Gender discrimination is discrimination on a basis of gender. The most common example of gender discrimination can be found in the work place; for the most part women are the targets of this discrimination. Women tend to be paid less than men (generally a woman makes 77cents per $1.00 earned by their male counterpart). Companies are less likely to hire women over men because women are thought to work less, not be as qualified or not be able to work enough hours as a man if they are raising a family. The following statistics support my reasoning behind gender discrimination:
A study conducted in 2009 that was published by the U.S. Department of Labor showed that the percent of women in a specific occupation and what they earn compared to men working the same job. A few statistics that I found:
• out of 8,018 Managers only about 31% are women, the ratio of women’s earnings to men’s earnings was 65.5.
• out of almost 5,000 sales supervisors only 41.1% were women, the ratio of women’s earnings to men’s earnings was 70.5.
• out of 2,404 secretaries 98.4% were women; out of 2,163 nurses 90% were women and the ration of their earnings to men’s
earning in the same field was 89.7
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