Monthly Archives: April 2015

According to radical feminism, an ideology that I strongly subscribe to, inequality in pay is a severely minor outcome stemming from overarching patriarchal constructs. While fixing the “77 cents” problem is important, it won’t solve the root of why these … Continue reading →

One of the big problems that for women in the workplace is the notion that men are better at working than a woman would be. This notion does not only exist in the workplace but in various other places like … Continue reading →

One of the most apparently problems with gender and economic growth lies within a simple concept called the gender wage gap. As I previously mentioned in the post regarding problems, the problem lies in its name. Why do women tend … Continue reading →

As I mentioned in my previous post, one of the most vexing problems of gender inequality in the workplace is the pay gap. The pay gap is a serious issue, with women roughly earning 77% of every dollar a man … Continue reading →

While the position of women in the public sphere, workplace and the economy have proven to be unequal for the longest time, a number of solutions exist that help improve gender equality in society. While a total transformation of societal … Continue reading →

While we have come a long way regarding women’s rights, there are still great strides that need to be made in order for gender equality to exist in the workforce. To recap my previous post, I mentioned three central problems … Continue reading →

In my previous post I mentioned a phenomenon known as the glass ceiling. This is an imaginary barrier that allows people, in my case specifically women, to see a higher position in their career, but not achieve it due to … Continue reading →

A pressing issue today is that women perform the majority of unpaid care-related labor, and in doing so, end up working more than men but earning less over their lifetime. As a result, female senior citizens in the US are … Continue reading →