Blog Chapter 13 Women and Ethnic Groups
This learner chose chapter 13 to review because it
is about women and ethnic groups. This chapter is about women later in life and
how they survive or fight for survival. It has always been know that women do
not make as much as men in the workplace (Hillier and Barrow, 2007). Women as
they grow older, there are certain things that help and hurt them as they grow
into old age. Two areas of struggle for women are finances and the double
standard of aging (Hillier and Barrow, 2007).
As for financial status, women are among the most
poor in the United States (Hillier and Barrow, 2007). As a woman, this learner
finds this appalling. This learner has learned to speak up and ask for more
money at work when the work backs up the pay. It also states that more than 50%
of women 65 and older would live in poverty if not for social security (Hillier
and Barrow, 2007).
According to Hillier and Barrow, “double standard of
living suggest that the standard of aging for a woman that progressively
destroys her sense of beauty and self-worth, whereas for men it is less
wounding” (Hillier and Barrow, 2007). Women’s appearance is a socially intense
standard and changes in the a women’s body (Hillier and Barrow, 2007). The
culture advertises that being skinny and young is the only way to be beautiful
and anything else is not. Learning to stay young and flawless is something to
learn from birth to death for women.
Hillier, S.M. and Barrow, G.M. (2007). Aging,
the individual and society. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth.
Ashley,
ReplyDeleteIt is sad to know that women will almost never be equal to men in so many things, but men rely on women for so many of the things they do. Women should learn to speak up about things that affect their everyday living and future lifestyles. When women begin to take control of their destinies and how they want to live their latter years, then the standards may start to match that of the men. Women have come to rely on others to tell them how to live, what salary they should get (some women who receive social security, still live in poverty), how they should look, and many other things. As a woman in today's society, it is time to take charge of life and all it has to offer, and not let any one say you cannot have or do because you are a woman.