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During the Second Wave of the feminist movement of the 1970s, one of the key lobbying points of the women's movement was the need for women to achieve parity amongst males in undergraduate and graduate education. Today, the reality of gender disparities in education is far more complex. Women already outnumber males as undergraduates and are beginning to outnumber them in graduate schools as well. However, before 'victory' is declared for feminism, it is important to view these statistics with some caution. Although the trend may indicate that males will be outnumbered by females at the undergraduate, masters and Ph.D. levels this does not mean that women are on a sunny and uncomplicated path to economic enrichment and personal fulfillment.
A recent study by the U.S. Council of Graduate Schools found that between the years of 2008-2009, "women were award 50.4% of all Ph.Ds., compared to 44% just eight years ago" (Sanchez 1). This indicates that women are overtaking males in pursuit of higher education as well as for undergraduate degrees. This is not a statistical 'blip' but seems to be an indication of a larger trend. "Since 1986, women have earned the majority of master's degrees" (Sanchez 1). However, there is still the caveat that the degrees women are pursuing tend to be in lower-paying academic and vocational fields than males. For example, "most women got their Ph.Ds. In public administration, health sciences and education" (Sanchez 1). These areas tend to be far less lucrative than STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematical) subjects. Also, students who pursue these degrees often do not go on to teach in an academic setting, which indicates that the disparity between male professors and females in academia may still persist longer than expected. And even for male and female professors with the same credentials: "a male professor with a Ph.D. earns $87,200 on average,...
Instead, it continues to proliferate as a ritual among women and as one study shows, its prevalence resulted to 100 million women being circumcised among societies in Africa and Asia. With its prevalence, gender discrimination occurs as a result, where women are coerced to participate in the said ritual and try to bear the pain of the procedure. Because of the health and social repercussions that result from FGM, concern
This is a small step towards the improvement of opportunities for women in the Middle East. However, Turkey is considered a "soft" power in the Middle East (Altunisik, 2005), so this small step alone is unlikely to result in immediate sweeping change. However, this does represent a small step and demonstrates that the women's movement is gaining strength. Middle Eastern culture centers on the village and the local conditions Societies
Counter Attendants- Counter Attendants are people who work in cafeteria, coffee shops or food concessions and serve food to their clientele. The job is quite exhausting particularly for women as they need to stand long hours at the counter in shops or cafeteria. They get paid typically on an hourly basis of about sixteen thousand. Farm Laborers - Farm Laborers are also thought to be worst paid in spite of the
Although further education courses can be at traditional universities, they are generally taught through colleges that are exclusively venues for further education courses. These institutions are sometimes called "community colleges" after the American institutions that are similar. (Although American community colleges offer both post-secondary education as well as further or continuing education classes.) Other institutions that offer further education courses may offer a variety of work-based learning classes while campuses
Gap: Early Childhood Intervention and the Development of the Disabled Child Children with special needs include those who have disabilities, developmental delays, are gifted/talented, and are at risk of future developmental problems. Early intervention consists of the provision of services for such children and their families for the purpose of lessening the effects of their condition. Early intervention may focus on the child alone or on the child and the
Male Nurses Is Nursing Women's Work? With all of this talk about diversity, the global economy, and focus on a nondiscriminatory policy in the mass media, in the new millennium we would like to convince ourselves that we have shed many of the stereotypes that once defined our culture (Chung, 2011). It is true that in many professions we have raised or nearly destroyed the glass ceiling that once existed for women.
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