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英语15篇文章背完大学英语六级词汇Unit13Part1

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Sex Role Stereotypes

  During my career

  as a Canadian female teacher,

  I observed many instances

  of sex role stereotyping

  throughout the western culture.

  I was always amazed

  how quickly young children

  adopted the cultural values.

  The topic is one of major concerns

  in the western world,

  yet there are those people

  who would ask you to believe

  that it is not a major issue.

  People who wish to ignore the situation

  do not welcome discussions

  on the topic of gender bias.

  This type of person evokes

  an analogy of an ostrich

  that buries its head in the sand

  to ignore a problem by avoiding it.

  Although many of my comments may seem cynical,

  I give you assurance

  that they are based on my observation

  of western society for a number of years.

  It might be interesting and informative

  to compare the western world

  in this respect with eastern cultures.

  Many studies have been done

  and the breakdown of reasons examined

  to determine why gender roles play an important part

  in the selection of successful candidates

  for positions in many vocations.

  These studies have made little impact

  on diminishing the prevalence of candidates

  being selected more for their gender

  than their qualifications.

  Since the people responsible

  for hiring people to work with them,

  often hire people similar to themselves,

  it seems like they are looking for

  a clone or a duplicate of themselves.

  Females often become quite indignant

  when positions that they are well suited

  for are awarded to males

  and ambiguous reasons given to explain why.

  Is it any wonder that attempts

  to sue corporations for using unfair hiring

  and promotion practices are applauded?

  On the other hand,

  companies who exhibit fair hiring practices

  need to be commended for doing so.

  It has been common in the western world

  for people to presume that

  certain professions belong almost exclusively

  to one gender or the other.

  The work of an electrician,

  or work with electronics,

  or repairing of air-conditioning equipment,

  might be considered to be

  masculine fields of employment.

  Nursing and childcare vocations

  are considered feminine occupations.

  Aviation is another field

  where people would usually assume

  that the pilot would be male

  and the flight attendant would be female,

  a premise that many times will be invalid.

  It will be a major breakthrough

  when both genders are equally represented

  in the workforce especially in higher level positions.

  Some individuals would lead you

  to believe that it would

  result in the breakdown of society,

  as we know it today.

  At times an attempt to prevent subjective views

  being used to preclude only males

  being hired by males has been attempted.

  Laws or policy that attempt to rectify the situation

  have not been successful in diminishing the problem.

  An attempt to numerically control

  the number of positions in a corporation

  by using a quota system

  to require equal numbers of males

  and females to be hired usually

  meets with little success

  if the attitudes of the people

  doing the hiring are subjective

  and preclude the possibility of fair practises being used.

  The empirical evidence shown by the numbers

  makes it easy to show

  which companies exemplify fairness

  and would hinder those

  who only make a feeble attempt to do so.

  If a company does endeavour to incorporate fairness

  in their hiring practises,

  they should be eligible for commendation.

  A diligent attempt to choose the best person

  for the position regardless of their gender

  is only inherent in those companies

  that can envisage a future

  with the best possible work force.

  

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