Growing up I was considered to be a tomboy. I never wanted to be a boy but only prove I had the same abilities. Being the youngest of seven, three girls and four boys, I had a lot to prove but I was always up for a challenge. We built forts, played football, basketball, pickle ball and etcetera. Eventually I became the family all-time quarterback which later gave me a great advantage in High School while playing Powder Puff football. Athletically, I felt respect from my brothers and I thought; work hard and I will be treated equally. Unfortunately equality is not reality. The Equal Means Equal documentary film by (name) (2016) states, “Compared to white men, white women working full time, based on median annual full-time earnings, earn 78 cents to every dollar a man earns. African American women make 64 cents, and Latina, 54 cents. Depending on the year, that pay may rise a couple of pennies, but not because women wages have increased but because men’s have stagnated or declined.” Seventy-eight cents to a dollar is very discouraging and proves hard work does not pay off. Over the course of my career, I have experienced gender …show more content…
I heard of the term glass ceiling and thought it didn’t apply to me when I was in my twenties. Now, I feel like I can start to see the surface of the glass ceiling. Workplace website defines glass ceiling as “The term ‘glass ceiling’ refers to an artificial barrier based on attitudes or bias that prevents qualified women from advancing into mid-level and senior-level management positions. In other words, women can advance so far, but hit an invisible barrier and can advance no farther.” To prove the invisible barrier exist; EME provides a great example using nurses “Percentage of nurses that are men: 10, Cents on the dollar that female nurses get paid versus male nurses: 90.” In America today, regardless if you have the education, ability or skills and the job is in high demand – women will not earn the same