Women's Rights

I hope this heps a little, I found these facts in the school library as I was lookijng for something to write? I am a writer not a famous one nevetheless these are facts I found them accidently in my school library!

APEC, a Singaporean firm, forever changed the submissive roles and menial tasks given to women by its male counterpart and by nature.  People have forever perceived a man or a woman to being different. This profound misunderstanding plagued our societies and today it is being challenged in our business world.  Since its inception women have proven to be an invaluable asset in our society but upper management? Some argue that the woman is too conditioned to learn new ways and others argue that divisions of jobs in our society are either masculine or feminine and are set by nature (Choy, 2009).

Both arguments hold merit but time has changed as you don’t need any physical strength to think in business. Males are also family oriented too unless there anything in his history to suggest differently, and those jobs that are still controlled predominately by our gifts of nature like, daycare centers, make-up counters, and woman clothing stores, jobs in garages, jobs in warehouses, as mechanics, as plumbers, as electricians and in construction and etcetera have and will always be determined by nature? Women may see things differently but they are ethically the same as men and they can adapt in business.

In an article by Pomeroy Ann, Judy Rosener, a senior lecturer at the University of California, Irvine’s Paul School of Business and an expert in the area of workplace gender issues asserts that sex determines how they respond to ethical issues. She goes on to say that woman being raised as an outsiders tends to ask questions about things that the male counterpart is afraid to ask. Women are concerned with openness and fairness she goes on to say and boys are taught to lie basically to keep up appearances. During thirty years span women have proven that they are not more or less ethical then men as their enrollment in colleges have decreased considerably (Pomeroy, 2009)

  Can they do this type of work but they choose not to of course? Women should not have to prove the validity in our society just because the package is different.  They have proven over and over again and their capabilities are endless, and because they have been conditioned to be “Nobodies” they are apt to become “Nobodies” in history and our culture.  

Teamwork and rewarding risk-taking, discourage criticism, and acknowledge the desire to have social relationships makes a winning team and coming out a winner even when you lose is the primo prize. This is the attitude Paul Levy, a coach, teaches these girls as he has enjoyed these feelings and motivations all life in his sports.  Girls know their position in life and they understand that a team is truly greater than the sum of its parts (Levy, 2005). 

The teachings of Paul Levy, the insight of Judy Rosener, and what APEC are saying that male and female are capable of adapting to new ways and perhaps what women are fighting for is not a total  moronic idea and that male and female can coexist in life as well as in work without stepping on each other’s toes!

References

Choy, K. W. Dr. (2001) Variation in Values: A Narrowing Gap Between Male and Female Employees in a Singaporean Firm in Southeast Asia?,Retrieved on September 30.  2009, From: Academic Search Premier

Levy, P. F. (2005), Teamwork on the Field & at Work, Retrieved September 30, 2009, From:  Academic Research Premier

Pomeroy, A. (2005) Are Women More Ethical than Men?,Retrieved on October 17, 2009 From: Academic Research Premier

Thanks for the research and story telling, Mario. I agree - we must coexist and not at the expense of either sex.

"You have to believe in yourself and don't stop. Too many women stop."

That really sounds like victim-blaming to me.

In the US, women secured the right to vote 1920 with the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the federal Constitution prohibiting state and federal agencies from gender-based restrictions on voting.  However, that amendment did not protect them from being discriminated against at every level of the American work-force.  Unfair gender discrimination happens all the time in our economy and across many disciplines.

Unfair pay means all women lose. All women -- rich and poor, whatever their race or color or native language -- are being cheated by wage inequity. Gender discrimination is far more entrenched in the American economy than most people realize. And it won't stop unless, we do something about it today.

Every day women must prove to American employers that they will not accept the depth and breadth of wage discrimination within their own work-places. By chipping away at one deeply embedded form of discrimination, it is possible that we can also tear down bigotry and bias based on race, religion, gender orientation, age, and physical ability.

 I believe that we are able to transform America into a society where each person is valued and respected equally.

Urge your representatives to work towards ending wage inequity and gender discrimination in the work-place.  There is no reason why a man should be paid more than a woman for doing the same job.

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I'm not even sure what this "Patriarchy" is.  There is no legal institution that I have encountered that was patriarchal.  Social norms, which is not a system, rather the expression of individuals beliefs, is a much harder thing to change and the government has no place in doing so.  There is not one law which professes to dictate what a citizen believes, only that the citizen must not discriminate based on certain specified characteristics, however outside of those protected characteristics the citizen is free to judge.

 As for those who claim they can't "Measure up" what are you referring to and in what capacity has this prevented you from accessing the basic rights granted to you?

As for the comment that the "others" have been doing it for years, so why don't we treat women better then men?  I retort, the criminals have been shooting and stealing for years, why don't we allow the police to shoot and steal from criminals?  Without the moral footing you, as with the police, are no better than those you rage against, you become just another tyrant.