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p Women and Equality : Current Reality or Distant Future

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[INSTITUTION] Women and Equality : Current Reality or Distant Future

Given that women now hold jobs which conventionally have not been associated with their gender , some may think that the plight to attain equality in terms of opportunities has succeeded . People sometimes accept such notion unconditionally as if gender bias has been eliminated . However , such thoughts would definitely be ideal examples of a form of fallacy : hasty generalization . In reality , such notions could not be any farther from the truth . In pursuits

as simple as sports for example , women still suffer from the bias highlighting women basketball players as evidence , their paychecks are only a meager fraction if compared to their male counterparts (Person , 2009 . Furthermore , the opportunities of women in athletic pursuits are still crippled due to the presence of stereotypes . Profitability remains to be a question in forming women sports leagues or teams as businessmen still believe that men 's sports would garner the most beneficial public response and attention (Person , 2009 . With such examples , it is irrefutable that equality is still yet to be reached

If modern-day America still cannot be referred to as an example of a society where in men and women have equal opportunities , when would such a time come ? When the time comes that headlines about women holding jobs as a minority would no longer be existent then equal opportunity among genders might have been achieved . Some may claim that such a scenario would never...

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