Author: Maja & Karmen
The Eu is a global leader in gender equality and has made significant progress in the last decades. But are things really equal for both women and men? Maja and Karmen tried to focus on that situation at work.
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Last year in the EU 33% of women were subjected to physical and/or sexual violence, while 55% were sexually harassed. This do not include just rape but also different types of sexual harassment like gender discrimination, physical harassment, verbal harassment, pay gap… The harasser can be the victim’s supervisor, an agent of the employer, a supervisor in another area, a co-worker or a nonemployee. What’s shocking is that six out of ten women in Europe have endured sexist treatment or suffered sexual violence during their careers.
And it’s not just harassment. Women often face difficulties even with getting a job because the employers know that somewhere in the future, they would have to take maternity leave and they will still have to pay her even though she won’t be working. They are also subjects of assumptions; women should go make a coffee for the meeting because she probably knows how to make it better or she should make notes because she probably has the best handwriting.
“Gender equality is a core principle of the European Union, but it is not yet a reality.”
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_20_358 (President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen)
Gender-based stereotypes in different professions
Imagine a nurse. Now imagine a doctor. Which gender do you see in which profession? Now picture flight attendant. Or a mechanic. It is more than likely that you saw a woman in the first position and a man in the second. That’s because even in 2020, we still see some professions strictly as a male or a female job. This is a problem for both genders, because it has an effect on kids and teenagers when they consider their career choices.
Women go after careers that are more feminine and have more flexible work hours, while men avoid these careers in fear they’d get looked down or be considered less masculine.
But stereotypes don’t just exist in terms of what profession is appropriate for which gender. What’s even more concerning is the fact that they exist within most of professions. We asked couple of women and men who works in a bar or a restaurant about their experiences with gender-based stereotypes. All of the women said that they often get comments like: “Do you have time after work”, “Smile, you would look prettier if you smile,” or just comments about their body in general. On the other hand, just one of the guys had an experience like that. Women also stated that it’s very common to be called things like sweetheart or honey; meanwhile with men this was never the case.
Getting comments like that is very common for women in all profession. The reason for this is because this kind of behaviour is commonly accepted by society and often excusable that it was meant as a compliment. But the truth is that every person should smile for himself and not to please others.
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