Presenter: Jessica Romeo
Co-Presenters: Belicia Castellano, Bailey Davenport
Faculty Mentor: Julia Heffernan
Presentation Type: Poster 34
Primary Research Area: Social Science
Major: Educational Foundations
Gender inequalities and instances of patriarchy in the workplace are creating limitations for individuals and overall affecting their lives. The focus of our research is predominantly on women in the workplace and how these factors affect them in a negative manner. Through the use of Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions, and other resources, we will examine topics such as sexual harassment, job segregation by sex and gender, and wage gaps. Within these topics, we have determined that these support the idea that gender inequality in the workforce is typically aimed toward women. Such instances are apparent in pay, as the average woman makes $0.78 to the average male. This is also apparent by the fact that depending on sex and gender, women and men are stereotyped to fit into a specific and particular career, therefore establishing job segregation. A significant amount of women report leaving their job due to sexual harassment, which is yet another example of how these topics are apparent in the workplace. These factors, and our research, suggest that women do not have equal opportunities in the workplace, which reestablishes gender binaries and devalues the work of women.