Afirmative_Action

Afirmative Action Attention Device: Persuasion Today I am going to persuade you that we still need affirmative action to help women in our workforce and education have a chance against this growing mans society. Attention Device: A Little history on Affirmative action Before the use of affirmative action women were given little or no rights and employment opportunities were seriously restricted. Whole industries and categories of employment were in effect, all white and all male. In thousands of towns and cities, women were forbidden to even apply. Stereotypical assumptions that women would be only part-time or temporary workers resulted in their exclusion from a full range of job opportunities. Newspaper job listings were segregated by gender. Women were also confronted with other barriers to full inclusion: lower pay and fewer benefits than men, even while performing similar jobs. Losing their jobs if they married or became pregnant and sexual harassment on the job. Testimony According to a report from the US Labor Department, affirmative action has helped 6 million white and minority women move up in the work force. Stat Between 1970 and 1990 the proportion of women physicians doubled from 7.6% to 16.9% and the percentage of women lawyers and judges women, affirmative, action, education, equal, work, white, employment, earn, jobs, female, year, while, programs, positions, opportunities, must, months, men, male, make, job, doctoral, women’s, university, school, same, resources, recipients, personal, percentage, minority, full, found, financial