Feminists have fought for equal work opportunities and pay for women and have had some success, but true justice has yet to be achieved. Many people know that women deserve to be treated fairly in the workplace, but they often forget that when it comes to working, and subconsciously act in ways that are unfair, such as depriving women of opportunities or paying them less. Female employees are sometimes powerless in this situation because they could lose their jobs if they fight back or report it. Therefore, in order to instill the idea of workplace fairness for women, it is a good way to remind everyone often in ways that cannot be ignored.
A project called the 79% work clock is used to remind people of the unequal job opportunities between men and women. 79% means that women’s working hours are 79% of men’s working hours, which is obviously unfair, Many women even sacrifice their working hours to take care of their families. In order to arouse people’s attention and interest in protecting women’s working hours, the 79% work clock uses the method of mandatory reminder, which rings the alarm at a certain time in the afternoon of the day, or plays advertisements on TV to tell people that for some women, their working hours are only so long. After that, they have to leave their posts
this kind of forced reminder may cause people’s disgust, but it is a very effective method.
Even just the presence of the clock itself, it’s not forcing people to immediately agree with you. It’s encour- aging a question and a conversation to occur. This is something that people can use as a starting point to talk about the topic.
Just like sometimes people say that female doctors, female scientists and female programmers, people use this method to remind people that many male dominated industries can also be engaged by women.
On the other hand, are women really excluded because they have not made achievements in science? They are ridiculed as “Dark Lady” by colleagues. Rosalind Franklin, the original discoverer of DNA double helix structure, was born in a wealthy Jewish family, but refused to be a “tasteless” rich lady. He was excellent in science since childhood. He went all the way from private school to Cambridge, but because of her female status, she only got a nominal degree. He learned from many industry leaders and got his doctorate. When he was given the important task of independent research, he was isolated by his teammates who should have cooperated with him because of gender bias and academic struggle. Soon after she left other research laboratories, her academic achievements were stolen by her male colleagues and let others win the Nobel Prize. Watson, Crick, and Wilkins won the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine that year. They are praised as “the founders of molecular life”. No one knows that it is Rosaline’s research that has made these three people stand on the podium of Nobel Prize.
Women scientists’ scientific research space is thus occupied, and their achievements are difficult to be affirmed due to the exclusion of women in the workplace, resulting in the wrong impression that women are not suitable for scientific research. Similarly, in other industries, women’s job opportunities also need to be respected, and women’s workplace difficulties need to be paid attention to. Otherwise, the world will miss many achievements built by women’s power.
Inspiration from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIPd2zJCdl
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