Gender pay gap

Qatar Airways, CEO Akbar Al Baker made an explosive statement at a conference organized by CAPA Centre for Aviation in Sydney, Australia. The airline boss said that Qatar Airways “has to be led by a man, because it is a very challenging position.” He later brushed off the comment as a joke when he was…

Did you know for every dollar men make, women only make seventy-eight cents (“Equal Pay for Equal Work”)? I do not believe that is fair. In fact, the wage gap is even worse for colored women. Latino women earn fifty-six cents for every dollar men earn, and African-American women earn sixty-four cents for every dollar…

The second that a person is born, gender stereotypes are set into motion. A baby is either given a blue blanket, a ‘manly’ color, or a pink blanket, a girl’s supposed favorite color. While seemingly harmless, the differences in the way boys and girls are raised is the start of the problem. These stereotypes continue…

In the last one-hundred years of United States history, the progress and innovation that has been made is astounding. Life expectancy has increased by nearly thirty years for Americans (“1900-2000: Changes…”) due to advancements in medicine, technology, and hygiene. The U.S. can celebrate achievements of civil rights and marriage equality for heterosexual and homosexual couples,…

The term minority group refers to a category of people whose members have significantly less control, less power than the social many (dominant group) and are subordinated. It could be an ethnically, culturally or racially distinct groups. Being a numerical minority is not a characteristic of being a minority group, as sometimes a larger group…