Gender Discrimination in the American Workplace

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10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_159How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Gender discrimination; Stereotyping; Maternity leave

Abstract

Discrimination toward females in the male-dominated industry still exists, and the same problem also occurs in the female-dominated industry. In the computer industry or high-tech companies, females are discriminated against only because many people still think males are smarter. Similarly, male nurses are discriminated against because of the secular belief that males should do higher paid or manual work. Although females in male-dominated industries, or when they are promoted to leadership, will to promote in a higher position, male nurses have more promotion opportunities than female nurses. For maternity leave, the federal unpaid maternity leave policy is not friendly to pregnant females, but many highly competitive technology companies provide paid maternity leave and extend maternity leave for females. However, this positive policy does not appear in other female-dominated industries, such as the education industry.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Mianning Yang
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/29
TI  - Gender Discrimination in the American Workplace
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 6th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1347
EP  - 1353
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_159
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