Gender Inequality Essay

Question 1

Gender Inequality Introduction

Answer 1

gender inequality run rampant in country
from gender pay gap - lack of employment opportunities
essay look at ways social inequality affected women

Question 2

PG.1

Answer 2

one way that women face inequality can be demonstrated by the pay gap in the UK

Question 3

PG.2

Answer 3

2022 pay gap (8.3%) up from 2021 (7.7%) still below gap of 9.0% before covid pandemic

Question 4

PG.3

Answer 4

bbc top presenters, top 7 all male
gary linekers earnings over £1mil
claudia winkleman earnings at a fraction, £370k

Question 5

PG.4

Answer 5

shows that women still facing discrimination when it comes to earnings
women not being paid on equal basis as men for similar roles

Question 6

PG.5

Answer 6

GPG major issue when it comes to gender inequality
from doing same job, but still paid less than male, women still facing pay discrimination

Question 7

W.1

Answer 7

another reason is discrimination in workplace
employers discriminate in interviews in favour of men because women may need maternity/childcare time off

Question 8

W.2

Answer 8

2022 sex & power report showed 8% of FTSE 100 CEOs women
glass ceiling - women see opportunities in front of them but cant move up (not experiencing same opportunities as men)
women careers stall in later 20’s to early 30’s

Question 9

W.3

Answer 9

glass ceiling major discriminator @ gender inequality
seeing what can achieve but stopped because of gender
g. inequality causes what should be a myth to happen

Question 10

E.1

Answer 10

inequality in education
girls underrepresented in STEM subjects in school - knock-on effect into further education
academics believe this because of ingrained gender stereotypes

Question 11

E.2

Answer 11

2020, 21.4% of pupils in GCSE computing were girls
not surprising women make up 17% of IT specialists - locking out of UK growing sector

Question 12

E.3

Answer 12

women perform better in school than males
UCAS figures show more women in university than men in UK
despite, remain underrepresented in STEM fields @ college & uni, often routes leading to well paid jobs

Question 13

E.4

Answer 13

women may be guided into low paying jobs
face barriers in obtaining qualifications leading to higher paid jobs

Question 14

E.5

Answer 14

despite proof showing women have capability to achieve further education
women forced into believing they cant achieve in STEM subjects at young age (causing gender inequality)

Question 15

Gender Inequality Conclusion

Answer 15

whilst silver lining in dark gender inequality of UCAS figures
not enough push in UK for women to go into high paying careers, closing gender pay gap & destroying glass ceiling