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This 4 page paper argues that the sweatshop problem is a women's issue. How women are abused by this industry is examined. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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fact that women are paid significantly lower wages in society. The sweatshop industry is merely one example of how women are exploited. Strip clubs are certainly another, even though there
are now male clubs and the women are well paid. The problem of using women so that others can gain is a significant dilemma. Some arguments in support of
the premise that the sweatshop phenomenon is a womens issue is that now, and historically, women have been employed doing the type of work found in sweatshops. They sew. They
do female factory work. It seems that this is always how things were. Another point is that this is a womens issue because as long as women are being employed
in illegal businesses, and even legal ones that have deplorable conditions, they are out of the primary job market. They take these jobs because there is a niche for them
there and this prevents them from bettering themselves. There is much evidence in support of this argument. One is a historical argument and a well known one. Early
in the twentieth century, 146 workers would die in the Triangle Factory fire (Malveaux 13A). This is a well known tragedy that occurred in New York, before laws were
implemented to take care of these harsh conditions. What is not widely reported is the idea that the sweatshop problem is a womens issue. In respect to the Triangle Factory
fire, Rosen writes: "This tragedy was the first of many such fires to call public attention to dangers suffered by women employed in sweatshop conditions" (1). Of the 146 who
died, 123 were women (Malveaux 13A). Hence, close to 85% of the staff were women. That was early in the twentieth century. Today, early in the twenty-first, things have not
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