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... This made headline news because her resignation was in protest of the medical school’s deep-rooted, unconcealed gender discrimination. ... Although she launched a great deal of change in both Stanford and the medical profession, Conley’s story makes it painfully clear that female doctors, despite their many advances, still have a long way to go before they are judged on the basis of their abilities rather than on their gender.
In the United States, gender discrimination is a problem. ... Because most corporate leaders are male, gender inequality often is unnoticed. “The gender wage gap, or women’s average weekly earnings as a proportion of men’s, was a little more than three quarters of the way to parity” (Baue). ...
Other countries also have the problem of gender discrimination. ... If each country would follow Netherland’s example, gender discrimination would not be as big of an issue.
There are 188 member states in the United Nations, but “only eight have successfully met global agreements to achieve gender equality in secondary education enrollment, and [have at least 30% of the seats in parliament be women]. ... The United States are not even listed as a country that has achieved gender equality, this is saddening because the United States should be setting the example rather than falling short of the goal. ...
A more extreme example of gender discrimination problems comes from the Middle East. ... This is a harsh, but real, example of how bad gender discrimination is in the Middle East.
Not enough people realize the detrimental effects gender discrimination has on countries. “Gender disparities are very closely associated with poverty. ... Societies that discriminate on the basis of gender pay a significant price in greater poverty, slower economic growth, weaker governance, and a lower quality of life.” This also means that economies that tighten the gender gap and improve the status of women, grow faster (Mutume).
While gender discrimination has been a long-standing problem in the world, in recent times, measures have been taken to improve the situation.
Approximate Word count = 1617
Approximate Pages = 6.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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