” How do social, political, and economic factors influence the conditions of American women in the workplace?”

As the years go by, a social issue that has been a point of reference in many confrontations is discrimination, whether for religion, beliefs, appearance, race, gender, or anything else that makes a person feel inferior. In this case, I would focus on women’s discrimination in the workplace ambits and how it is influenced by other forces such as social norms, stereotypes, and culture. During WWI, the United States Employment Service published a list of “suitable work” for women to fulfill the country’s necessities during wartime. During the next few years, women continue doing men labor while they were at war but not receiving the same pay. In 1918 the National War Labor Board suggested that because women were doing the same job as men ordinally do, they should be allowed to receive equal pay, but after the war, the demand for equal pay loses steam. 

I don’t want people to think that I want to write my essay about this topic for the simple reason that I’m a woman disadvantaged in a world ruled by men. I want people to understand that I cared about this social issue, and I want a change. 

In the article “Relevance of Equal Pay Day In the Midst Of COVID-19” by Forbes Magazine, the author how our world changed drastically in the last few months, focusing on the relevance of equal pay for equal work [From Home] in this article, the author studies a recent survey made to 1,500+ U.S. Workers impacted by remote work. This survey highlights the pay gap that exists between full-time remote father and full-time remote mothers. Where men usually earn three times more likely to earn a higher salary than a woman. The world is living one of the worst crises, economically and socially. Parents make the best to educate their children, but living in a world where people support more than one gender because of social standards and stereotypes would not make the world better. Having a better understanding of what equal pay means admitting that they are wrong with the system we all are accustomed to seeing. But, doing nothing is giving your back to a chance of hope and expectation of a new future. 

Because I recently change my topic, I haven’t read a specific amount of sources that can help me, but I checked in the library. It seems that it is a pretty good material to work with. I hope that I’ll have time to go over during the weekend t and then outcomes with my specific sources for this assignment. 

The intended audience for my essay is young adults, males, and females. As the next generation, we have in our hands the direction to change the course of this country. It is time to change old stigmas and stereotypes that our ancestors created and start creating a whole new universe of understanding and equity. For this essay, I would use as my model essay an article called “The State Of Gender Pay Gap in 2020.” Because I think it fulfills and touches all the essay requirements, such as an in-depth analysis of data and sources. https://www.payscale.com/data/gender-pay-gap

Bibliography: 

https://time.com/3774661/equal-pay-history/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hvmacarthur/2020/03/31/relevance-of-equal-pay-day-in-the-midst-of-covid-19/#2208adf8da0d

https://www.ncsl.org/research/labor-and-employment/the-current-state-of-equal-pay-laws.aspx

https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/09/1072722