English 135 paper gender discrimination

Gender discrimination

English 135 Advanced Composition

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9/29/2014

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Introduction

Women have not been taking gender discrimination instances without fighting. Some of the ways that have been explored by women have included; activism through feminism agenda, seeking support of law in fighting for inclusion, ensuring that policies in workplace, society and other places are appreciative of the role of female in such places. Another area that has been exhausted by women is fighting for their rights through the colliders of power. This paper evaluates some rights that women for through the court system.

Appreciation of single mother families

The society has formed many traditions that are oblivious of existence of single mother families. But one woman sought to set things straight as she went to the court seeking stop to a culture in her daughter’s school. The cultures that she was opposed to promoted events that would only be attended by either male parent of female parents. Her daughter felt stigmatized since she could neither attend mother-son functions nor father daughter functions that were held traditionally in her school (Rene, 2012).

This fight by single mothers was also evidenced in the California senate which allowed women to seek raises even though they were exposed to parental roles that consumes much of their time (Rau, 2007). This was taken as a battle won for single women who were earlier denied promotions and salary increases among other employment favors due to their limited working hours. The senate sought to reaffirm the role of mothers in the passage of the bill. Though the bill would also protect single fathers from such situations, the single mothers were the biggest beneficiaries due to their history of stigmatization (Rau, 2007). An issue that was prevalent in Californian courts for a long time.

Workplace woes

The woes of women in work places start from their job searching moment to the time they report in offices. Take for example the case of the Chinese woman who was denied employment opportunity because she was a woman. Cao Ju felt discriminated when she found that an institution would only employ a man for a tutorage job. She sought the interpretation of the Chinese constitution which views both men and women to be equal (Makinen, 2014, February 8). Though she latter got the position (which took one year court battles) the victimization was clear and traumatizing.

The battle has been the same for multinational corporations which have developed policies that favor only one gender. Currently, wal-mart an international household retailer is involved in gender policy case. The women are seeking an analysis of historic promotions in the company stating that the 1.5 million female workers have gotten a raw deal. Many feminists are following this case. The first case was a major blow to the applicants since the evidence they presented was minimal (Shan, 2012).

Cost to employer

A study of different cases shows that, gender discriminate policies would eventually haunt the employer. The Chinese case cited above ended up with the institution paying Cao Ju for damages (Makinen, 2014, February 8). Case study on Los Angeles fire department proves that the state agency has been losing up to $5 million annually on discrimination accounts (Michael, & Ben, 2013). Female and black discrimination have always rated high among the involved claims.

Way out

There should be a major shift in policy making to ensure gender inclusion and this would significantly reduce costs incurred by institutions fighting discrimination battles.

References

Makinen, J. (2014, February 8). China's women begin to confront blatant workplace bias - Los Angeles times. Retrieved from http://articles.latimes.com/2014/feb/28/world/la-fg-china- women-work-20140228

Michael, F., & Ben, W. (2013, December 1). Next l.a. fire chief's other challenge: Race and sex discrimination - Los Angeles times. Retrieved from http://articles.latimes.com/2013/dec/01/local/la-me-fire-discrimination-20131202

Rau, J. (2007). Bill would extend worker rights. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved from http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jun/01/local/me-legis1

Rene, L. (2012, September). Father-daughter dances banned in r.I. as 'gender discrimination' - Los Angeles times. Retrieved from http://articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/18/nation/la-na- nn-father-daughter-dances-gender-discrimination-20120918

Shan, L. (2012, February 12). Female Wal-Mart employees file sex-discrimination claims - Los Angeles times. Retrieved from http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/02/business/la-fi-mo- walmart-women-suit-20120202