GENDER REFORMATION: A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF SWEDISH AND AMERICAN GENDER EQUALITY LEGISLATION ON THE

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GENDER REFORMATION A HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF
SWEDISH AND AMERICAN GENDER EQUALITY LEGISLATION
ON THE WAGE GAP

• SHANNON ALLEN

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THESIS

• Determine the impact of gender equality
  legislation on the wage gap in the United States
  and Sweden

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PREVIOUS RESEARCH

• Governmental policies and gender inequality
• Equal rights legislation has not adapted to
  current years
• Global level inequality
• Gender inequality found globally
• Less inequality in more developed nations

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THEORIES

• Simone de Beauvoir
• The Second Sex 1952
• Woman as Other
• Patricia McBroom 1986
• The Third Sex
• Adoption of a suit to succeed professionally
• Edmondson Bell and Nkomo 2001
• Our Separate Ways
• Elements of identity cause inequality

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METHOD

• Historical Comparative Analysis 1960-2004
• Historical income tables for the United States
  and Sweden
• Primary and secondary resources
• Federal gender equality legislation and laws from
  the United States and Sweden

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FINDINGS
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• Sweden United States
• Year Percentage Year
  Percentage
• 1960 N/A
  1960 60.7
• 1975 81.7
  1975 59.7
• 1980 87.3
  1980 60.5
• 1985 83.3
  1985 65.5
• 1990 80.9
  1990 71.1
• 1991 80.3
  1991 70.0
• 1992 80.9
  1992 71.7
• 1993 81.3
  1993 72.3
• 1994 82.7
  1994 73.6
• 1995 81.0
  1995 73.8
• 1996 83.7
  1996 74.3
• 1997 83.2
  1997 73.8
• 1998 83.1
  1998 74.1
• 1999 83.2
  1999 72.8
• 2000 84.5
  2000 73.9

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A Historical Look

• The United States and Womens Equality
• Many for and against gender equality legislation
• Sweden and Womens Equality
• Held as model for womens rights
• Swedish government actively promotes gender
  equality

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RELEVANCE

• Legislation and laws reveal the norms of society
  during different time periods
• Legislation and laws help shape womens roles
  within history and culture