More than three decades after the equal pay act, the gender pay gap still stands at about 19%, with the
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Reassessing the Gender Wage Gap
IT’S DECEPTIVELY EASY to calculate how much—or how little—women in the United States earn relative to men. “You take everyone
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Gender Inequality Around Us 关于社会问题,我认为与当今我们生活息息相关的,那么就是性别不平等这个问题,女性歧视仍然发生在我们生活中。 (一)女性就业机会不平等 尽管有统计表明,目前我国高等学校女生比例已达44%,基本上撑起了校园的“半边天”,但女性就业的机会却远远低于男生。在求职过程中,性别歧视成为毕业生女性就业不可避的绊脚石。造成性别歧视的一个主要因素是因为怀孕、生育和哺乳,公司总会因为女性需要产假代孕等原因,拒绝为女性提供更高层的职位,与给予更重要的工作。将原本有着更好工作能力的女性拒之门外。 (二)退休年龄及退休金待遇不平等 男女不同龄退休,是我国性别歧视的一个事实问题和法律问题。国外大都是实行男女同龄退休制度,无论是发展中国家(如印度),还是发达国家(如欧盟各国)。我们不能否认在男女退休年龄差异上,其制定的初衷是对女性的照顾,也一度被认为是保障妇女权益的象征。但我们同样也不能否认,随着社会的发展和科学技术的不断提高,随着女性自身文化程度和素质的不断提高,这一规定已经发生了改变,已由原来的权利性保障变为义务性的限制。 (三)男女同工不同酬 在不同的行业中,男女同工不同酬成为一种残酷的现实。一般而言,决定收入水平的关键性因素除了教育水平以外,应该就是一个人的能力。但很多同样能力的男女,往往男性更容易获得认可与提升的机会。 (四)岗位性别隔离 由于受到传统工业和传统观念的影响,用人单位基于性别对求职者进行挑选,明显地形成男性工作和女性工作分立的局面,从而产生了岗位性别隔离。 从女性就业结构看,女性工作大多是家庭角色的社会延伸。越是往上的管理层,女性越少。上述“天花板现象”不仅仅存在于企业化之中,在国家机关同样存在。 以上的歧视现象,代表现实中比较严重的几个方面。还有很多问题是存在却未被我们关注到的,我们应该更多的去关注女性,保护女性,让这个社会更加的和谐,美好。 朴禹潼
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