Gender Inequality In Today's Society

1. Women in Today’s Society
An Ongoing Issue of Inequality & Power

2. Women in Society of 2016
 Equality has been an issue for many years, and
there have been many ideas and problems
surrounding it
 Even after all of these years, women are still not
being treated the same as men, regardless of their
education or professionalism
 This issue can be explained through the social
interactionism theory and the feminist theory

3. Inequality in the Workplace
 Women are treated far worse than men
 A women’s income is 61% of a mans total income (Centre for Social
Justice, 2016)
 Women are not given equal opportunities, seen as incapable of
doing the same job as male
 Even though women hold the same degree/education as male, they
are not being hired
 Women with a registered apprenticeship or trades certificate earned
only 65 cents for every dollar earned by their male counterparts (The
Conference Board of Canada, 2016)
 Young women with no high school diploma earned 67 cents for every
dollar earned by young men with the same level of education (The
Conference Board of Canada, 2016)

4. Today’s Situation
 As you can see from this graph above, over the
years the overall income between men and
women is significantly different

5. Inequality in Society
 Gender inequality also plays a role on how women are viewed
overall in society (Social Interactionism)
 Different cultures treat women poorly which creates discrimination
against women
 For example, In India, pre-natal sex selection and infanticide
accounted for the pre-natal termination and death of half a million
girls per year over the last 20 years (Advocates for Youth, 2008)
and is different in other cultures
 Half of all women in Canada have experienced at least one incident
of physical or sexual violence since the age of 16 (Canadian
Women’s Foundation, 2015)

6. Available Options
 State the alternative strategies
 List advantages & disadvantages of each
 State cost of each option

7. Possible Solutions
 A possible solution to this problem would be to allow more
women to be in higher powered positions
 Big businesses are usually run by men, which makes it more
likely for a man to promote a man because he feels more
competent of them
 If women were put in charge and allowed high up positions it
would create hope and diminish the discrimination and
stigma around women and their roles in the work place

8. Possible Solutions
 Educating businesses that equality in the long run have
links to higher returns on investments and incomes
(Hasler, 2013)
 When there is equality and equilibrium in the workplace
it has been proven that the work result are better and
this will result in better overall income for the business
 Educating the people in the businesses that put women
down and only hire men to see the problem will help to
get rid of the inequality

9. Possible Solutions
 Making gender equality a part of training in jobs, volunteer
work and school could be a possible solution to help stop
the prejudice
 Enforcing these rules at the workplace, in school or
volunteer places to follow through
 A large reason why there is such a large gap is due to the
lack of education of the problem between men and women

10. Possible Solutions
 Offering the proper help for women in the
workplace is also a solution, so that they can have
the same chance to be as successful as men
 Giving them the extra training they need, equal
pay, assistance with child care are just some of
the things that could help create more equality.

12. Conclusion
 In conclusion gender inequality is a very prominent
issue still in society today.
 It derives from the sociological interactionism
theory because women are being discriminated on
based on certain prejudice that have been created
throughout society.
 Establishing equal pay, 50/50 worker ratios,
proper training and education to everyone is just a
start if we ever want to get rid of the gap.

13. Sources
 Centre for Social Justice. (2016). Gender inequality. Retrieved from
http://www.socialjustice.org/index.php?page=gender-inequality
 The Conference Board of Canada. (2016). Gender income gap.
Retrieved from
http://www.conferenceboard.ca/hcp/details/society/gender-income-
gap.aspx
 Advocates for Youth. (2008). The facts: Gender inequality and violence
against women and girls around the world. Retrieved from
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/publications-a-
z/1556-the-facts-gender-inequality-and-violence-against-women-
and-girls-around-the-world
 Canadian Women’s Foundation. (2015). The facts about violence
against women. Retrieved from
http://www.canadianwomen.org/facts-about-violence

14. Sources Continued
 Hasler, S. (2013). Gender equality: We need new solutions.
Retrieved from
https://www.oneyoungworld.com/blog/gender-equality-
we-need-new-solutions