Sexism 101

SEXISM 101Kelley Chaney, Kelly Crider, Ashleigh Lanza, Sam

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on sexism in

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Gender Roles…?

0 Definition of gender roles0 Gender roles with relation to jobs – how does gender

stereotyping affect the jobs either sex can obtain?

Game Reveal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QS2UsjBufqE

SEXISM – what is it?

0 “The systematic oppression of women on institutional, cultural, and individual levels”• Readings for Diversity and Social Justice, Second Edition

0 Misconception of the sexes• Patriarchy and Sexism

Role in the Workplace

0 Stereotyping the office is multifaceted.• Pay differences• Glass Ceiling• Image

Last year's tax returns may already be signed, sealed and delivered, but April 20, 2010 is the day the average American woman will finally finish earning her 2009 salary — at least, the one she would have received if she were a man.-TIME Magazine

Pay Differences

0Excuses:• Work less hours• Not the same level of education• Have to take care of children• Different jobs

Statistics show that women receive a lower pay for the same job description, when compared to men.

Pay Differences

0 Average woman makes 78 cents to every dollar earned by a male.

0 Women work two-thirds of the world’s working hours but earn only one-tenth of the world’s income

0 Hours worked per week versus percentage of male coworkers pay:•  41 to 44 hours per week - 84.6%• > 60 hours per week - 78.3%

Glass Ceiling

0 Limit placed on the ascension of women “up the corporate ladder”

0 Prevents women from achieving high status job positions

While women make up 50% of the work force, only…

0 12 Fortune 500 companies have women CEOs0  25 Fortune 1000 companies have women CEOs0 In 2009, 15.7% of corporate officers in Fortune 500

companies were women!• Down from 16.4% in 2006

Women’s Image in the Workplace – A balancing Act

0 Types of dress• Avoiding the focus on wardrobe – is this realistic?

0 Personality

0 Having a family• Motherhood – possible interference?

0 VIDEO OF “SEXISM SELLS – BUT WE’RE NOT BUYING IT”

Previous solutions… Have they worked?