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After some digging, one article in particular caught my eye and it was titled, “Gender equality: universities are still all talk and too many trousers.”<\/strong><\/a> I thought that the title was funny and creative, so I got curious and took a deeper look into the article.<\/p>\n The author performed research on the gender equality\u00a0seen within the universities in the UK and Europe. Interestingly, she found that there was a lack of respect for women’s expertise, less valued roles were directed towards women, and that motherhood must end any interest in career progression. Like seriously?<\/p>\n Source: Pinterest<\/p><\/div>\n I knew that women still faced inequalities in the workplace, but these findings surprised me. I wasn’t aware that this much inequity was present, especially at the college level. I figured that since attending college is a big deal, women would be equally represented among the men. Guess I was wrong.<\/p>\n This article inspired me to look into this issue further. For my research, I decided to focus on the opportunities and respect that college students and faculty members receive and also compare this between males and females.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week, I had to start researching for my CTW project. I wanted to use the results I found from my archival research and my survey to lead me into my topic for this project. I decided to try and … Continue reading ![](\"https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/736x\/b9\/99\/b3\/b999b3998300068e95ac4fa80fa331a4.jpg\")