives or legislation; this issue will be combated in a fabian manner as our contemporary society continues to change.
I do not believe that the government should regulate any type of business to make everyone equal in the workforce. If the government regulated business then it would go against laissez faire or a free market economy with no government interaction. This principal defines America. If everyone was equal then that would be a form of communism. I believe the person who is the best at the job however, should receive the job. No matter a woman or a man every person should have an equal chance at a job. Making an equal business field would cause people to feel fear again just like the Red Scare during the Cold War. This principle goes against what Arthur Miller writes against in The Crucible. People should have an equal shot no matter man or woman but equality enforced by the government goes against American principles.
ReplyDeleteI do not think that the government should be able to create laws/taxes in order to lower the gender gap. I believe that who ever is best for the position should get it. if a woman is more equipped than a man than she should get the job, but if a man is better than a woman, he should get the job. I know they think that making laws would be better for women because they would get more jobs but really its the opposite. it is just insulting to women to only get a job based on their sex. personally I would rather not get the job than get it just because I was a woman. whoever is the most qualified should get the job. the government cannot deny a job to anyone based on their gender.
ReplyDeleteI do not think that the government should regulate businesses to make people in the workforce even. By making a law, or certain regulations, you may be ruling out a person who was best fit for the job, just because of their gender. Whether you are a man or a woman, whoever is a better fit for the job should get it. If you try to make the gender gap in the workforce even, many people who deserve jobs would not be getting them, based solely on their gender. Some businesses may start to have difficulty, or have to fire people because one gender has a higher population than the other.
ReplyDelete1) No I do not agree that women not working hard enough is the reason for the lack of women in high positions in our work force. The problem is with the society not the lack of work going into it. No matter how hard women work in order to raise themselves up, it will not be a fair chance for women until we are truly equally with men. As long as we still live in a somewhat male dominant society I do not believe anything can be done.
ReplyDelete2) I believe that since a long time ago men have been seen as the dominant ones. Ever since Cather's time when the men were the strong ones who could work in the field women have been sen as weaker and more fragile than men. When in all reality there are an outstanding amount of women who could be just as good as men in high positions, men are still seen as the more capable of the two. As long as our society looks at women as weak due to our physical "weakness" " and "emotional" perspective on things men will alway have the upper hand.
3) I do have hope that the divide created between men and women in our society will disappear in the future. For many many years there have been strong women who have fought for their rights and come very far. While there is still work to be done, I do believe women can progress to a point where we have equal opportunities with men.
4) While I do believe that both genders should be given protection from gender discrimination in their workplace I do not believe that our government should be able to regulate in order to create equality of genders in our work force. In doing this I believe the government would run into many issues such as hiring less qualified employees just to satisfy the gender gap regulations, and therefore causing malfunctioning practices. I think that who ever is most qualified for the job should be able to get it, and not have to worry about their gender in the process. Gender should have no place in deciding who is working in our country, yet it has become a large issue.
I definitely believe that if more women were like Alexandra, the number of women higher up in the workforce would increase. Alexandra has a mentality that revolves around taking charge and getting things done, and not to say that the majority of women don't have this mentality, it's just that many women put this mentality towards other things that aren't in the workforce. The large divide was mainly created in the founding of this country. Men went off to war, and needed the women to nurse them if wounded, as well as cook the meals that the soldiers couldn't, and wash the uniforms, which the men just didn't have the time to accomplish. It wasn't mandatory from then on that women do not participate in jobs that were typically for the "man of the house", it just wasn't expected. From that point forward, not only did women strive more often for harder tasks or a larger challenge, but they were accepted more as "men" (in the sense that women's freedom was an issue in those earlier time periods). In the present time, not as many as men, but many women hold more important positions in companies, and are working towards applying themselves almost as a challenge to be higher up than men, or to prove a point that women can do anything that a man can. From this point forward, it will only become more of a "race to the top" for women to prove something that I personally believe they don't need to prove. Women may not be 100% equal to men in today's realistic society, but the majority of well civilized and structured countries and states, women are basically equal to men in the eyes of the common person.
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ReplyDeleteI do think that if women work hard they are able to get to the same high position jobs as men. It shouldn't matter the gender of the person, as long as they work for their position. I think that in the past, women just didn't have as much opportunity as men, but now we are treated so much more equally and are able to get the same jobs. With more and more women getting these jobs, hopefully this divide will disappear in the future to display full equality for women
PAYTON FRICKE
ReplyDeleteI do not believe that the government should imply taxes or laws to try to lessen the gender gap. We have to keep in mind that the foundation of America is the whole idea of a free market and being able to do things on your own. Having the government interfere is not only unnecessary but is also unfair. I believe that a job should go to the person best suited for it and to the person that acquires the knowledge needed for that specific position. By forcing a company to give a woman a job for example just because of her gender is actually reversely discriminating against men. This act could end up backfiring and hurting the company just because the government made them hire her. I do believe that women and men should be given equal opportunities, but they should only get the job if they truly deserve it. I think a gender gap will always exist, but it is slowly starting to lessen because women are being hired for higher positions. These positions were well earned and were given to them because they deserved them. By unfairly giving someone a job just based on their gender, who is that really helping? People can get a good education and earn the job they want without the government. If the government tried to force this upon us Americans it would be completely contradicting our belief of equality and working for what you want, and getting it if you truly deserve it.
I do not think the the government should use laws or taxes in order to lower the gender gap in the workforce. By making it mandatory that a woman be given a certain job, men who may be better equppied for that position are not being given that opportunity. There is no doubt that women are able to excel in the workforce just a well as men, however making it mandatory that a woman have a specific job over a man cold ulitimately end up hurting the company if the woman is given the job soley based on gender rather than ability.
ReplyDeleteI believe that government should not use taxes or laws to try to close the gender gap in the business world. In a nation such as the United States, the gender gap has become closer over the past hundred years or so starting with the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote. Without the U.S. government having to intervene, the amount of women in the workforce has significantly increased over the years. However, in third world countries and theocracies such as some African and Islamic nations, many women cannot get jobs or even hold the same status as their male counterparts. In these nations something should be done to help women in the workforce.
ReplyDelete1. I would say that in modern day the amount of woman in higher up postions in the workforce is much higher than in recent history. They problem was never the work ethic or intelligence it was the restrictions put upon woman by society and big companies. The question is not as much would there be if they worked harder, it is just a matter of society accepting them into the workforce higher ups.
ReplyDelete2. The divide between woman and men in the workforce is a very long devoloped divide. The actual differences between the two genders in terms of work ethic and ability are very few. The divide has formed from the ideal that woman's main job is being a house mom and not a work force member. The divided has been a devolpment of some mans ideas that have been followed for hundreds and thousands of years, but is slowy dissipating.
3. I for sure think that the gender divided in the work force will and already has started to dissapear. The reason for the recent dissapearing is the ability for woman to voice their opinions without being physically harmed or outcasted by the society in which they live in. Unlike the middle east where woman are still scared for their lives in the attempt to gain freedoms. The barrier is already being broken by woman and men alike.
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I do not beleive that it is the governments job to intervien in the hiring of qualified workers. Although I believe that they should restrict companies ability to not hire someone specifically because of their gender. The goal that woman want to achieve must be achieved by woman, and is. They are becoming more qualified with equal education and opportunity, which will in turn lead to equality in the work force. The goverment should leave this be and let it happen nautrally.
STUART WALLACE
I do not think governments should offer incentive such as tax breaks or mandatory actions such as laws to lower the gender gap in the workforce. Workers should be hired as per their qualifications, not based on potential monetary gain for the employer. The gender gap is a prevalent problem in today's society, despite women having equal rights as men for over 90 years now. However, a system based on incentive to hire women could theoretically be abused by companies to gain money to hire unqualified workers, regardless of their gender. Women are more common in executive level positions every year now, and this trend should continue until an equilibrium of men and women in the workforce has been reached. Women dare to do things never done before - such as the female presidential candidate in Afghanistan. Women are already reaching an equilibrium in the workforce, and the government doesn't need to use laws or incentive to aid in this process.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I believe that there should be no governement involvement in the corporate process of selecting emeployees. No matter what the circumstances are, under a free market companies should be permitted to decide who they hire based off of who is best for the position. I believe that if we follow this priciple, the gender gap may never be perfectly equal but it will certainly even out. Women are as every bit as capable as men, and thus the government should stand back and let things work themself out naturally. Finally, government intervention would be sexist, and could open a pandora's box of social issues.
ReplyDeleteI do not believe the government should use taxes or laws to to lower the gender gap in the work force. One should recieve a job based on their credentials. If a woman and a man apply for the same job, but the woman has a more impressive resume for the job then she would be best suit for it and should be chosen. With taxes or laws requiring more women to fill positions, the competiton in being the "best" would go down. It would also become unfair towards men.
ReplyDeleteShould big governments use taxes and/or laws to lower the gender gap in the workforce instead of creating a free market where the person best equipped for the job receives it?
ReplyDeleteThe question of whether the government, at both federal and state level, should provide benefits to allow minorities in the workforce in place of laissez-faire system, has been raging on for quite some time across the metaphorical American dinner table.
Personally, I believe that the market should be free to allow businesses to choose whomever they want. To quote Paul Krugman, New York Times Economist and Nobel Prize Winner; "... markets tend to work against discrimination... A company who hired unbaisedly would fair better than a company who hired solely men, due to their higher cost in doing so." Now, if the markets will work towards against discrimination, they will do so, as long as the CEO is getting more money at the end of the day.
I do not believe the government should create laws to ensure equality. Forced equality is like communism, an unwelcome entity in America. We can already see a steady influx of women into new lines of work such as engineering, based solely from the free market and opportunity they have. I believe the gender gap will slowly decrease until its gone, as womens' role in the workforce has grown exponentially. Also, any laws forcing equality could lead to damage in the economy, as ill qualified individuals could be hired for important jobs. Overall, as the number of women in the workforce rises infinitely, forced equality laws become unnecessary.
ReplyDeleteI believe there is an large divide between men and women in the workforce because we have been taught that women and men behave differently throughout our entire life, this divide of the sexes can be seen as early as birth, or before, seeing as though boys and girls are brought up in two different settings, as expected by society's standards. Girls are expected to be submissive maternal figures from the time they are very young, obedience is both instilled and expected, where as young boys are expected to behave uncontrollably and be more dominant and aggressive. We live in a society that dictates what the sexes should wear, what emotions they must convey, and what their ideal role in life should be. From the beginning of time women have been blamed for the troubles and sins of man and thus been weakened in the eyes of men. Because we leave in an advancing society women are allowed more decisions and power compared to third world countries that value women almost strictly as caregivers and objects of desire ( and are even collected in polygamist relationships). Despite the fact that our approach to equality is evolving with time and technological advancement we see that women and men have different drives and different physical and neurological compositions which potentially makes it impossible to consider women and men truly equal and viewed in the same light. Despite our history, and societal traditions I believe that our biological science is one of the biggest factors in the separation of the sexes.
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The government should not be involved in the promotion of gender equality in the workforce, as this could spread the skew the gender gap in a completely different direction. Although I believe women are treated unfairly in the workforce, government involvement could possibly cause discrimination of men if they have to pay a "equality tax" just for being a man. The gender separation is still around because of physical and psychological differences in males and females, not because men are more intelligent or they work harder.
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