Statistics
What percent of the United States Population idenfy as women based on the 2020 Census?
50.8%
(U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: United States, n.d.)
Gender Equality or Gender Equity?
Both. We need both in society to be able to combat gender discrimination.
Which department of the United States does Title IX fall into?
Department of Education
T/F: You are allowed to discriminate in Ohio based on gender in the workforce.
True. Because of Executive Order 11246, if you company makes under $10,000 a year, you are allowed to discriminate based on gender.
(Executive Order 11246 – Equal Employment Opportunity | U.S. Department of Labor, n.d.)
The United States is 1 of _ countries to not have a paid maternity leave federal guarantee.
8
Gender discrimination is charged more than racial discrimination.
False. Racial discrimination makes up 34% of charges to the EEOC while gender discrimination makes up 30%.
(Charge Statistics (Charges Filed with EEOC) FY 1997 Through FY 2021 | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, n.d.)
The law's name that protects pregnant persons from being discriminated against is
The Pregancy Discrimination Act (PDA)
(Pregnancy Discrimination, n.d.)
When did Ohio enact its own gender discrimination laws?
1973
Ohio House Bill 610
(Ohio House Bill 610 (Gender Discrimination Prohibition) - Ohio History Central, n.d.)
The number of charges brought up to the EEOC in regards to gender discrimination in 2021 is
18,762/ 30% of all charges
(Charge Statistics (Charges Filed with EEOC) FY 1997 Through FY 2021 | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, n.d.)
Sterotpyes, implicit bias, and predjuice leads to gender discrimination and other realting issues.
TRUE. Preconcinved notions about someone or a group of people can lead to damaging results.
What year was all men legally allowed to vote (ignoring such things as the grandfather clause and literacy tests)? When were all women legally allowed to vote?
1870/ 1920
How many laws pop up when you search "gender discrimination" in the Ohio Revised Code Section?
3
(Ohio Revised Code Search | Ohio Laws, n.d.)
In 2020 in the United States, what is the percentage of wages women make in comparison to men?
84%
(Barroso & Brown, 2021)
Gender discrimination is a women's issue, as women are the only ones affected by this type of discrimination.
NO. Men are also affected in a myriad of ways.
(Smith & Kimmel, 2005)
The first state to allow women to vote is _ and it happened in _.
Wyoming / 1869
(National Constitution Center - Centuries of Citizenship - Map: States Grant Women the Right to Vote, n.d.)
What percentage of salary does women make in comparison to men in Ohio, specially from 2020?
81.9% / a 19.1% difference.
(Women’s Earnings In Ohio — 2020 : Midwest Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, n.d.)
How many employees does a company need to have before it can violate the federal law around gender discrimination?
15
(Goddard, 2017)
Gender discrimation happens only in the workforce.
NO
Name one specific movement that is currently being pushed in politics that violates womens rights and has grounds to be called gender discrimination. Which court case is currently the subject of this movement?
Abortion/ Bodily Atonomy
Roe v Wade
T/F: It is legal to discriminate against LGBTQ+ folks in Ohio.
True. Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity are not a part of the laws about discrimination in most parts of Ohio.
(House Bill 208 | The Ohio Legislature, n.d.)