Will there be an end to this gender inequality?
Ore, Tracy E. The Social Construction of Difference and Inequality: Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality. 6th ed. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill, 2003. Print.
The book deals with inequalities in many social categories. This particular chapter deals with inequalities in sex and gender. The chapter explains that society structures women to have jobs "appropriate" for their gender and these jobs tend to be lower paying. Men dominate positions of authority and leadership in society, even domestically. Men and women are separated by roles and this reinforces the differences and inequalities they have. Gender inequality has a long history. The chapter explains that these inequalities were purposefully built in the social structure so that men can always be in power just as whites did slaves.
I think it is over the top to compare gender inequalities to racial inequalities. It has similar patterns of oppression but not nearly the same issue. It is true that men have always been the powerful figures through history and women are always painted as the sidekick. This article makes me realize that there are so many other inequalities behind gender. Until those inequalities are fixed, salary will be the last thing that will be take care of. There will be no equality in salary until every other issue with gender inequality is taken care of, salary is just one of the many components on a giant to do list.
This book can make my other sources seem like a pity party. The book is deals with the inequalities in gender in so many more areas than wage. It gives historical reason and background as to why my other sources are even being discussed.
It answers my question and this inequality will never end until the others are taken care of. Is it okay that men make more than women? It really depends.
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