Social inequality is where members of gender, sexual orientation, and race are isolated or not treated the same as others. Individuals who identify with a sexual orientation other than what is considered “normal,” such as homosexual or transgender, face discrimination when it comes to children, healthcare, housing and employment. Women also face many challenges, such as being paid less than men: seventy-nine cents for every man's dollar. If you look at positions of power, you can see that women hold far fewer positions than men. The average CEO, or heads of a company, are more commonly men than women, as women are not taken as seriously when it comes to business. “For example, the media often reinforces negative stereotypes about women such as dumb blondes, passive Asian Americans, or pushy African Americans” (Shaw and Lee 61) which paint women in a bad image and is where this negative connotation of women comes from. women.