Summarize the status of women around the world today.
Understand the extent of and reasons for gender inequality in income and the workplace in the United States.
Understand the extent of and reasons for sexual harassment.
The primary focus of this chapter is gender inequality in the United States, but it is also important to discuss gender inequality worldwide. While American women are unequal to men in many respects, women’s situation throughout much of the world is especially dire. Accordingly, we first examine the global inequality of women before turning our attention to the United States.
