This document discusses the topic of male dominance in the workplace. It begins by defining gender discrimination and the wage gap between men and women. It then discusses the history of discrimination, including the roles of women during World Wars when they were encouraged to leave their jobs for men after the wars ended. The document also covers women's movements that aimed to change male dominance through organizations like NOW and accomplishments in increasing women's representation in fields like law and medicine. In the end, it notes some men now see dominance as having passed long ago.

1. MALE DOMINANCE
Paige, Elishah, Priyanka, Amanda

2. WHAT IS MALE DOMINANCE
IN THE WORKPLACE?

3. You May Be Wondering Why We
Chose This Topic..
✤ Everlasting.
✤ Bigger deal than made out to be.
✤ Jeopardize our success in the future.
✤ NOT FAIR!!

4. GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN
THE WORKPLACE
✤ Difference of pay between men and women.
✤ Many examples shown in society.
✤ Woman looked down upon in the workplace.
✤ Discrimination in the workplace is shown through statistical
discrimination.

5. DISCRIMINATION
✤ Some people think that the wage gap will eventually close sooner or
later however as of right now it is essentially in every occupational
category.
✤ Research done at the Centre for Gender Studies about wage
differences.

6. HISTORY
✤ Ratio of even pay in the 1950s compared to in the 1990s.
✤ The Equal Pay Act (EPA) put into effect in 1963, required males and
females doing the same job to be payed equally.

7. ROLE OF FAMILY STATUS
AND CHILDREN
✤ Relationship between family status and pay differs for both males and
females.

8. RECENT WAGE GAP
✤ Women working full time who are not on maternity leave are only
earning 77 cents for every full-time male dollar.
✤ A young woman who graduated last summer from high school will
earn $700,000 less than a young man graduating in her same class.
✤ A young woman will lose $1.2 million compared to a man in her same
class.

9. HISTORY OF WOMEN IN THE
WORKPLACE
✤ Scholars generally regard cultural beliefs about gender as
foundational to discrimination against women in the workplace
(Ridgeway and England 2007,193).
✤ Scholars generally regard cultural beliefs about gender as
foundational to discrimination against women in the workplace
(Ridgeway and England 2007,193).
✤ Scholars generally regard cultural beliefs about gender as
foundational to discrimination against women in the workplace
(Ridgeway and England 2007,193).
✤ Men were the breadwinners, women were the homemakers.

10. WOMEN WORING IN
FACTORIES
✤ Factories became the main form of production at the end of the 19th
century.
✤ Bad conditions, long hours of work.
✤ Essentialism: Assumes that everyone in some social category are the
same and therefore have a shared experience.
✤ Women were only supposed to work until they were married.
✤ Having dreams for a career was considered unfeminine.

11. ✤ Jobs were 'extensions' of what they were stereotypically good at:
✤ - Maids
✤ - Dressmakers
✤ - Teachers
✤ - Seamstresses
✤ - Tailors
✤ - Housekeepers

12. WOMAN ROLES DURING
WORLD WARS
✤ During WWI women replaced some of the mens jobs while the men
went off to war, but were not paid the same wage. When the war
ended, employers encouraged the women to leave the workforce and
married women were legislated out so the men could have their jobs
back.
✤ When WWII rolled around, the same thing happened. This time,
however, employers attracted women with incentives like free
daycare. Once again, when the war ended, they encouraged the
women to leave in part by removing the incentives.
✤ The employers abused their power and used these women.

13. ✤ The 1950s brought economic expansion, and women compromised
22% of the workforce (which was up from 13% in 1901). Due to rising
prices, it became more acceptable for married women to enter the
workforce because of the need for a two-income family.
✤ While women were finally gaining some power to enter the
workforce, they still faced discrimination.

14. MAD MEN
✤ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxZ3A9giyIo

16. WOMEN’S MOVEMENTS TO
CHANGE MALE DOMINANCE
✤ Development in the 1950’s
✤ Family life effects on women in the workplaces

17. EFFECTS OF WAR
✤ Positions war set up for men and women
✤ The postwar growth

18. ORGANIZATIONS TO END
MALE DOMINANCE
✤ The National Organization for Women (NOW)
✤ President’s Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW)
✤ Women’s Liberation Movement (WLM)

19. ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE
WOMEN’S MOVEMENTS
✤ Women elected to state legislatures has doubled from 604 to 1,261.
✤ In the late 1980s, 1/4 of all law, medical and business school
graduates were women compared to the 5% 20 years later. (Nancy F.
Cott)
✤ Most colleges and universities have established women&gender
study courses.
✤ 57% of college students are now women.
✤ Movements have brought rethinking to what gender is and has
resulted to less definition to the terms maleness and femaleness.

20. ✤ Women make up 1/3 of physicians, 54% of accountants 45% of law
associates and they about half of all employers at banking and
insurance jobs. (Rosin)
✤ For every 2 men that earn a B.A. degree, 3 women do. (Rosin)
✤ Women are more than 50% of the workforce and more than 50% of
managers. (Rosin)
✤ It’s a new generation that appears to have men loosing their
dominance.

21. MEN’S VIEW ON DOMINANCE
✤ Many males look at dominance in the workplace as something that has
surpassed us a long time ago.
✤ We have asked multiple men on their views of male dominance in the
workplace and these are their responses:
✤ We also want to share some of our own personal experiences with male
dominance.

22. WORKS CITED

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