But still, even though opportunities are becoming more equal for men and women, there is still a huge gender gap in the workforce. ... The majority of businesses that have women in top positions deal with mostly women. ... The company should also offer more "family friendly" policies so a woman has more options and opportunities to stay with the company. ... Workforce diversity should also be a main goal of the business. ... Once this is accomplished, men and women will truly have equal opportunity to rise and fall on the corporate ladder....

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The present time offers a great variety of these "ciphers " and therefore gives people a large number of opportunities to reveal their identity. ... The preference is always given to people dressed in "business style," personifying their dignity and seriousness in everything. ... Equality at work, business and politics has transformed the image of a woman greatly. ...

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Since the Jacksonville Shipyard was a business that operated with male and female workers, a sign such as that posted, expressed a prejudice towards women. ... As a company with and "Equal Employment Opportunity" policy, her treatment and opportunities should have been equal to everyone else. ... Robinson was ultimately harmed because she was denied the important human good opportunity for self-development. ... Because JSI did not uphold their side of the contract, Robinson was not given the opportunity to develop herself. ... He or she should be given an equal chance and fair opportunity...

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Lastly, equal employment opportunities in the country should be achieved in order to ensure equal education and economic success among both women and men. ... Schellhardt used the term "glass ceiling" to describe an invisible barrier that prevented women from attaining higher-paying leadership positions in the business world. ... Since the publication of the article, social justice for women in business, politics, education, and other areas has been closely studied. ... Gender discrimination is not limited to the business world. ... Until we (society as a whole), bridge these gaps, equal pay, ...

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Luckily, there has been a rise in the esteem of women in business. ... As a result, business became more team oriented and leadership became more nurturing. ... However, with the increase of women in business, that is changing. ... Business men may take a long time to adjust. ... They don't want to take orders, but would rather receive guidance and have an opportunity to achieve success on their own. ...

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The first suggests that a prostitution business took place in the home and with familiar people, (Pham 287). The second instance confirms that Andrew's mother was a madam and that her business was a means for leaving the country (which required a lot of cash). ... Her business provided the Pham family with enough stability and money to move to America thus making it a solution to escape their political and monetary oppression. Andrew expresses feelings of burden in relation to having more money than the Vietnamese people, and he is likewise treated with disdain for, "having the oppo...

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Business has been slow to change and to acknowledge the new family, and for all the complaints about the women's movement as anti-family, the movement has instead followed the trend of placing the family in the forefront of addressing family issues as vital to women. ... This was accomplished on one level by preventing women from gaining the sort of education offered to men, and while this has changed to a great extent in the United States, there are still inequalities in the opportunities offered to men as opposed to women. ... Yet opening the world of business with new opportunities f...

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The glass ceiling is a very subtle way in which businesses, and employers have been legally discriminating against certain individuals. ... A report called Good for Business: Making Full Use of the Nation's Human Capital concluded that, "a serious problem exist within business that prevents highly educated and qualified women, and people of color from reaching their potential in leadership positions with corporations. ... This was a subtle way to induce the idea that women should be happy tending to their own business, which of course was cooking, and cleaning. ... The thing was to get...

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Moreover, male executives earn significantly higher salaries and bonuses than their female counterparts, which indicate that wage discrimination is occurring among women in the upper ranks of American business. ... Furthermore, the girls who do carry on with playing sports are at a disadvantage because of the lack of opportunities provided to them. ... This shows that women are being discriminated against because they are not being offered the same opportunities that men are receiving. ... Not only are women discriminated against in the workplace, but also with the opportunities provided to ...

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The black rights and women's rights movements of the 1960's fought against injustice and discrimination that had been suffered by minorities for years [Hud99]In response, President Kennedy issued Executive Order 10925 in 1961, creating a Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity and mandating that projects financed by federal funding would "take affirmative action" to ensure that hiring and employment practices were free of racial bias [Hud99]. ... "Such programs are...intended to compensate for the persistence of past wrongs in the present by desegregating American in...

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Affirmative action can also be a way of reflecting the country's diversity in schools or businesses. ... Providing equal opportunity and access to minority students at major universities, especially in areas that demand a high level of skill, are a major component of the plan to equalize in America's labor field. I like to see that people of minority be represented in schools and businesses. ...

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(Broadhurst 80) Both services have well over two million subscribers and cater to homes and businesses respectively, yet are remarkably monopolized by the male gender. ... Though women must overcome significant social barriers to use the Internet and other on-line services, these services offer women invaluable services ,business connections, and personal supports. ... The female discourse that take place on the Internet also tends to create important professional networking opportunities and supports for women. Women in technological fields who often are alienated from other women in their fi...

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Over time, women have overcome several struggles to reach this current stage where equal opportunity is granted, discrimination is considered unconstitutional, and their work is accepted and appreciated. ... An American women successfully plays roles such as construction worker, plumber, bus driver, pilot, and even take up high regarded positions as CEO of a profound business. ... America provides equal opportunity for their citizens and residents to accomplish their gaols and live the lifestyle of choice. ...

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At that time, a certain group of journalists called muckrakers wrote to magazines to expose unregulated business, injustices of corporate power and unsafe working conditions. ... On the one hand, by limiting women's working hours, the law made women less competitive and decreased the opportunities for them to get better jobs. ...

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The international definition of feminism is "the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities" (Merriam-Webster). ... So basically, for me, it goes more like this: If it's not YOUR uterus, it's none of your f****** business" (proabortion5eva). ...

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When you think of the picture-perfect family, what comes to mind? Is it a mother and father where the father makes an income while the mother is at home? Or is it the realistic family that either both parents work hard for an income or the mother is taking on more the aspects of being the provider a...

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A woman interests also had to be in their men, whether it is their business or hobbies, a woman had to be eager to hear about his life. ... Knowing quite well that his girls wouldn't have a fair opportunity in the world if they didn't look rich. ... The Salem house wouldn't have been the school of choosing for David, it would have been a more expensive school with a better name to provide opportunities for David. ...

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Every institution in society functions and regenerates these expectations, families, schools, businesses, the media, the law and politics. ... Thus the status quo is challenged further with the outcry from fathers to equalise opportunities for parents at home as well as at work. ... (Equal Opportunities Commission, 26/03/03). ...

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They put pressure on president Lyndon Johnson in 1967 to reform the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, who threatened not to enforce sex discrimination laws, so that women's rights would be represented (Women's 1960s). ... Soon, gender roles in American society were called into question, as women became more involved in business in athletics, while men became closer to home. ...

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" Then Mike turned to Miri (playing the role of a nurse) and added in a serious business-like tone: "Take care of the bear until I make arrangements with the hospital." ... As preschoolers play in groups, they attempt to protect the opportunity to keep the play going by restricting who may enter the play field (Corsaro, 2005). ...

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About 1,600,000 women had joined the workforce between 1914 and 1918 and held positions in government departments, in factories, on farms, in public transport, in post offices and also in business to name a few (Martin, 2009).Women became immersed in the male role which was out of their ordinary positions. ... Florence Bird was appointed as the chairwomen and is best remember due to her role, and in an interview several months before her death she specified that the status of women in Canada ensuring equal opportunities for women with men in all aspects of Canadian society was exactly what she...

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"The lesbian subject, variously defined, appears in a number of coded, indirect, and subversive as well as literal ways. Instead of a recognizable genre, lesbian literary narrative, is in reality, a disputed form, dependent on various interpretive strategies." Marilyn Farwell offers a detailed response to the complicated genre of lesbian literature. Farwell recognizes the need to "read against the grain" in order to establish the encoded meanings and forms in lesbian writing that are not clearly placed across a fictional tale. It is with this type of reading perhaps that a lesbian narrati...

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