Thursday, January 30, 2014

American Women in the World

Globalization : “the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets.”  (Merriam-Webster). At some points, globalization has been good, also considered downside to women. Obviously, globalization has created many jobs for women. Women worldwide could keep in touch and get closer to each other through the advance technology and communication, which also help to reduce the unfairness and the isolation. However globalization has increased the distance and inequality among women as well.
“The benefits and human costs of these exchanges are distributed unevenly, both among nations and within them,” (pg.789) today there is hot topic regarding business’s ETHIC, in order to gain more profit and revenue, many of the manufacturing jobs have moved and located in a cheaper foreign market such as Asia and Latin America. These poor women have to work under a worst working condition as they work for long hours and get paid for less than $ 1 per hour, with no benefits or insurance while U.S or other “rich” nations, women enjoy their goods and benefits from work with more than $ 10 per hour.
however there is what called TEAMWORK or FIGHT OR FLIGHT actions when someone couldn't take the bully anymore. Many of Latinas and Asians women have stood up for justice and voice their concern to world; at the result, working condition gets better and women at these developing countries seriously have upgraded a lot. 

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