Key Ideas of social Science Assignment

Running head: KEY IDEAS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
Key ideas of social science
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

KEY IDEAS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE 1
Workplace is the platform where people gain lots of experience, especially if it’s their
first job. During my work experience with my company, I learned and experienced many
different things related to the general procedures, the projects to work on, how they are
planned, developed and completed with targets and deadlines. I came across many different
people and diverse workforce practices during the initial days at my workplace. One of the
most notable factors that I experienced and observed in my workplace is the gender biases
and unequal paying schemes. Though this has been a silent movement throughout the office
since nobody got the courage to speak against this bad practice of gender discrimination and
inequality in the workplace1.
It has been long witnessed that the feminine gender has been subjected to a different
altitude in the society from the time immemorial. I believe that the women in our societies
have been suffering and experiencing discrepancies in their day to day life. From the
beginning of time, every aspect of the feminine gender has been harassed both physically and
mentally by the opposite gender2. The root of the dominance of the male gender and the
notion of the system of patriarchy in our society has affected the growth opportunities of the
females in any of the industries in the current time3. From my personal experience and from
the different lectures regarding workplace inequality and feminism by Kate Moles, I believe
that this is one of the heinous practices that has been prevailing in the society for a long time.
One of the famous theory regarding feminism and inequality that can be used to analyze my
experience regarding the violence of basic rights of the women at the workplace is the
Marxist theory4. According to this theory, the oppression of the women in the workplace is
due to the role of rising capitalism. In his theory, Marx stated that the liberation of the
1Cruz, K., 2018. Beyond Liberalism: Marxist Feminism, Migrant Sex Work, and Labour Unfreedom. Feminist
Legal Studies, pp.1-28.
2Kiser, A.I., 2015. Workplace and leadership perceptions between men and women. Gender in Management: An
International Journal, 30(8), pp.598-612.
3Huttner, A., Cacace, M., d’Andrea, L., Skevaki, C., Otelea, D., Pugliese, F. and Tacconelli, E., 2017. Inequality
dynamics in the workplace among microbiologists and infectious disease specialists: a qualitative study in five
European countries. Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 23(5), pp.332-e1.

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feminine gender can only be reached and achieved by the restructure of the current capitalist
economy where the women are being marginalized and are subjected to unequal pay in their
workplace. Apart from the fact of the unequal pay, I have observed that there lie certain
sexism in case of promotion and increment. Individuals who have worked really hard
throughout the year without taking any other effort are often being rejected for promotion on
the grounds of sexism towards any other employee or simply due to the gender. I have seen
many people in the workplace with the belief that male employees are far more superior in
case of calculations and financial accounts, project visit or client meets. This is because
according to many in my workplace, men are far more intelligent and less vulnerable. Hence
most of the time, the female employees in my organization are dumped with data entry work
or associate works where they had to follow the orders of the male supervisors. During the
time of year ending last year, I observed how the less experienced team lead was promoted to
the assistant manager simply because the deserving lady of 5 or more years’ experience was
pregnant. This is another of the worst scenario and practices that I observed which sharply
targets the male-dominated society and their perceptions. Throughout my experiences in this
job, I felt that women have always been viewed as the powerless gender whose main work is
to make a home and take care of her family. Working for a woman is often seen as the
optional or the need to support her family5. The worth of a female employee is often noted
and determined by the patriarchal male population in the organization and thus their
probability of growth and success is hindered6. Apart from the fact of gender inequality at the
workplace, I have heard stories of assaults in my workplace from my colleagues who have
been working with this organization for long. In my initial days, being a chatterbox, I used to
4Hossain, D.M., Ahmad, N.N.N. and Siraj, S.A., 2016. Marxist feminist perspective of corporate gender
disclosures. Asian Journal of Accounting and Governance, 7, pp.11-24.
5White, K., Rumsey, S.K. and Amidon, S., 2016. Are we “there” yet? The treatment of gender and feminism in
technical, business, and workplace writing studies. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, 46(1),
pp.27-58.
6Roscigno, V.J. and Wilson, G., 2014. The relational foundations of inequality at work I: Status, interaction, and
culture.

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talk with each and every person I met on my floor of the organization. Later I realized how
some employees use words to backfire against my name in front of the management.
Workplaces consist of lots of variety of people. I have got some of the lessons from my job
that I will definitely keep in my mind throughout my life.
It is thus clear that the Marxism feminist theory is still relevant in the organizations of
the contemporary society. Through my entire job experience till date, I realized some of the
basic norms of survival in a private job place and understood the very fact that all colleagues
in the workplace are actually not friends. Besides this, I totally disagree the practice of
unequal pay in the organization I am working in. I believe that women and men should be on
the same page and they should be provided with the equal level of opportunities for growth in
their career. According to the theories of feminism, it is believed that true feminism needs to
be supported since they fight for a genuine reason to promote equality among the two genders
in all the fields of life, whether it be workplace or at home7. Sometimes, I fail to understand
that how a man with a dignity can insult and enjoy dominating over a woman. It is thus the
need of the hour for assuring that all the men who enjoy the practice of dominance and power
over the women whom they recognize as the weaker gender are shown that the old days are
gone and in the current era these practices and action shall be recorded and subjected to
severe social and judicial punishment according to the various laws related to gender
discrimination at workplace and in societies8. The practice of sexism should be abolished9. I
feel that the men who have been involved into the practice of discrimination and propagation
7Cunningham-Parmeter, K., 2015. Marriage equality, workplace inequality: The next gay rights battle. Fla. L.
Rev., 67, p.1099.
8Auspurg, K., Hinz, T. and Sauer, C., 2017. Why should women get less? Evidence on the gender pay gap from
multifactorial survey experiments. American Sociological Review, 82(1), pp.179-210.
9Schultz, V., 2018. Telling Stories About Women and Work: Judicial Interpretations of Sex Segregation in the
Workplace in Title VII Cases Raising the Lack of Interest Argument [1990]. In Feminist legal theory (pp. 124-
155). Routledge.

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of inequality among the genders should be ostracized socially and they should be handed to
the strict judiciary for a punishment and a lesson they will remember all lifelong. I think these
actions and initiatives will definitely fuel the feminist revolution in the world that will ensure
in gathering momentum and making sure that each and every woman in the workplace is a
subject to equality and non-discrimination and equal pay scheme. It is a fact that the concept
of gender discrimination, sexism, and gender biases has been the essential factor that has
blocked the path for development of the feminine gender in the organization in the world10.
The management of the organization should ensure the fact that the differentiation in the
workplace should never be based on the gender but on the basis of the designation and the
position the employees are working in. It has to be seen by the management that the females
are never regarded as the weaker and discriminated sex among the two and are not the
victims of unequal pay or restriction in promotions11. I personally believe that the problem of
equality of the feminine gender in the workplace is something that needs to be fought equally
by both the men and women. It is the responsibility of the men to raise voice against the
discrimination in the organization and show respect and gratitude towards the feminine
gender. It is essential that men also involve themselves in making the workplace of the
organization a safer and a better place for the females12. The people of the workplace must
have a free and open attitude and all the female employees should be given equal opportunity
so that both the organization and the career of the employees move towards a developed and
bright future.
10Tomaskovic-Devey, D., 2014. The relational generation of workplace inequalities. Social Currents, 1(1),
pp.51-73.
11De Moortel, D., Palència, L., Artazcoz, L., Borrell, C. and Vanroelen, C., 2015. Neo-Marxian social class
inequalities in the mental well-being of employed men and women: the role of European welfare regimes. Social
Science & Medicine, 128, pp.188-200.
12Tolbert, P.S. and Castilla, E.J., 2017. Introduction to a Special Issue on Inequality in the Workplace (“What
Works?).

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References
Auspurg, K., Hinz, T. and Sauer, C., 2017. Why should women get less? Evidence on the
gender pay gap from multifactorial survey experiments. American Sociological
Review, 82(1), pp.179-210.
Cruz, K., 2018. Beyond Liberalism: Marxist Feminism, Migrant Sex Work, and Labour
Unfreedom. Feminist Legal Studies, pp.1-28.
Cunningham-Parmeter, K., 2015. Marriage equality, workplace inequality: The next gay
rights battle. Fla. L. Rev., 67, p.1099.
De Moortel, D., Palència, L., Artazcoz, L., Borrell, C. and Vanroelen, C., 2015. Neo-Marxian
social class inequalities in the mental well-being of employed men and women: the role of
European welfare regimes. Social Science & Medicine, 128, pp.188-200.
Hossain, D.M., Ahmad, N.N.N. and Siraj, S.A., 2016. Marxist feminist perspective of
corporate gender disclosures. Asian Journal of Accounting and Governance, 7, pp.11-24.
Huttner, A., Cacace, M., d’Andrea, L., Skevaki, C., Otelea, D., Pugliese, F. and Tacconelli,
E., 2017. Inequality dynamics in the workplace among microbiologists and infectious disease
specialists: a qualitative study in five European countries. Clinical Microbiology and
Infection, 23(5), pp.332-e1.
Kiser, A.I., 2015. Workplace and leadership perceptions between men and women. Gender in
Management: An International Journal, 30(8), pp.598-612.
Roscigno, V.J. and Wilson, G., 2014. The relational foundations of inequality at work I:
Status, interaction, and culture.

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Schultz, V., 2018. Telling Stories About Women and Work: Judicial Interpretations of Sex
Segregation in the Workplace in Title VII Cases Raising the Lack of Interest Argument
[1990]. In Feminist legal theory (pp. 124-155). Routledge.
Tolbert, P.S. and Castilla, E.J., 2017. Introduction to a Special Issue on Inequality in the
Workplace (“What Works?).
Tomaskovic-Devey, D., 2014. The relational generation of workplace inequalities. Social
Currents, 1(1), pp.51-73.
White, K., Rumsey, S.K. and Amidon, S., 2016. Are we “there” yet? The treatment of gender
and feminism in technical, business, and workplace writing studies. Journal of Technical
Writing and Communication, 46(1), pp.27-58.