Discrimination
based on gender is still an ongoing problem these days. From the beginning men have always had the power and used their power to control others. The most powerful man would have several wives, and the power or leadership to the patriarchy system. When the definition of power changed to money from strength, men did not let women have an opportunity to study so men would monopolize the power in society to
over control women. This is the reason that made beauty and youth as the only
strength for females. In these days, female receive more opportunities than before, however, there are still a lot of females who do not get a chance to study and
get treated differently or even get payed differently although they have same abilities as their male counterparts.
Patriarchy is all over the world and the stricter a patriarchy is, the more females do
not get their human rights.
Males are often get taught that they should or need to be strong and tough. There is a
phrase that people often use, “man up”. This phrase shows that men should not
feel sad, need to be strong, and should not feel down by whatever
circumstance that male is facing. This photo above is an example that I found
in a mall of the how man is related to “strong” and “tough”. This photo was in
a men’s shirts section in Newport mall. The poster of this shirt is trying to show
how flexible their shirt is. However, the model is grumpy, upset looking with a
gesture of pushing or boxing, which is really an unnecessary pose to do for man, or a man who would be dressed as he is, because no such man will buy that outfit to have a fist fight.
This is an example of the patriarchy in 2019. This is the poster of one of a new upcoming famous movie all over the world called Avengers:End Game by Marvel. The story of the Avengers: End Game will be fighting against Thanos the villain. As the comics are and as all the fan know, the character, Captain Marvel will be the key to defeat Thanos, However, on the poster of the Avengers, Captain America is at the front and center of the poster, which gets most attention on the poster. The female cast of the movie on this poster are minimal and less noticeable, especially Captain Marvel.
Females get less
opportunity to study, have a hard time getting hired, and are paid less than males. I am a
marketing major and I am aware of the discrimination in marketing or any kind
of work place so I wanted to research more about the gender wage gap and any
kind of discrimination in our society related to the job. I will write an essay
about the wage gap and conduct an interview about my dad. My dad runs a small business in Korea, and he is still in some ways an old fashioned man who still thinks that the man
needs to be the one to earn money for their family, which shows that the patriarchy system is still alive in
Korea. According to OECD data, Korea has the largest gender wage gap among all
other OECD countries and have only 9.1% women in politics
In the United States, they discriminate based on
race/ethnicity, age, gender, and education level. There is very present a gender wage gap in the U.S. It is also known that male-dominated industries tend to have
higher wages than industries and occupations made up mostly of female workers. With
all these problem I will write an essay about the patriarchy affecting the pay
gap, discrimination, and lack of opportunity for females and why it should be
fixed and publish it on the blog or twitter.
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