Women 's Faced Ridiculous Discrimination

After more than 200 years of living under the United States Constitution and despite all of the progress women have made, they still to this day continue to suffer discrimination in employment, insurance, health care, education, the criminal justice system, social security and pensions, and just about any other area you can name.

Women have always had the short end of the stick, whether it was with voting, home life, or working. They were never shown the respect that they deserved or earned. They worked hard and were never repaid for their work. In the early colonial period, women were treated differently based off their wealth and religion, and after men started making laws, they gained nothing. Women went from having an unspecified class status in the early colonial period to second class status by the early republic era because men wrote the laws.

People have always expected that a woman could never surmount to anything greater than a man. They are viewed as needing protection and are seen as a group of ineffective people. Men are taken more seriously than women and women usually have to work harder to achieve the same goal. An article from 2013 states that, “women get 77 cents on the dollar for every dollar men make, which is $10,000 more per year” (Huffington Post). Women are discriminated against for something that they cannot change.

Discrimination against women has been around for hundreds of years, some claiming it went back to the Paleolithic Age. Many believe when people started claiming land and personal belongings, women were claimed as well. Today we level

Discrimination against women has always been a part of history. Women were not treated equally because of gender and their highly expected roles. They were not entitled to the same privileges as men and if they were, their advantages were very limited. Male dominance was very common and extremely favored. It brings us back, during the transition of agriculture, where women were responsible for gathering food to survive and sustaining their communities. Men were mainly responsible for hunting. Women learned how to care and nurture crops; that allowed for a foundation to grow on and expand their knowledge in relation to their future duties. Yes, women in the past were treated differently against, occupation opportunities, legal discrimination

Nowadays things are very different from they were before. Since the civil rights movement during the 1960s, men and women are considered equals under the law and are protected equally as well. The whole issue of women being inferior has been diminishing. Women are able to get as good jobs as men do. They can work in similar work

Gender biases have been in place for many generations even dating back to biblical times. Women have been subservient to men in the past and are somewhat still

Women being treated differently isn't anything new though, look back at the women’s suffrage movement. The women’s suffrage movement was when women were trying to get the right to vote. All white men in the 1820’s and ‘30s could vote and all men, no matter their race or how much land they owned could vote in 1865. In 1848, the first meeting for the fight for women’s suffrage took place in Seneca Falls, New York. The fight for women’s suffrage took nearly 100 years for women to win the right to vote. The 19th amendment to the US Constitution, which gave women the right to vote was finally passed in

There are many types of discrimination in our society today. The one that really stands out to a lot of people, but seems to just slide by is discrimination against women. Many people will say that they are not discriminative against women, but there actions in the workplace and at social events would suggest otherwise. Back around 40-50 years ago, our country had a certain view of what women are as people, and what they were supposed and meant to do. A famous essay that I personally like is, “I want a Wife,” by Judy Brady.

Gender roles are social constructs that determine how men and women are viewed, categorized, and stereotyped. In theory, gender roles seem benign: they are, after all, simply relics of cultural tradition; in practice however, they have proved malignant, and are the root of many obstacles women and men face in the United States today, confining individuals through archaic, sexist assumptions and stereotypes. At the heart of this stereotyping is the idea that true women are sensitive, nurturing, and submissive to the more aggressive, dominant men (Carlton). Gender roles and associated sexism are the glue that binds gender to societal expectations about personality characteristics, jobs, and colors. Despite the astounding progress women have made, equality between men and women has yet to be achieved, and it is no question that gender roles are present in today’s society, contributing to the inequality women face. The impacts of gender roles are not limited to restrictive societal roles and pressures, but also contribute to health-related, economic and political inequality. Gender roles encourage the dominance of men and restrict the freedom of women. Awareness of gender roles and their detrimental effects is absolutely necessary in order for women to achieve true social and political equality in the United States.

Women have always been treated or pushed away from working. Bet it was a shocker back in the early 1900’s when a woman joined the police force or any type of job. Females have always been looked at as the person who maintains their man with food, cleanliness, and caregivers for their children instead of working. Things have changed and women are joining more and more jobs that are intended for men. Now what made women want to join the police force, construction, manufacturing and etc? I bet for obvious reasons, being that they wanted to prove that they could do certain jobs that were intended for men. Women can now start working tough jobs. They still get a little mistreated just because they sometimes don’t feel tough enough for the job. There wouldn’t be a problem if individuals can see women be in the same mental state of mind as men out during work. Maybe at times the physical state can be completely different because it’s known that men are much stronger then women. Women should be able to work to the manliest jobs out there to any types of jobs without being discriminated. More should be able to work without thinking that they only belong as house wives, they should make their own money and not depend on anyone.

When looking at the ways this appears in the workplace one becomes more aware the cultured issue at hand. A prime example of workplace discrimination begins solely in the construction industry. According to, The National Association of Women in Construction, “Women working in construction numbered 1.2 percent of the entire U.S. workforce in 2013” (NAWIC). In later studies it was recorded, “In 2014, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 9,813,000 people working in the construction industry. Of these, 872,000 of them, or 8.9 percent, were women” (NAWIC). These statistics show you how small the female population impacts the construction workforce, but the impact the field has on the women is tremendous. This type of career is very male dominant and this can make the survival for feminine

Women have always been looked upon as property rather than people. They have been told that they are lesser beings and must find the perfect man to depend on and start a family since the beginning of history. “Give a man what he wants in order to live a happy life” is a phrase many elderly women tell young women. Men have always been seen as independent while wanting a wife to cook, clean, and provide a family. Men today continuously make rash and sexist comments about women needing to be in the kitchen cooking or taking care of the kids rather than pursuing a career. Sexism is “prejudice or discrimination based on sex, especially against women” (Merriam Webster, “Sexism”). Despite extensive research into the human mind and body, many people continue to believe women are inferior compared to men.

Discrimination against women has been around for centuries all the way to our Greek ancestors and early as our first civilizations. Throughout history a patriarchal society often became the standard, inequalitiy between men and women continued to grow further apart. The Neolithic Revolution (agricultural) and Industrial Revolution are partially responsible for shaping societies into this way since the jobs were shifted to be dependent on men. Today in modern America, women rights and equality has been a main topic of discussion with people demanding to finally close the lingering gap between the genders. Women in the past were heavily discriminated and treated unfairly when it came to government, marriage, and their own body. Slowly throughout the past decades, impactful reforms were made so that women today can have their own freedom and a wider spectrum of opportunities.

When I go places with my friends, I cannot help but notice the obvious difference between my male friends and female friends. Men and women are very different; however, this does not mean that they should have separate roles in society. I believe the United States has done a nice job of providing equal opportunities so that women have a choice of what they want to do. But not all places have done as well. In Israel, women are badly discriminating by the gender roles assigned to them. Even though many people will tell you that this is due to their traditions and customs, I still believe there is too much discrimination against women. Recently, changes have been made to relive some of the discrimination on women, but more changes must be made.