Gender Discrimination in Workplace in UK

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Gender Discrimination in Workplace in UK
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Gender Discrimination refers to the idea that the position of men along with women is
not the same in the society. Gender inequality is indicative of the unequal treatment that
exists in the society owing to gender. Gender discrimination rises in the society from the
distinctions that can be empirically grounded or it can be socially constructed (Levanon &
Grusky, 2016). This essay talks about the current roles that the men along with women have
in the workplace of United Kingdom. It also elaborates on the future work role in relation to
men and the women within United Kingdom.
The gendered organisational theory states that there exist implicit power in the
organisations of UK that make the women lose out in relation to labour market power. The
leader in the organisation of UK acts as the male notion that helps in permeating power
tactics within the organisation (Talbot, 2010). The language that exists in an organisation can
be said to be “man made” and the voice of the women is not heard in the organisations of
UK. This helps in providing opportunities to the men to rise ahead in their profession. The
language plays an important role in constructing leadership in the organization that tends to
be oriented towards the male gender (Pan, 2015). It has been found out with the help of the
research that the men in the organisation are mentored in a better manner for the top roles in
the management. The culture that exits in an organisation helps in reproducing and sustaining
structural difficulties that the women have to face in an organisation (Heilman & Caleo,
2018). The difficulties that the women have to face within an organisation puts career
constraints that hamper their professional growth in the organisations. The images pertaining
to gender are reaffirmed in the organisation with the help of interactions that take place in an
organisation (Telegraph.co.uk., 2018). There exists a notion in the companies of UK that the
men are the ideal worker who can help in increasing the organisational output.
The men along with the women in organisation view the masculine traits to be more
appropriate that can help them in becoming an effective leader. There are managerial

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stereotypes that pervade in the organization that help the male workers in the organization to
rise ahead in their profession (Cps.org.uk., 2018). There exist many women who have been
able to break through glass ceiling however ranks pertaining to senior management are
dominated by the men. The men in the organisations of UK are better rewarded and they are
less stressed as compared to the female counterpart. The women in UK are good achievers in
relation to academics however this is not reflected in the arena of that of workplace
achievement (Newman, 2014).
The women in the organisations are clustered into various jobs that are called ‘ghetto
occupations’. The ghetto occupations are oriented towards the female and they have low
status. The women in the organisations are paid poorly and they have few prospects in
relation to promotion (Ons.gov.uk., 2018). Women in organisations of UK are
overrepresented in that of the low grade occupations that exist at lower end pertaining to
career hierarchy. Women in the organisations of UK are lower-paid and they are confined to
the traditional occupations like care services along with secretarial work. It has been seen that
nursing remains common occupation in relation to professional women whereas software
development is the primary arena of employment for the male gender (Roman, 2015).
Persistence of the aspect of gendered job roles leaves the women at a disadvantage in that of
the labour market (Acas.org.uk., 2018). The jobs in which the women work like care sector
are generally undervalued in the organisations of UK.
Male dominance is a widespread form on inequality in the human history. It is held in
the wider society that the role of the women in the society are limited to child-bearing along
with nursing. The girls learn regarding the factor of gender identity by imitating an individual
female that makes them relate to the others in a personalised way (Equalityhumanrights.com.,
2018). The boys on the other hand define themselves as not being woman and they have the
tendency of repressing the feminine qualities. The women in broader society are confined to