The Consequences of Higher Education: Gender Dilemmas in Contemporary American Female Employment

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10.2991/978-2-494069-31-2_129How to use a DOI?

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American education; gender dilemma; American female employment; higher education outcomes; gender stereotypes

Abstract

When talking about dilemmas females faced in contemporary employment, it could probably regard as an outcome of higher education. This paper mainly focused on the consequences of higher education due to gender bias. In this paper, boys’ and girls’ different performances in art and science have been discussed. For decades, men performed perfectly better in STEM and women did better in arts and literature. The further conclusion was made that males and females performed t different in their majors in higher education in college. Additionally, because of their higher scores and stronger logical thinking, males had more advantages than women when both were applying for a job. What’s more, it needed to be noted that there was a real unequal payment for the same work and it’s a common phenomenon that the society had different expectations of men and women in the labor market. Analyzing the ratio of certain jobs could lead to a clear consequence that the reason for this was that society had an inherent bias against the ability and prestige of men and women in the workplace, which had nothing to do with the men and women in the position themselves.

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AU  - Yijin Shi
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/29
TI  - The Consequences of Higher Education: Gender Dilemmas in Contemporary American Female Employment
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 6th International Seminar on Education, Management and Social Sciences (ISEMSS 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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