Sexism In Workplace

In the workplace, both men and women experience gender bias. Institutions that are male privileged tend to consider women as subordinates which is referred to as sexism. Like essentialism, sexism is the belief or practices that assume that women are naturally inferior to men in a variety of ways. Individuals may also experience discrimination in the workplace as well. Discrimination does not only include gender, but it also includes sex, age, race, disability, nationality, religion, and ethnicity. Research studies show that nearly thirty percent of women report experiencing discrimination in the workplace (Covert 2013). The workplace is considered a gendered institution because there are gendered differences and inequalities based on one’s …show more content…
This creates a gender gap in income (Kimmel 2013, 262). In the workplace, gendered differences, inequalities based on the wage gap, and income discrimination, occur and are more likely to affect women. Locally, there is a lower number of minority women in the law firm and women in general receives a lower wage than men. According to the National Association for Law Placement (NALP), twelve percent of lawyers in the U.S. are now minorities and just under a third are women, and minority women account for over six percent of lawyers at these firms (The National Association for Law Placement, Inc. 2009). Sexism and patriarchy has become ingrained in the American culture and for that reason, America has the lowest numbers of women leaders. In the U.S., only nineteen percent of congressional members, “less than 5 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs, and only two out of the current crop of U.S. presidential candidates are women” (Instittute for Policy Research-Northwestern University 2016). This not only explains how sexism is engrained in the U.S., but it also enforces the belief in the American …show more content…
A popular issue that occur is the double standard which happens when a female applies for a powerful role and has to put her aggressive side on display to reassure people that she can take charge, which is hardly ever an issue for men (Instittute for Policy Research-Northwestern University 2016). In Rwanda, this is the opposite, it is all about empowerment of women. Rwanda has produced the highest number of female in parliament worldwide. In Rwanda, women have won 63.8 per cent of seats in the lower house (U.N Women 2016). Similarly, in Bolivia there are currently 53.1 percent of women in parliament in single or lower houses (U.N Women 2016). In the Nordic countries, 41.1 percent of women in parliament in single or lower houses, while in the U.S, only 27.7 percent of women are in parliament (U.N Women 2016). Besides the U.S., the following countries listed above are willing to make a difference by incorporation female leadership and representation. On the other hand, the American society has remained influenced by patriarchy, which is a factor of

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