American Workplace

Braydon Laughner

Essential Question

What are the issues regarding gender in the American workplace?

Early Civil rights

• 1840’s Seneca Falls, New York

• 1900’s

• 1920

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Women Jobs

• Job stereotypes for women include:• Nurse• Maid• Secretary• Teacher• Librarian

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Men Jobs

• Job Stereotypes for Men include:• Construction• Police• Mechanics• Engineers

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Why are men and women stereotyped into these roles?

- History

- Characteristics

Women

Degrees - 4.3 million Women – Social Workers

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Men

• Men obtain degrees in scientific fields, engineering.

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Pay gap

• 77 cents to the dollar• Men Vs. Women after college

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Buisness and Govt.

• Only 3.6% Fortune 500 CEOs are female.• 18 female CEOs to be exact(Statistics from 2011)• 45% of government workers are female as of

2005.

Population

• Only 59% of American woman were employed in 2005.

• 41% of women not doing anything adding to pay gap.

2012 annual averagesLabor Force

All images citation 4.

Statistics from the United States Department of Labor.

-Ratio of what women make compared to white men All – 78.6%White – 80.8%Black – 68.1%Asian - 87.6%Hispanic – 59.3% White men weekly earn an average

of $879.White women weekly earn an average of $710.

Job Percentages for Females

Citation 4.

Job percentages

Reasoning for pay gap

• Woman tend to go into degrees that pay less.

• Men tend to go into degrees that pay more.

Men Characteristics

• Tough

• Leaders

• To the point

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Women Characteristics

• Productive

• Sympathetic

• Attentive

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