Hogwarts Daily News Issue #122
written by ☆ 《Belle Brookes》 ☆
In this issue, there is a story, a poem, a group ad, and a bunch of entertainment articles, and a lot of fun articles for you to read! Hope you enjoy this issue!
Last Updated
05/31/21
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Injustice in the Workforce? (Informational)
Chapter 7
Has anyone noticed that some jobs (Cooking, secretary work, etc.) will be considered a woman’s job until it’s professional? Like, how a woman will be expected to cook, but if you hear about a professional chef, people will assume they’re a man.
Also, a woman is considered “incapable” of being high up her career. Like, if a woman says that she works in the medical field, people will assume she’s a nurse. But if a man says that he works in the medical field, people will assume that he’s something like a doctor.
This doesn’t just happen in the medical field, but it’s a pretty good example. Since most of the people at the “top” of the medical world are men, they create a world that makes it very difficult for a woman to get high up in this field. Think of it this way: a man hiring people will be bias towards his own gender - male - so he will hire mostly males.
This bias doesn’t apply to all people, but a lot of people have that bias without even thinking about it. We are trained to think in this way from a young age. In picture books, you might see a child going to the dentist. There is a large chance that their dentist will be male.
Not only does this bias affect people getting hired, it affects how much that person might make if you do get the said job. I’m going to use dentist as my example this time. We’ll start with 1990. If a woman is hired as a dentist, she might make around $66,000. Sounds pretty good, right? That is, until you hear what a man would make. $144,000. That’s more than double. It has improved though. Since 2010, female dentist will now earn around $120,000 (Still less than men in 1990) But a man will now make $185,000. That’s a $65,000 difference.
So as you can see, although we are making some improvements, we still have a long way to go. And all of this doesn’t even brush on how it might affect people who identify as non-binary, gender fluid, etc.
Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/the-big-number-women-now-outnumber-men-in-medical-schools/2019/12/20/8b9eddea-2277-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html
https://newdentistblog.ada.org/women-dentists-reflect-on-gender-gap-in-earnings/
By Ember Hunt, HDN writer
Also, a woman is considered “incapable” of being high up her career. Like, if a woman says that she works in the medical field, people will assume she’s a nurse. But if a man says that he works in the medical field, people will assume that he’s something like a doctor.
This doesn’t just happen in the medical field, but it’s a pretty good example. Since most of the people at the “top” of the medical world are men, they create a world that makes it very difficult for a woman to get high up in this field. Think of it this way: a man hiring people will be bias towards his own gender - male - so he will hire mostly males.
This bias doesn’t apply to all people, but a lot of people have that bias without even thinking about it. We are trained to think in this way from a young age. In picture books, you might see a child going to the dentist. There is a large chance that their dentist will be male.
Not only does this bias affect people getting hired, it affects how much that person might make if you do get the said job. I’m going to use dentist as my example this time. We’ll start with 1990. If a woman is hired as a dentist, she might make around $66,000. Sounds pretty good, right? That is, until you hear what a man would make. $144,000. That’s more than double. It has improved though. Since 2010, female dentist will now earn around $120,000 (Still less than men in 1990) But a man will now make $185,000. That’s a $65,000 difference.
So as you can see, although we are making some improvements, we still have a long way to go. And all of this doesn’t even brush on how it might affect people who identify as non-binary, gender fluid, etc.
Sources: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/the-big-number-women-now-outnumber-men-in-medical-schools/2019/12/20/8b9eddea-2277-11ea-bed5-880264cc91a9_story.html
https://newdentistblog.ada.org/women-dentists-reflect-on-gender-gap-in-earnings/
By Ember Hunt, HDN writer
