Inequalities of Gender

Inequalities of Gender

This discusses the general of the inequalities of gender with particular reference to the situation in the United States of America , to determine whether there is complete gender equality in the country

The outline of the is as follows : It defines gender equality looks first at the history of women 's emancipation in the United States how the movement began and what it hoped to achieve . It then assesses whether those results have actually been achieved by looking at a number of things such as what percentage of

the workforce is made up of women what salaries they earn , and what is expected in the future . Based on this research it draws a conclusion as to whether there is complete gender equality in America

The term gender equality has quite a broad definition . For women , it means that she has the same opportunities in the country in which she lives as a man does . This means opportunity for the same education , the same jobs , the same salary , the same healthcare , the same basic rights etc

Certainly , nowadays a woman in America , which is not known as the land of opportunity for nothing , is a more fortunate woman either than a woman in a less successful country or than an American woman in previous centuries

Her chances of achieving her dreams are much greater than the chances of a girl growing up in a less economically rich country such as Botswana for example . An American woman can achieve things that may not have even been heard of by counterparts in poorer countries . There are even careers and opportunities available to women that are not available to men . Women 's rights in employment are looked after more than they ever were before . For example , most companies have policies whereby they have to employ a certain number of women

Interestingly , however , America is not the leader of the field when it comes to gender equality . In a survey conducted by Think and Ask (2005 on in which countries genders are the most equal , the United States ranks only 17th on the list , with many European countries such as Sweden , Norway , Denmark and Finland achieving better results

There is no doubt , however , that much progress has been made in the last hundred and fifty years . Early feminists active in the abolition movement increasingly began to compare women 's situation with the plight of African American slaves . This new polemic squarely blamed men for all the restrictions of women 's role , and argued that the relationship between the sexes was one-sided , controlling and oppressive

Most of the early women 's advocates were Christians , especially Quakers It started with Lucretia Mott 's involvement as one of the first women to join the Quaker abolitionist men in the abolitionist movement . The result was that Quaker women like Lucretia Mott learned how to organize and pull the levers of representative government . Starting in the mid-1830s , they decided to use those skills for...