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An 8 page exploration of the roots and impacts of patriarchy as it currently exists in the workplace. The author reviews such manifestations as pay discrepancies and emphasizes that while approaches such as affirmative action have resulted in inroads towards bettering a woman's place in a ale-dominated world, only a change in mindset will truly spell the end for patriarchy. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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the workplace is an unfortunate fact not just of ancient society but of contemporary society as well. The inequality which exists between men and women in the United States
entails a number of societal concerns. Women have, in fact, been kept in subservient positions to men throughout history (Kerber and De Hart, 2003). Even in our modern
world this subservience continues. Even when women move out of their traditional roles to take places beside men in the workplace they have almost always been kept in lesser
paying positions (Kerber and De Hart, 2003). Even when women have managed to work their way into better positions they are not reimbursed the same as men in similar
positions. Although lessening in recent years, wage disparities between males and females are still very much a reality. Men are
paid more than women in many cases even when the job duties are identical! According to Diesing (2004), women are compensated an average of thirty percent less than men
performing the same job. The situation becomes even more frustrating when we realize that there are significant differences in pay in jobs that are typically occupied by all females
verses those that are occupied by all males. These differences can be up to fifty percent lower for all-female jobs than that for comparable all-male jobs (Cohen and Huffman,
2003). Promotions are few for women and female input into management decisions almost non-existent. Even when women do promote to become managers they are commonly paid less than
male managers doing the same job. The reasons for these disparities obviously extend well back into history and to the patriarchal society we have yet to completely abandon (Kerber
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