Key Ideas of social Science Assignment
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Running head: KEY IDEAS OF SOCIAL SCIENCEKey ideas of social scienceName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
KEY IDEAS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE1Workplace is the platform where people gain lots of experience, especially if it’s theirfirst job. During my work experience with my company, I learned and experienced manydifferent things related to the general procedures, the projects to work on, how they areplanned, developed and completed with targets and deadlines. I came across many differentpeople and diverse workforce practices during the initial days at my workplace. One of themost notable factors that I experienced and observed in my workplace is the gender biasesand unequal paying schemes. Though this has been a silent movement throughout the officesince nobody got the courage to speak against this bad practice of gender discrimination andinequality in the workplace1.It has been long witnessed that the feminine gender has been subjected to a differentaltitude in the society from the time immemorial. I believe that the women in our societieshave been suffering and experiencing discrepancies in their day to day life. From thebeginning of time, every aspect of the feminine gender has been harassed both physically andmentally by the opposite gender2. The root of the dominance of the male gender and thenotion of the system of patriarchy in our society has affected the growth opportunities of thefemales in any of the industries in the current time3. From my personal experience and fromthe different lectures regarding workplace inequality and feminism by Kate Moles, I believethat 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 myexperience regarding the violence of basic rights of the women at the workplace is theMarxist theory4. According to this theory, the oppression of the women in the workplace isdue to the role of rising capitalism. In his theory, Marx stated that the liberation of the1Cruz, K., 2018. Beyond Liberalism: Marxist Feminism, Migrant Sex Work, and Labour Unfreedom.FeministLegal Studies, pp.1-28.2Kiser, A.I., 2015. Workplace and leadership perceptions between men and women.Gender in Management: AnInternational Journal,30(8), pp.598-612.3Huttner, A., Cacace, M., d’Andrea, L., Skevaki, C., Otelea, D., Pugliese, F. and Tacconelli, E., 2017. Inequalitydynamics in the workplace among microbiologists and infectious disease specialists: a qualitative study in fiveEuropean countries.Clinical Microbiology and Infection,23(5), pp.332-e1.
KEY IDEAS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE2feminine gender can only be reached and achieved by the restructure of the current capitalisteconomy where the women are being marginalized and are subjected to unequal pay in theirworkplace. Apart from the fact of the unequal pay, I have observed that there lie certainsexism in case of promotion and increment. Individuals who have worked really hardthroughout the year without taking any other effort are often being rejected for promotion onthe grounds of sexism towards any other employee or simply due to the gender. I have seenmany people in the workplace with the belief that male employees are far more superior incase of calculations and financial accounts, project visit or client meets. This is becauseaccording to many in my workplace, men are far more intelligent and less vulnerable. Hencemost of the time, the female employees in my organization are dumped with data entry workor associate works where they had to follow the orders of the male supervisors. During thetime of year ending last year, I observed how the less experienced team lead was promoted tothe assistant manager simply because the deserving lady of 5 or more years’ experience waspregnant. This is another of the worst scenario and practices that I observed which sharplytargets the male-dominated society and their perceptions. Throughout my experiences in thisjob, I felt that women have always been viewed as the powerless gender whose main work isto make a home and take care of her family. Working for a woman is often seen as theoptional or the need to support her family5. The worth of a female employee is often notedand determined by the patriarchal male population in the organization and thus theirprobability of growth and success is hindered6. Apart from the fact of gender inequality at theworkplace, I have heard stories of assaults in my workplace from my colleagues who havebeen working with this organization for long. In my initial days, being a chatterbox, I used to4Hossain, D.M., Ahmad, N.N.N. and Siraj, S.A., 2016. Marxist feminist perspective of corporate genderdisclosures.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 intechnical, 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, andculture.
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