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Essay / Examples of Social Inequalities - 1371
It is said that a woman is able to easily tell whether or not she is being discriminated against in hiring and promotion. They just need to count the less qualified and less qualified men who are in jobs they still aspire to. However, some women are often unaware when they are experiencing employment inequality and often do not complain, causing the problem to persist. As noted above, men overcrowd high-paying careers such as engineering, while women dominate lower-paying fields like education and human service careers. However, women are more likely than men to give up their careers when they have children. They have to take time off and say "lose skills", or sometimes tend to opt for less demanding jobs so they can spend more time at home. On the other hand, most fathers manage to assume their role as parents without needing time off or interfering with their lives.