Although sexism is no longer overt in the workplace, evidence shows that it still exists. In the article "Exposing Hidden Bias at Google" Farhad Manjoo discusses the issues in the demographics of the company because about seventy percent of Google's employees are male.
Looking at the chart, one would wonder why males are dominating the company. The answer might lie within our unconscious biases towards women and their capabilities. Although an educated woman would be able to produce the same amount of work as another male on her level, our perspectives of them stemming from historical times still lingers on. Men still do not think of women as their equals.
Google has begun holding workshops and seminars to boost awareness of this flaw in their company to an unclear level of success. While there have been some anecdotes about people realizing what they or someone else was saying could possibly be sexist, there have been no result as to if the company really is changing. Spreading awareness is not enough. Women's rights activists of the past century have done that already. We need to instigate change. Analyzing our thought processes and the reason behind them is needed. Every time something about women pops up in our head, 'why' questions need to be asked.
We live in a world where gender equality seems to be the standard. We assume that women have achieved the same rights as their counterparts. This thought masks our awareness of the same issues the dominated eighties culture. We think that we are not being sexist in our behavior because that age is over. It is only when we stop to think about what we say and do can we begin to see the situation and gradually stop doing it.
The utilization and trying of the chart to your information was simple and nicely executed. I agree that gender equality is become a standard, however, with recent events involving the extremities of feminist movements to oppress men it seems that we're teetering from that goal.
ReplyDeleteI like your stance on the issue on gender inequality in the workplace. I do, however, disagree that the whole issue is "masked" behind our idea that we are not sexist. Sexism is still really prominent in America, and it's clear everyone is aware of this. No one denies that discrimination
ReplyDeleteGreat visual to aid your argument!
ReplyDeleteFemales have always been treated differently. I agree with this. However, I would like to point out that males also are treated differently as well. Males have certain standards that are to be expected from them that is not to be expected from females. For example, males are viewed as strong and agressive, never allowed to show emotions since that is considered weak. They are to fight their way through everything and cannot have "girly" hobbies like cooking and the such but rather, be interested in things like sports, cars, etc to showcase their masculinity. There are many other examples and it goes to show that it is not only females that are treated differently and people tend forget that and don't look at both sides of things including myself. I actually didn't mention any of this in my response either, having a similiar mindset to you, only mentioning different treatment towards females.
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