This is a cartoon by Robert Thompson. It can be found here. The cartoon is a representation of the inequalities that women face in the workplace. A woman is standing in front of two ladders labeled corporate ladders. One of them is marked for men and the other is marked for women. The one that is marked for men is much taller than the one that is marked for women. I chose this cartoon because I liked the simplicity of it and it makes a very good statement about the privilege men receive over women in the workplace.
This cartoon relates to course material in a few obvious ways. First, it illustrates the idea of privilege that Johnson discusses repeatedly in the text for our class. Women have a shorter ladder to climb than men do. This shows that men are privileged because they can reach higher positions within the corporation. They get to climb a taller corporate ladder just because they are men. Johnson’s definition of privilege is receiving benefits for reasons that are unfair or unearned. This cartoon illustrated that definition.
When I first saw this cartoon, I immediately thought of Johnson’s definition of privilege. Women have fought very hard to gain equality with men in the workforce. They have made some progress, but they are still not there. This cartoon draws attention to the fact that sometimes women are not given the same opportunities as men. Their ladders do not go as high as the men’s ladder.
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