How long has Sexism been around?
Sexism has been around since man has existed. It has always been a part of our world and will forever be a part of it if we don't do something to stop it.
Why are people Sexist?
Most people are Sexist because of old beliefs that men or women (depending on who is the one being sexist) are better and more powerful than the other gender. More often than not men are Sexist against women.
Facts
Women aged 45-64 made 51% of their male counterparts. Their median after tax income was only $14,770
Women working 41 to 44 hours per week earn 84.6% of what men working similar hours earn; women working more than 60 hours per week earn only 78.3% of what men in the same time category earn.
Women may work longer to receive the promotions that provide access to higher pay. For example, among school principals, women have an average of 3 years longer as teachers than men do.
Pay inequality figures are even worse for women of color. African American women earn only 72 cents and Latinas 60 cents for every dollar that men earn.
Women compose ~50% of the workforce in the USA, but according to the Department of Labor, "·women have not made significant gains into middle and senior levels of management, notwithstanding their increased experience, credentials, over all qualifications and greater attachment to the work force."
At the current rate of increase, it will take 475 years (until 2466) before women are as equally represented at the top of the career ladder as they are at the bottom.
In the Fortune 500 companies, women compose only 2.6% of corporate officers, even though they make up 61% of all employees.
Job segregation: the majority of women execs are concentrated in female-dominated industries, health care and education.
Among the 435 possible seats in the House of Representatives, women hold only 29 (6.4%) seats.
Women working 41 to 44 hours per week earn 84.6% of what men working similar hours earn; women working more than 60 hours per week earn only 78.3% of what men in the same time category earn.
Women may work longer to receive the promotions that provide access to higher pay. For example, among school principals, women have an average of 3 years longer as teachers than men do.
Pay inequality figures are even worse for women of color. African American women earn only 72 cents and Latinas 60 cents for every dollar that men earn.
Women compose ~50% of the workforce in the USA, but according to the Department of Labor, "·women have not made significant gains into middle and senior levels of management, notwithstanding their increased experience, credentials, over all qualifications and greater attachment to the work force."
At the current rate of increase, it will take 475 years (until 2466) before women are as equally represented at the top of the career ladder as they are at the bottom.
In the Fortune 500 companies, women compose only 2.6% of corporate officers, even though they make up 61% of all employees.
Job segregation: the majority of women execs are concentrated in female-dominated industries, health care and education.
Among the 435 possible seats in the House of Representatives, women hold only 29 (6.4%) seats.