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Gender Discrimination at Workplace
Dark Side of Our Society: Gender Discrimination at Workplace
Subject: Composition and communication skills
(eng 102)
SUBMITTED TO
Golam Rabbani (Shihab)
Department of English
East West University
SUBMITTED BY
Name: Tanjila A. Flora
ID: 2008-3-10-166
(Sec#9)
Date of submission
21 December, 2009
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Index
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Content Page No.
Acknowledgement 03Abstract 04Outline 05Introduction 07Gender Discrimination at Workplace 08Wage Discrimination at Workplace by gender 10Sexual harassment at workplace 12Ways of Preventing Gender Discrimination 13
Conclusion 15
Reference 17
Acknowledgement
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First of all, I am really thankful to the Almighty who gives me the opportunity to prepare this
term paper. Then I would like to thank my honorable course instructor Golam Rabbani who
helped me a lot to develop my English writing skills and basically this term paper is the
reflection of that. Finally, my thanks go to all my friends, family members specially my
brother who inspired me a lot to prepare this term paper.
Abstract
The main reason for which I prepare this term paper is to show gender discrimination at the
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work place as a dark side of our society. As we are in 21 st century, it is quite unbelievable
that we are still thousand of miles away from proper development. A society can not be
enlightened when a major portion like women is in darkness. Gender discrimination in
workplace has become terrible in Bangladesh now-a-days where women are working like
men but get fewer wages. My concentration will be on this part of our society through this
term paper.
Outline :
A.Introduction
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B. Gender discrimination at workplace
Overview of gender discrimination at workplace
Refuses to hire woman who have children
Female employees asked to resign for marriage
Qualified females denied certain jobs for lack of opportunity
Refuses to hire train, pregnant or married women
Also refuses to hire women of childbearing age
C. Wage discrimination at workplace by gender
Cheaper female labours
Hypothetical example of wage discrimination at RMGsector
21% advantages for male employers
higher posts are reserved for male
D. Sexual harassments at workplace
Unwanted jokes and unwelcome comments
Offensive words on clothing
Touching, grabbing or any other bodily contact
Repeated requests for dates and unwanted flirting
Posting emails or pictures of sexual related nature
Displaying sexually suggestive objects, pictures or posters
Playing sexually suggestive music
E. Ways of preventing gender discrimination
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Cultural empowerment
Social empowerment
Economic empowerment
Political empowerment
Educational empowerment
Impose strict laws
F. Conclusion
Introduction:
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The conspiracy against women can possibly be traced back to the biblical version of
original sin story in which Eve leads Adam astray by making him eat from the forbidden
apple. Thus the role of women has been set from ancient times, women must be kept under a
leash, like a wild animal, she must be tamed and molded so that she can be useful and
productive. Things have been changing for women from the ancient times. As science and
technology have brought significant changes among societies, women have come out from
their homes to prove their worth in this world. In addition, modern civilization cant properly
be continued without the help of women. Men now need womens assistance not only for
household chores but also for office works. Women have earned their credentials from men
by their intelligence, integrity and honesty. Despite, being able to contribute in social and
economical development, women are still victims of gender discrimination which prevails in
home, workplace and other areas where a little amount of womens presence exist. The
biggest weapon to keep the women in check is by claiming the limits and boundaries that
circumscribe womens lives as those dictated by the practiced religion. Gender discrimination
appears in many forms. At workplaces, the clearest example of gender discrimination lies in
the wage gap existing between male and female employees. Women are also not getting
equal right in adoption and implementation of economic policy, ownership, control of
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resources, inheritance rights, and mobility in the public and market share and direct election
in the reserved seats of women. These practices need to be urgently stopped and by instituting
new laws and adopting new policies.
Gender Discrimination at Workplace:
Gender is the mutual relationship between men and women developed through social
factors, and which is changeable in course of their social interactions. The study of social
division of labor throws a searching light on the discrimination of women. Men and women
perform different types of tasks and have different jobs within the family, in household
production and in the marketplace. (Ahmed, F. Gender division of labor Bangladesh context
retrieved from http://www.adhunika.org/issues/gen_Div.html )
In an age where we talk about equal rights for men and women, there are still examples of
people being discriminated because of their gender. People should realize that gender
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discrimination at workplace is a serious form of employment discrimination. Gender
discrimination refers to the beliefs and attitudes in relation to the gender of a person . It can be
the men, women and also transgender individuals in the society, who face gender
discrimination. Gender discrimination is considered as a serious form of prejudice and is
illegal in certain circumstances in most of the countries around the world. In Bangladesh
gender discrimination at workplace is illegal but most of the women suffer from this. These
are some common scenario of gender discrimination at work place in Bangladesh.
o The employer refuses to hire women who have children, while hiring men with
children.
o Female employees are often asked to resign when they get married, but there is no
similar requirement for males.
o Qualified female employees are denied certain jobs without a reasonable opportunity
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to demonstrate their ability to perform those jobs, which are labeled as mens
domains.
o The employer refuses to hire, train, assign jobs, or promote pregnant or married
women, or women of childbearing age, on the basis of gender.
Wage Discrimination at Workplace by gender :
Labor in Bangladesh is cheap. Female labor is even cheaper. The number of women
workers is greater in the garments industries . Let us test the above context through a case
study. Newage Group is a leading exporter of RMG from Bangladesh that employ over 4000
people, 70% of whom are females. Given below is a table that shows the employment in their
three production facilities broken down into groups of various skills. The last column of the
table shows the discrimination index of average wages of the various groups of employees as
compared with their male counterparts.
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Employment Group Gender Discrimination indexMale Female Male Female
Supervisors 183 10 100 79Sewing Dept 308 1370 100 97Finishing Dept 241 205 100 88Cutting Dept 174 23 100 89QC Dept 174 53 100 95Helpers 152 1087 100 100
Table: Quasem, A. S. M. GENDER EQUALITY, EXPORT PERFORMANCEANDCOMPETITIVENESS A PRACTICAL APPROACH: GENDER EQUALITY,COMPETITIVENESS AND EXPORT PERFORMANCE IN THE GARMENTS SECTOR IN BANGLADESH. Retrieved from http://www.intracen.org/execforum/ef2006/ Gender -Issues/Paper_Quasem.pdf
A look at the above table reveals that the male employees generally have wage advantage
over the females. With some exception the discrimination is more prominent in the
employees of higher skill level and reduces as the skill level reduces. Helpers of both genders
who are at the bottom of the skill ladder enjoy same level of wages whereas male supervisors
possessing high levels of technical and managerial skills enjoy a 21% wage advantage over
their female counterparts.
Sexual harassments at workplace :
Sexual harassment occurs when one employee makes continued, unwelcome sexual
advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature,
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to another employee, against hisor her wishes. sexual harassment occurs, "when submission
to or rejection of this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual'semployment,
unreasonably interferes with an individual's work performance or creates an intimidating,
hostile or offensive work environment. Sexual harassment can occur in a variety of situations.
These are examples of sexual harassment, not intended to be all inclusive.
Unwanted jokes, gestures, offensive words on clothing, and unwelcome comments
and repartee.
Touching and any other bodily contact such as scratching or patting a coworker's
back, grabbing an employee around the waiste, or interfering with an employee's
ability to move.
Repeated requests for dates that are turned down or unwanted flirting.
Transmitting or posting emails or pictures of a sexual or other harassment-related
nature.
Displaying sexually suggestive objects, pictures, or posters.
Playing sexually suggestive music.
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Ways of Preventing Gender Discrimination:
There are a few policies which can ensure women to work at workplaces without being
plagued by gender discrimination. These policies can be instituted and implemented by the
government and society. These are as followed:
Cultural empowerment: To make enable young women and girls to make their own
choices with regard to traditional beliefs and cultural practices.
Social empowerment: To provides the skills and opportunities for women and girls to
organize and use their collective power to advocate for justice, fairness and equity on
behalf of themselves and others.
Economic empowerment: It will give them the ability to generate income, own and
control assets, access and use Credit. They will realize greater choices in jobs and
occupations and demand access to essential services for themselves, their families and
their communities.
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Political empowerment: It will enable women and girls to successfully influence
decision-makers, including men, through their advocacy of fairer, appropriate allocation
of resources.
Educational empowerment: It will provide numerous tangible benefits for the girls and
women themselves and their families, which will be passed onto future generations.
Introducing more restrict laws: It will help women to protect their right properly on
their workplace.
Conclusion:
In the study, we have vividly seen the formidable scenario of gender discrimination.
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Women have been neglected since the very inception of our society. They have been
deprived from the facilities that are enjoyed by men. At workplace, though they work with
same expertise and same concentration as men, they are ill paid. Self respect does not
necessarily depend on the monetary value only, but it also depends on the admiration of the
work someone does. Women are not only ill paid but also are reprimanded for their works
where they should have been admired for their works. This scenario hinders the self respect
of the women. As a result, they lack in confidence and positive attitudes. Another thing is,
women are often harassed by their colleagues at their workplaces. These harassments are of
different kinds and manners. They are harassed sexually, mentally and in other unknown
ways. So, it is apparently seen that, workplace for women in our society is not a utopia. But it
does not necessarily mean that we are dreaming of a utopian workplace for women. We just
dream of a workplace that is free from discrimination, male domination, where womens
good works will be fairly admired, where they will find an amicable working environment.
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This is our dream and the dream that is seen by all the entire women workers. If we can
ensure the above told environment for women, we can surely be the epitome of a country that
maintains women- friendly workplace.
References:
Quasem, A. S. M. GENDER EQUALITY, EXPORT PERFORMANCE
ANDCOMPETITIVENESS A PRACTICAL APPROACH: GENDER EQUALITY,
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COMPETITIVENESS AND EXPORT PERFORMANCE IN THE GARMENTS SECTOR
IN BANGLADESH. Retrieved from http://www.intracen.org/execforum/ef2006/ Gender -
Issues/Paper_Quasem.pdf
Manohar , U. (2008, October 24). Gender Discrimination at Workplace Retrieved from
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/gender-discrimination-at-workplace.html
Ahmed, F. Gender division of labor Bangladesh context retrieved from
http://www.adhunika.org/issues/gen_Div.html
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