Economics

China-  The Human Rights Watch surveyed over 36,000 jobs’ ads in China. They discovered that almost one in five jobs’ ads were referred as ‘men only’ or ‘men preferred’. For a specific company, the job ad uses the appearance of female employees to bring in men applicants. The other companies that were researched also had in common hiring beautiful women for the same reason. Some comments made by the men hired were that ‘they joined that company because of the pretty ladies interviewing them’ and that they were ‘happy going to work everyday because of the beautiful women’. The Human Rights Watch have stated that the gender gap is increasing with this type of discrimination. There are laws that ban gender discrimination in China whether it’s for hiring or in advertising (Toh, Mullen, 2018).             I believe that not only is this sexually exploiting women, they are also being discriminated against. The ads are stating that they need men, s...

        California- A bill has been proposed in California that will help minimize plastic waste going into the ocean. The bill suggests that the servers or waiters are not to give the customers straws unless one is asked for. 'Straws-upon-request' is a small gesture dine-in restaurants would use. By doing this, the customer might engage in a conversation with the waiter, therefore, leading the waiter to explain the effects of plastic in the environment. The bill was introduced by Ian Calderon. He has stated that the plastic waste gets eaten by the wildlife, who then get eaten by humans. The plastic waste is not only hurting the environment, but our health as well. Other restaurants have taken an alternative route to recycling by promoting 'Ocean Friendly Restaurants' (Madigan, 2018). Plastic waste is a huge negative externality. The environment is at risk because it takes a while for the plastic to degrade. It can harm the animals because they do eat the plas...