{"id":873,"date":"2020-07-09T20:41:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T20:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/summer2020\/?p=873"},"modified":"2020-07-09T20:41:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T20:41:01","slug":"discussion-week-7-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ksoakes.expressions.syr.edu\/summer2020\/2020\/07\/09\/discussion-week-7-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Discussion Week 7\/6"},"content":{"rendered":"
1. One of the most fascinating\u00a0sources\u00a0I stumbled upon when researching was the article\u00a0\u201cAction need on LGBTQ Diversity\u201d by Dexter Morse, focusing primarily on improving diversity amongst genders within the airline industry. Morse\u2019s call to action is creating a more diverse and\u00a0inclusive workplace for those who are discriminated against for their sexuality, this pertaining to many who identify as anything other than heterosexual. The article begins with showing the United States\u2019s delay on bringing this inclusion to airlines, as other countries have\u00a0implemented federal laws to protect discriminated employees. Other countries have taken immediate action to introduce laws and regulations that make it illegal to sexuality as a reason to discriminate between employees, and therefore allow all to be hired no matter what they identify with in terms of their sexuality. Morse reports from his own findings, that sadly\u00a0\u201c\u2026 more than 53% of LGBTQ workers hide their identity at the workplace\u201d; proving that there is still plenty of action to be taken to bring this number down drastically. Although all members of the LGBTQ community are\u00a0affected, those who identify as transgender face the most discrimination as\u00a0\u201c\u202627% of the transgender population said they were not hired, were fired or were not promoted as a result of their gender identity or expression\u201d. Moving into tying LGBTQ inclusivity with the airline industry, Morse mentions the steps airlines such as American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, United Airlines, and Emirates have taken to improve upon their gender diversity within the companies.\u00a0In addition, Morse connects the dots together to conclude the article with ways to raise awareness for this discrimination and how companies should\u00a0utilize their business ventures to improve upon this issue at hand.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Overall this article is beyond\u00a0beneficial,\u00a0providing evidence and statistics that are easy to visualize to better understand the exclusivity in terms of gender within\u00a0big time companies. Focusing on the\u00a0improvements airlines have made to incorporate a more gender-diverse workforce was also interesting, as these findings were specific to Dexter Morse\u2019s article and not found in other articles I read. I think this source is extremely\u00a0beneficial in terms of providing statistics that are worthwhile, each statistical number having enough weight to hit readers and those educating themselves on the issue how drastic this needs to be changed. Morse also provided some examples of policies and laws that have been made in response to improving on gender-diversity, and also improving the benefits that those who\u00a0identify with the LGBTQ community.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n

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2.\u00a0One of the responses that really hit home for me was subtitled \u201cA Lack of Privacy makes Anxiety Worse\u201d. As someone who suffers from anxiety from time to time, I found it especially personal to read the response as it corresponded with how I would also feel if placed within an open layout office. Immediately as the start of the response, the writer opens with an illustration of what this office is like. I believe that this is crucial in understanding the rest of her response as you can visualize what working in the environment must have like. Visualizing these hiding spots the girls within the company, only of which there were three, was heartbreaking as they had to leave the office to find some sort of calm and peace. I think that from this I was able to illustrate a point I would want to make, that being the importance of mental health within the workplace and how it corresponds to the quality of the work performed. I was intrigued to find out that the writer did explain to the company through her exiting letter the toll that the office space took on her, but I was also appalled that she did not have a response or anything to say on whether or not the company improved upon this response to the environment they had created for their employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. One of the most fascinating\u00a0sources\u00a0I stumbled upon when researching was the article\u00a0\u201cAction need on LGBTQ Diversity\u201d by Dexter Morse, focusing primarily on improving diversity amongst genders within the airline industry. Morse\u2019s call to action is creating a more diverse and\u00a0inclusive workplace for those who are discriminated against for their sexuality, this pertaining to many … <\/p>\n

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