My cause is for women to have the same equality in the workplace as men. In 1972, the government attempted to correct discrimination in the in the workplace by passing the Equal Employment Opportunity Act. This act protects individual rights and promotes employment opportunities and fairness for everyone within the workplace (American Constitutional Law Power and Politics, Gregg Ivers, Vol.II, Pg.643). This act should have eliminated gender bias and pay inequities, but this has still not yet been accomplished and we are in the year of 2005, this is completely outrageous.
             I want to talk about the glass wall metaphor; this describes occupational segregation attributed to employment barriers that restrict the access of women to certain types of jobs (or agencies). Glass walls are likely to persist when: (1) organizational cultures create impediments to change; and/or (2) skills necessary to perform jobs in a given agency are not likely valued elsewhere.
             The glass ceiling is an expression used to describe the inequalities of men and women in the workplace, (as discussed earlier in the chapter). It seems that women can become employed in an agency but then run into an invisible barrier when they try to move up the ladder of hierarchy within the organization.
             I read an article from one of my subscriptions on the feminist movements, not sure which, but it basically said, that an interesting facet of gender bias is that when women move into jobs predominately held by men, the jobs are devalued. The autonomy, prestige and high pay are removed, and as agencies become more and more female dominated they are viewed as the dumping grounds for females resulting in lower pay scales and limited job training.
             I have involved myself in fighting for equality for women as long as I can remember. I am still actively involved in the same fight, just at a different level. I am constantly sending e-mails with a message ab...