The injustice I want to talk about is the gender inequality in workplace. We all know that it is not easy for women in career in today’s society. Abrams, a female candidate for the office of Governor said that the workplace has sometimes been referred to as an inhospitable place for women due to the multiple forms of gender inequalities present. Even if they have outstanding abilities, they still have to make greater efforts to obtain the same status and salary as male employees. Married women in career not only need to do a good job in work, but also need to take good care of their family. It is conceivable that they are under great pressure. However, what is more unfair is that they often have to bear the discrimination in workplace. There is ample evidence that women experience biased performance evaluations on male-typed tasks. A meta-analysis of experimental studies reveals that women in leadership positions receive lower performance evaluations than matched men (Eagly et al., 1992).
I read a passage few weeks ago which tells that one reason for company not liking female workers is that once a woman gets married, she will then face a series of family problems, like having baby, so she will not use many energies on her work. These implicit biases against career women made women always in the weak position in career. A report shows that for every 100 men promoted to manager, only 85 women were promoted. At the beginning of 2020, women held 38% of manager-level positions, while men held 62% (Brittany, 2021).
Also, a recent news in my home country China triggered fierce discussion. The news is about an impersonal policy of a company on female workers. The company says that the maternity leave for female workers is three months, if they cannot back to company within three months, they will be fired. This unfair treatment for women in workplace is not a special case, but it is a wide phenomenon. A study shows that pregnant women and mothers, who are seen as low in competence, but high in warmth, will be discriminated against because of a perceived lack of deservingness (Fiske et al., 1999, 2002; Cuddy et al., 2004). There are also many companies make unfair rules that bad for women, so I think this is systemic injustice. Clearly, using our course concept, women are regarded as other and more inferior group than men in workplace. I think the government should help women and gives more right to women in workplace to achieve gender equality.
Source link 1: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01400/full
Source link 2: https://www.lorman.com/blog/post/women-in-the-workplace-2021
Image link: https://www.jobstreet.com.my/career-resources/face-gender-inequality-issues-workplace/
Hello, I liked reading your showcase! I also did a similar topic for one of my systematic injustice writings and found similar evidence that supports females being discriminated against in the workplace. I agree with you that this is a world wide problem and should be fixed. You had very good examples, evidence, and it was very interesting to read!