Letter B- Nordic States

(Scandinavia)
Gender Equality Comparison
UNITED STATES

BOTH

NORDIC STATES
OF EUROPE

Maternity leave for having a

child and taking time off of work
to care for the child is 12 weeks
for a women.

Men and women both can attend

University/ College.

Norway, Iceland and Sweden

have over 1.5 women for every
man enrolled in University
(college).

As of 2010 women earn 81% of

what their counterpart did.

Over 95% literacy rate for males

and females.

In Norway, since 2008, publicly

listed companies have been
required to have 40 percent of
each sex on their boards.

Exposure to sexist humor,

particularly humor related to
sexual assault, can increase
male aggression and their
tendency to discriminate against
women.

Women can vote in Eastern

Europe and the United States.

Sweden has highest amount of

women in Parliament in the
world.

In 1968, sex-segregated job

advertisements were declared
illegal by the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, this
decision was upheld by the
Supreme Court in 1973; this
allowed women to apply for
higher-paying jobs formally
restricted only to male
applicants.

Men and women can lead and

have power in government.

Arranged marriages in European

countries.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

made discriminatory hiring on
the basis of gender illegal.

Maternal mortality ratio

(modeled estimate, per 100,000
live births) is 28 in United States
and Europe

European women are paid, on

average, 36% less than men for
doing similar jobs.

While researching the gender equality issues in the United States and Northern Europe
I found out that both nations have gender equality issues, but gender equality is not
better in one nation then another. Both areas show that women are paid less than the

men for doing the same job, something that is an issue all over the world, no matter the
location of where you live. Yet, in Northern Europe, there are about 1.5 women enrolled
in University for every man enrolled. The United States have had laws about gender
equality for many years, yet there is still an issue about it. Women in Europe have more
rights than the women here in the United States.