“A
woman will never be as good as a man.” “Women aren’t strong enough to handle
this or that.” “They should stay in the house cleaning all day.” These are
statements that are very familiar to one’s ears and it has been said countless
of times before. But unfortunately, statements like these are still being said
and being thought of to this day.
Discrimination
in this world is not something new. In this case, discrimination against women,
or sexism, is also not something new. However, sexism and discrimination in
general, is something that needs to be stopped. People seem to be accepting and
are very kind to females, but under all that is someone who is discriminatory
and very much sexist. There are numerous of people who are sadly like that.
‘Woman’. According to Oxford Languages Dictionary, a ‘Woman’ is defined as “an
adult female human being”. “Human being”. A woman, or women, are people too,
they are living, breathing, human beings too. Like men, there are times they
are in need of help, love, and care. They work hard and put in so much effort
doing their jobs, jobs that are mostly considered for men only. And yet, they
are still treated unequally by their bosses, employers, and by the company they
work for. The following are 5 issues that fuel gender inequality in workspaces:
1.) Unequal Pay, 2.) Sexual Harassment, 3.) Racism, 4.) Women are promoted less
often than men, and 5.) Fear of asking to be paid what you’re worth. These are
according to Julie Wilson’s blog at www.asyousow.org.
It’s saddening to think about how majority of people aren’t surprised by the
five mentioned inequality issues in workspaces.
Women
are to be treated and seen as equal by men, and vice-versa for everyone is
entitled to equal rights and one shouldn’t be treated as lower or higher forms
of life because we are all the same, in a sense that we are all human beings
with personal lives that should be treated equally by one another. Peace could
be achieved by taking a first step of stopping or preventing sexism. For
everyone wishes for peace while living in this world. So, let’s all continue to
treat others as our equals and always stay kind to one another.
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