Gender Discrimination in Schools

Gender equality is within arm’s length—at least in secondary schools. Across the globe, the enrollment of boys and girls in schools (before university) is nearly equal: For every 100 boys enrolled in high school (pdf, p.11) so are 98 girls, according to UNESCO’s statistics institute Global Education Monitoring report. From a distance, education looks pretty […]

Gender Discrimination: Women Can Be Terminated for refusing to wear makeup

Introduction Title VII Gender Discrimination: Ninth Circuit Court ruled that women can be terminated for refusing to wear makeup. Jespersen v. Harrahs, 444 F3d 1104 (9th circuit, 2006). In this case, the ninth circuit held that Darlene Jespersen, a female bartender fired for not wearing makeup did not establish a prima facie case of gender […]

Wage Gender Discrimination

Introduction Women have always been resilient and triumphant when it came to fighting for or obtaining the same rights afforded to men. Throughout the history of the United States, women were not always seen or treated as equals to their male counterparts. If you have ever watched an old movie, you hear statements like “a […]

Gender Discrimination in Nursing

Nursing is one of the well-known and one of the fastest growing professions we have in the united states. Gender discrimination or sexism in nursing is a big problem and has been for a long time. The main causes of discrimination in the nursing field come from accepting men as nurses. Gender discrimination is basically […]

Sex-Based Discrimination

Stereotypes are unconscious habits of thought that link personal attributes to group membership. As soon as an observer notices that a target belongs to a stereotyped group (especially an outgroup), characteristics that are stereotypically linked to the group are activated in the observer’s mind, even among people who consciously reject the stereotypes (Badenhausen, Macrae, and […]

Gender Discrimination As a Human Rights Issue In Education

Discrimination in any form is an unjust behaviour and a human rights concern that threatens the objectives of the South African constitution. Gender discrimination, such as any discrimination is detrimental and poses as a huge concern especially in education as it brings about inequality and unjust treatment in our schools. In this essay, the discussion […]

Should Gender Identity Be Added To Federal Anti-Discrimination Laws

Few people are in favor of adding gender identity to Anti-Discrimination Law (ADL) as I do. By adding gender identity to ADL, it helps at least LGBT people to live calmly, helps our entire community to develop and protect people from prejudice, which helps everybody to treat equally. As the phrase “gender identity” defined as […]

Gender Discrimination in The Workplace and In Everyday Life

Gender norms have been prevalent in society for ages. The view of women as the lesser sex has been prominent in their treatment as they have increased opportunities and rights. If we can recognize what a detriment to our society these gender perceptions are, we can change societal attitudes towards women and increase their livelihood and […]

Gender Discrimination and Motherhood Myths

This section presents the results of some analyses which have been conducted. One of the analyses is mediation analysis, which shows that the more people hold sexist attitudes regarding gender roles, the more they endorse motherhood myths, which in turn enhances the opposition to women’s career after the birth of a child. The survey conducted […]

Gender Discrimination in South Korea

Gender discrimination has been present in South Korea for years and it is not going away anytime soon if people do not start recognizing the problem at hand. In the past, South Korea was run by a Confucianist philosophy. Confucianism created a mentality for women to raise the children and take care of the household, […]