Now, it can be safely said that Japanese society is changing for the better for women. ... Although the society is changing to the direction of gender equality, it is not yet perfectly equal. ... Slaughter points out, "Workers who put their careers first are typically rewarded; workers who choose their families are overlooked, disabled, or accused of unprofessionalism.... Sandberg says in her TED talk that "Make your partner a real partner", and also writes: "I truly believe that the single most important career decision that a woman makes is whether she will have a life partne...

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Women are faced with oppression with regards to pay equality, career advancement and equitable treatment. ... According to Cool (2010), some argue that the gap does not reflect direct discrimination by employers, but rather the decisions that women make in career choices and work-family balance. ...

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Another evidence/reason of the change in the family structure is the media. ... Over the time, the definition of what exactly family means has changed with time. ... This is in sharp contrast with the 1980's Cosby show, where the wife had a job and she wanted a career in her job. ... Either these factors can be the cause of the change in the structure of the family or they can be the results of this change. ... It is difficult to judge whether they cause the change or are they are result of the change. ...

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IT IS BEST FOR COUPLES TO ARRANGE THEIR WORK LIFE SO ONE HAS A CAREER AND THE OTHER PERSON HAS A JOB. ... Parenthood is the number one factor why a spouse changes or leaves the working envelopment. Still, it is mostly women who makes more than the necessary changes when they have children, most man make none, leaving women to do it all and the man to pick and choose. ... PLECK) As the spouse's role take turns and changes, the mothers doing most of the child care while the fathers earns most of the money, they grow apart. ... Careers are for people with lives that revolve arou...

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In modern day society roles of men and woman have changed immensely, our world is a different place for it and it is still evolving as we speak. What was once a very one sided man dominated world has slowly but surely changed with time. Woman now are more liberated today than ever before in history and the new modern world is feeling the growing pains of this change, even though the change is necessary, it is most certainly affecting our world and the way people interact with each other in rather problematic ways. ... Over time woman have changed many things however they are still paid less, t...

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Throughout history, women have generally had fewer legal rights and fewer career opportunities than men. ... This would soon change, however (wic.org). ... As more and more women went to college, the idea that women were to take care of the home, kids, and their husbands was quickly fading. 3 Starting in the 1960's, there began a period of substantial social change for women's issues; such as equality, career opportunities, equal pay, and status. As women began to experience such drastic changes in lifestyles and careers, they found themselves having to change not only the ...

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The term biological determinism buys into the idea that certain behaviours are justified and there is little that we can do to change what biology has predestined for us. ... For example, occupations and career paths such as nursing and jobs that involve women embracing their "natural" abilities for nurturing and communication are seen as being the norm. Albeit, men are also placed into categories that are seen to employ their natural masculine capabilities, such as occupations in technology, mechanics, building and other "manly" career choices. ...

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The Colors changed from pink and purple to orange, red, black and dark blue. ... The differences in the toys that children play with affect their life choices and careers in the future. Children usually choose careers that are gender-stereotypical and they do not want to break the norms in fear of humiliation. Not only do they affect the types of careers they go into, but they also affect their cognitive skills. ... (Miller 1987) Thus, when these skills are developed, it determines what career they will pursue. ...

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Now more than ever women are leaving their domestic roles and having careers. However, there is still a lot of opposing viewpoints about women with careers. ... He found that their decision to move to Toronto so his wife could have a high paying career received mixed opinions. ... She even goes as far as saying that "we may need to put a woman in the White House before we are able to change the conditions of the women working at Walmart" (Slaughter 26). Slaughter honestly believes that women alone can change the world. ...

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There are several reasons why women have progressed so much, such as changes in culture, diversity in government, and in some cases, changes in society standards. ... They have had to give up their education and careers, just too simply be the husband's extra hand. ... Some careers like the California Highway Patrol that have an average pay of over $80,000 a year, are making workshops specifically to encourage women to apply. ... The changes in culture have paved a path for women's progress in the work force in so many ways. ... Changes in culture, diversity in government and change...

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These areas include careers, independence, decision-making, and military combat, to name just a few. ... Clearly, circumstances of family life have changed in the 21st century. ... Women have made advances toward equality in their careers. ... The roles of women in the military are also changing and gender barriers are lessening. ... These changes are ongoing and are contributing to defining the 21st century woman. ...

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A significant change has occurred in the representation of women in the two texts, A Gathering Light and The Devil Wears Prada. ... As time and context changes, significant developments and changes have occurred in the representation of women, their ambitions and ideas of selflessness and choices. ... While values can change over time, women are still expected to conform to society's views. ... As Miranda laments "The Dragon Lady, career-obsessed. ... In conclusion, it is evident that the representation of women has changed significantly regarding choices and careers open to them o...

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Being that Matalin assumed such a powerful career position, knowing that she was married and had children, her career can be labeled a developmental or normative stressor. ... In the article, we find that Matalin is consistently traveling with her career, she is away from her children more frequently than her husband, and she has a higher status job. ... Mary Matalin has definitely changed her past reputation as an absent mother, and now she says that she is able to nurture her marriage and spend more than enough time with her children. ... On a personal level, Katy Soulas is working hard a...

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Even women who earned a college degree were limited to the type of careers they could pursue, encouraged to enter female acceptable careers; nursing, teaching, and home education (Napikoski,web). ... Skeeter desires to become a journalist, a career path that was not always accessible to women. ... The men were supposed to pursue careers and provide the sole economic support for their families. ... Women began to desire careers and seek college degrees that had been dominated by men" (Napikoski,web). ... An independent mind by the name of Skeeter Phelan took it upon herself to stretch outsid...

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Starting in elementary school, we can have junior achievement classes directed towards STEM careers to spark interest. throughout Middle School there could be more career days and extracurricular groups for these felid. ... Their are many additional ways we can spark the interest of these STEM careers for women, and starting off at a young age is key. I'm very open to all your ideas, and I look forward to change the way our girls are brought up in our traditional ways for the better of the school, community, and women everywhere. ...

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In effect, women have followed up with the unfair perspective of lower career positions, goal expectations, and decrease in salaries. ... Biased views regarding women of domestic work triggered the feminist revolution of gender discrimination change. ... There should be an invention of a society truly committed to the caretaking principles which should be achieved through essential changes in employment structures and welfare laws. ... It is only a rational consideration for equalizing all career positions women struggle to excel in the way men do. ... Both genders of male and female can have ...

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Today, women are self reliant and career focussed whereas many men feel they have the right to self expression and self indulgence. ... Despite the facts that over the past decade, an increasing amount of house husbands have been emerging and more and more women have either been stepping away from housework altogether or combining it with a career, they still stand as the pre-dominant feature in household product commercials. ... Overall, advertisers have been changing their campaigns to correspond with changing lifestyles but their portrayal of men and women is not an accurate portrayal of so...

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Traditional family values would see children doing the same, following a career choice predetermined, similar or in line with their parents. Billy, on the other hand, develops a strong attraction towards ballet, which would traditionally be seen as a career not suitable for a man. ... But with the modern change in gender roles in society, our current views allow us to "switch camera angels" and just focus on the talent. ... This is another take on the traditional family values, as in a collectivistic family unit, an individual will usually have a career path planned out for them befo...

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(2) How has women and leadership changed in this new era? ... (4) What are the gender differences in academic careers? ... Audiences targeted in these studies were women in academic careers as well as in other sectors, black, Latina women and women in the workforce. ... Could this change be impacted by promotion rates, change in entry, exits or promotion probabilities for women? ... In noticing the emergence of black and Latina female leaders, this study explores what factors are motivating and determining their careers. ...

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Throughout the course of the Twentieth Century there have been many significant changes in the role of women. Changes in women's domestic role, education, employment and legislation are discussed to examine these significant changes in the role of women from the 1900's to the present day. ... Women's unionisation made many significant changes to their employment conditions. ... This facilitated many positive changes for women A changes in Scotland's demographics such as women are now marrying later-after 30yrs, increasing number of single households, co-habitation, b...

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It can be said the movement did cause a change in behaviors, where women were afforded equal rights under the law, the right to chose in in Roe vs. Wade, among other advances, but a change in attitude has not been seen in the family. ... Without a change in attitude, this trend will continue, as the parents of today were the first recipients of equal rights and have not changed, because of it. Even if mothers and fathers hope that their daughters will grow up to shatter the glass ceiling in a male-dominated career or their son will be a wonderful father, who will help change diapers and cle...

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However, in Canada, as time passed, the roles of women have changed considerably; their role in society has grown from being trapped in the house to stronger and more powerful positions in society. ... Throughout my essay I will be discussing the roles of three extraordinary women in Canada's history and how they struggled to overcome the barriers to achieve the significant experiences that they accomplished: Emily Murphy, the first woman judge in the British Empire, and the important position she had in the Persons Case, Agnes Macphail and the struggles she had as Canada's first f...

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Stereotyping is referred to as any theory or doctrine indicating that actions of an individual reflect on his or her whole culture, sex, age, race, class, or nationality. It could also be considered as a tool which people use to label others. In practice, one looks at another and begins to make ge...

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As Kottak describes "we can change our behavior more readily than members of other species can." ... A change in this occurred only during World War 2, as mentioned above. ... A career woman receives our culture's OK, so to speak, in her choices - be it professional boxing, weight lifting or the position of CEO of a hi-tech company. ... I chanced upon a woman who is a fashion director in a very prestigous firm, and has made a very fulfilling career for herself. ... The advances of the genome project also suggest that in the future traits and tendancies might be changed by simple genetic ...

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On the other hand, due to the fact that natural physical attributes cannot be significantly changed in a few decades, women's physical inferiority is more fundamental factor that can affect women's wages in industrial sectors that requires great physical capacity. ... It can be explained by two main consequences of being mother: First, temporary absence from paid-work due to child-related interruptions may deteriorate women's human capital and can be seen as a lack of "career motivation" to future employers. ... More important point is that there is clear gender difference in th...

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