The Discrimination of Women in the Workplace from the Viewpoint of the Three Basic Theories of Sociology

Unfortunately, today, women are still paid less than men are, even when they do similar work and have similar education, skills and experience.
Functional theory helps to explain why there is discrimination of women in the workplace and why it has lasted as long as it has. According to functional theory, society is based on stability and the cooperation of its parts to maintain that stability. Because of the longstanding tradition of women staying home while their husbands go to work, women fell into the roll in society of the domesticated housekeeper. …