Paper Topic:

Sociological Issues

Gender Stratification Due to Workplace Inequality

The Civil Rights movement was directed by the uncontainable social impulse for protection of the people against inequitable treatment Such a sweeping evolution , which after years of militant and legislative pushing final came into official existence with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , carried with it a host of nuances and explicit considerations for the variety of groups which have suffered under American hypocrisy Under Title VII of that act , one such consideration was the first legislation regarding sexual harassment , specifically focused on the social

ill as a presence in the workplace . This was a clause to the Civil Rights Act designed to address one of the most visible and effecting manifestations of the nation 's historical propensities toward gender discrimination . And certainly , this was a developmental step in the protection of workplace rights and a sign of progress in contending with a deep-seeded sexism in most sectors of American society . Thusly Title VII also sets precedent which extends to academic settings and other formally structured organizations , placing a legal responsibility on the authorities and administrators of such entities to maintain an environment which a reasonable person would not find hostile or otherwise productivity and morale inhibiting as a result of unwanted sexuality . And in that regard , the establishment of these standards has been crucial to what has genuinely been an advancing cultural acceptance of women 's equality in the workplace and a diminishing overt objectification of one sex by the other . However , several extremely high-pro cases of alleged sexual harassment in the early 1990 's brought the issue into national prominence as some of its undefined parameters came under intense speculation . Though the outcome of these high-pro cases suggests that there has been a significant increase in our shared attention to the issue , a failure to apply strict definitions as well as a still markedly patriarchal shared organizational culture places the responsibility on business administrators and managers to properly instill gender equality and a non-hostile workplace environment for all employees . At present , it is apparent that women remain a social group subject to inequality in the workplace to the outcome that they are stratified to a lower social tier

One present reality , elucidated in the research process , is that of an institutionalized protection for sexual harassment . As point of fact reading indicates that the primary problems facing men and women as they attempt to work side-by-side in a hospitable environment are both the presence of sexual harassment and a skewed legal perspective which prevents us from prosecuting cases thereof

In the early nineties , two top-level American forums became embroiled in this larger debate on the correct interpretation of our sexual harassment laws . Both an appointee to the Supreme Court , Clarence Thomas , and a subsequent presidential candidate and victor , Bill Clinton , were at the center of accusations of workplace sexual harassment . Both were accused by former employees , Anita Hill and Paula Jones respectively , of repeatedly making unwanted advances in the workplace . The Anita Hill...

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