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Social Issues In the Novel Vs Canada Now

1.     Since the novel took place during the 20^th century where women still did not have the right to vote and women were deemed less intelligent than men and women tend to be house wives. The author made it a point that Anne was given an education. The author made sure to also note that both men and women equally intelligent and talented noted during Anne and Gilbet school rivalry to see who is at the top of the class. The author does show different gender role stereotypes in the book, like how men are the providers and go out and make money while the women stay home and take care of the kids. However Anne wanted to further her education and she wanted to become a teacher. Some social issues that we faced today that relate to the book is the gender wage gap. According to data from the Labour Force Survey, women in Canada aged 15 and older earned $0.87 for every dollar earned by men in 2017, as measured by average hourly wages. Women are being paid 13 cents less than a man simply because they are women. Today our government made sure in the budget they focussed on gender equality. The government decided to introduce pay transparency bill which will require all business looking for people to hire to include their salary rate or range, bar employers from asking about past compensation and prohibit retaliation against employees who do discuss or talk about compensation. The federal government is also planning to table pay equity legislation, which is equal pay for equal work, that it says will help combat the 13 cents hourly wage gap that exists between men and women who work full-time. Although there are problems with gender issues in today society, the government is taking a good approach by acknowledging the problem in the federal budget and attempting to fix it.