n’t quite proven themselves to the corporate world, they have most certainly conquered a portion in the entrepreneur world and in a big way. That is definitely a positive point for America’s look on gender equality in the workplace.This same viewpoint could throw the fact that male babysitters and male elementary teachers are less common to homes and classrooms than women. Only 15% of 1.6 million elementary school teachers are male, according to the article “It’s a Guy Thing,” by Jennifer Wolcott. (par. 35) The difference is male elementary school teachers are wanted in this particular field. According to the article, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee found that their male education program students are “usually the first one’s to be hired.” (par. 30) There is no comparison between genders in the workplace when it comes to a man being discriminated against. In a recent and still ongoing lawsuit in Texas, Rent-A-Center, a nation wide recognized furniture rental store, is being charged for managers pushing women out of top positions and destroying women’s job applications. A particular senior executive stated, “’Women should be home taking care of their husbands and children.’” (Zellner, Prasso, 14) Although Rent-A-Center denies allegations, a recent photo can speak louder than words. This photo was published in a company newsletter in 2000 of 66 stores’ managers-all male. Mindsets such as the one demonstrated above are the viewpoints who help to make my decision that although we have come a far way in the past century for making the workplace available and partially equal for women, we have a way to go. The instances stated about specific discriminations in the workplace are examples of something that should not be thought or a tolerated issue in the twenty first century; especially if we live in a society where equality of genders reigns fr...
