Analytic Entry on Current Events

Women have come a long way from the discrimination they used to face. They now acquire most of the rights that men have and are considered to play a much more significant role in our society today. Even though our country has helped women gain equal rights, sexism does still exist. It continues to be evident based upon the fact that women still have not gained equality in business, the military, sports, politics, and even in their own household. Because women still face obstacles in many aspects of their daily life, the importance of their role in society can be questioned. In the business world, “Some women have found cracks in the glass ceiling, far more have not” (Poe). The reason behind his is that women are not trusted with the jobs of corporate America. Large businesses still have more faith in men than women, showing why only a small amount of them have found those “cracks” in business. With sexism in the workplace, it is no wonder why, “Women continue to be the primary engineers of the cooking, cleaning, and the running of time-consuming house chores” (Poe). Women are put through the struggles of having to defy the unwritten rules of the public. They understand the problems that would come about if they tried to take on a job that was uncommon for women to have. For that reason, women make little effort to change the perceived notions that men have for them. Along with this, women tend to struggle with having a large role in politics. There still has never been a female president; however we have made progression after Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Even though this shows that women are still fighting sex discrimination within the government, they have been able to gain a more powerful voice over past decades due to the creation of the Nineteenth Amendment. That amendment allowed women to move forward in politics, and also paved the way for progression in today’s government. The fact that women are also paid twenty-three cents on the dollar less than men does not support the progression they have made. Employers do not care about the unfairness of this payment technique, and also do not consider the affect it has on each woman’s life. They still continue to treat women as less than men forcing similar to how they did in the twentieth century. Contrary to this, the country’s current problem with the economy has caused the jobs of working women to be valued much more than it has in the past. Men have been losing their jobs fast than women causing, “women to outnumber men on the nation’s payrolls” (Rampell). This was believed to be a monumental moment because of the progress women have made over the past century. No one in the 1920s would have believed that women surpassed an employment rate of fifty percent. What also proves women’s progression is that in 1964, “less than a third of the nation’s nonfarm payroll jobs were held by women” (Rampell). This further proves the significance of the historical jump women had in the workplace. In past decades, women were seen as objects, and had typical, low-wage jobs. Now, there are plenty of other jobs offered to women that never would have been considered in the past. It is clear that they have gone against the stereotype of being “objects” and have further progressed to having successful and well-paid jobs. Women have been able to overcome many difficulties with discrimination against their gender. However, there are still many more problems that they have to work through. This brings up the question of how far have women come if they still face many problems amount our society today?