Everyone says that men are physically stronger, thus, women are already set up for discrimination and unequal opportunities. Because of women's lack of strength, they don't get some of the jobs, like a construction worker, that men can easily get. A lot of the time women are passed up because they are quieter and have more internal control which presents them, again, as weak and incapable.

In my opinion, I believe that men and women are not treated equal in the united states. Our country has definitely became much better at this issue, because at the start of the country women were just meant to stay in the house. They did not have opportunities in life, their job was to have kids and take care of them and do all the chores in the house while the men had the chance to explore the world. Nowadays it has gotten better but both sexes are still not treated equal in jobs and amount getting paid.

In this country some jobs are only male jobs and they mostly don’t let women get them for example the military and industrialized jobs. I bet that women can shoot guns, obviously most of them do not prefer to but the very small that wants to should be able to are not able to. In factories it is definitely possible for women to be able to work machinery but for some reason most factory workers don’t believe the will get a well enough job done which doesn't make any sense. According to “Jobs with the Widest Pay Gaps Between Men And Women” 67.7% of them are female but the minimum salary for male is about 500 dollars more than the amount of money for a female. These are the reasons I feel women are not being treated equal to men.

Today I don't think women have as much equality as men but it is way better than what it was back then. Back then women were chosen after men for jobs and made way less money too. Today it has gotten better but women are still outnumbered in congress by men and still make a little bit less. Today the 15 states that didn't ratify the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote still haven't ratified it today either. This fact says how many states take men over women.

Biddle, Tabby. "Wait, Women Don't Have Equal Rights in the United States?" The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, n.d. Web. 24 Jan. 2015.

If every person genuinely believed in equality, equality would exist, and there would be no need for legislation to enforce it. However, equality legislation exists. Since we wouldn't need it if there weren't people who didn't believe in equality, the laws should be designed with people trying to get around them in mind, but unfortunately, that's not how the laws are made. We need have needed to create legislation to create equality between the sexes, the legislation is flawed, and people are getting around it. Therefore, women and men are not equal in today's United States.

For an example of this, look at the well-known Title IX from the 1972 "Education Amendments:" laws to create equality among the sexes in educational and other government-sponsored environments. The only language about gender equality in the entire lengthy law is as follows: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program." The rest of the law is exceptions to that rule, and there's nothing else to clarify or elaborate on it. What about private, non-government schools? They can still discriminate however they like; they can be all-boys schools, and that still holds true today.

Title IX provides a very flimsy basis for gender equality in education, now look at it in a place many of us know of: college athletics. In athletics, men already receive much more attention than women, putting female college athletes in a situation where they can easily be discriminated against. In 2003, the Office for Civil Rights made a clarification in which it is more or less stated that an institution in in compliance with Title IX if it meets any of the following three conditions:

(1) the percent of male and female athletes is substantially proportionate to the percent of male and female students enrolled at the school; or

(2) the school has a history and continuing practice of expanding participation opportunities for the underrepresented sex; or

(3) the school is fully and effectively accommodating the interests and abilities of the underrepresented sex.

So as long as you "fully and effectively accommodate the underrepresented sex," you're not in the wrong for having way more male than female athletes. This is just passive legislation being added to passive legislation, and anyone who does not believe in equality will be able to prevent equality without breaking the law. This brings me back to my point, that we wouldn't need to make these laws, which are common sense for anyone who wants to promote equality, if we didn't have people who don't want to promote equality. As long as the legislation is so weak, we're not criminalizing anti-equality, and men and women will continue to be unequal, whether people are trying to make them that way or not. Of course, the issue of equality complicated, and we've come quite a long way, but we still have some obvious gender inequality, all you have to see it is read our laws.

I think Woman have come a long way in terms of equality since the passing of the 19th amendment in 1920, but woman in the workforce especially are still treated unfair.

Today there is a record of 98 woman out of 535 people in congress. This is still a large difference in the amount of woman but the numbers are still on the rise. During world War I there was only a single woman in congress. This shows how far woman have come, but there is still a long way to go.

Another reason woman have improved is the professional sports leagues that now exist and title IX. For example the WNBA isn't even close to the popularity of the NBA , but the discrepancy isn't that overwhelmingly high. I think its just the biased that exist in sports fans that they would rather see a man rather than a woman play.

Overall, woman have come a long way, but they are far from equal.

On average in 2010, women only made 77 cents to every dollar a man earned.(gender). Even tho the US has made leaps from women not being able to vote, to being able , some still are not treated equal to men. Women have also been able to get jobs in the work place.In the past they were to stay in the house and take care of house work, tend to children and cook.

"Gender Inequality and Women in the Workplace." Gender Inequality and Women in

the Workplace. N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Jan. 2015

Since day one men always have been "superior" over women. As being a women, I know we are always known as the weaker link, that we aren't as strong as men. But we should have equal rights! The government says we are equal, but yet manly men are in the government. Of course they are going to say we are equal because they want America to be balanced; or being in agreement. Women now a day are treated like trash. Men shouldn't have the right to abuse women nor should we, but women are just trying to fight back in a man powered world. Women don't get fair options to get a job either. Did you know in the directing business, that for every 15 men, there is one woman director? This is so true, women don't get dream jobs as easily. Almost every business, they would pick a man over a women. America should stop being sexist, and support women & equally.

Men and women should be made equal because even though we are" separate but equal" women are still differentiated from men in the public life and in jobs. Higher paying jobs are more likely to be given to men over women because people believe that men can do the job better and more affectively. The U.S government should change the perspective that is held on women to create every human being equal with equal work, pay and treatment.

The equality of men and women in today's society is not balanced. We see an example of this in the workplace especially. A 2013 study concluded that in almost every occupation in the U.S. women earn 78 cents for every dollar that men earn. This is a wage gap of 22%. This is astonishing considering that in 4/10 families in the U.S. women are the main support for the family's basic needs, and they receive more graduate and college degrees than men.

Chloe Nedds

I believe that women today are discriminated against in America. Women are mostly discriminated against in the workplace. They sometimes will not make as much money as other males especially when men and women are first starting out in new workplaces.

In the past, women have filled the roles of parent and housewife. Nowadays, however, women are making great strides in professional careers and the sciences. Although men and women may not be given equal job opportunities yet, society is starting to recognize women as being “equal” to men.

One example of this can be found in our own community. Two years ago, a math/science day for girls only was held at MSU. The day consisted of four selected courses that exposed many fields of science such as entomology. Institutions all over the country are now creating similar programs to inspire future women.

Carolyn Harron

I do not think women have equal rights. Like it says in the article, the United States Constitution still does not provide women with the same rights as men. It has been almost a century later since we were granted the right to vote, so why aren't we equal?

Women and men are somewhat equal in the United States. They aren't separated in public so that women have to be in a certain spot away from men, but they aren't exactly treated as equally as the men. When women won the right to vote in 1920, it's said that the next step was suppose to be full equality for women under the Constitution, but it's 2015 now and it still hasn't happened since the United States Constitution still doesn't provide women with the same rights as men.

In some areas yes men and women are equal but there are many circumstances where women fall below men. For example sports, from lacrosse to baseball/softball sports are made “safer and easier” for women. We are all human, no matter if a man or a woman gets hit with a ball it is going to have the same damage. My other topic is “ladylike behavior”. People have higher standards for women like personal hygiene. In ends men and women should just be treated equal, we are all human.

In my opinion, equality should be achieved for women. This is because many women go through hard work and make their goals as high as men, but only are able to get to a certain point due to not only the way that they are treated, but it is because we think that they can’t do anything to help our society, but they can because they are not weak. They are strong, and we need them to get where we want to, and have to, but without them, this will not and can not happen.

-Deniz Kalfa 1/26/15

I think that there is inequality in the USA. It is proven that women makee less then men.

I definitely believe that women have come a long way from how things used to be. But I believe that things between men and women are still not equal. It has changed from when women were being totally ignored in society to then if they were married they were their husband's property and couldn't do anything without getting their permission first. I think that the 19th amendment didn’t come soon enough. Women had been fighting for that right for too long. Women have been fighting for their freedom and right to vote for a long time and once they got the right to vote, people were still treating them anything but equal. Today I still believe men and women are still not equal. Most men still get paid more for the most part and are favored over woman in many job positions or other positions.

Women and men are by far unequal in the American society. Men are physically stronger and more demanding when it comes to job opportunities, which makes men have higher paying jobs than women. You see men with jobs such as engineering, business and computer science. With women, it's more likely to see them in jobs such as nurses, and teachers. Secondly, men have more full-time job opportunities then women. Women tend to take part-time jobs because they eventually want to be the stay home moms that take well care of their children. While men on the other hand, don't have to require that responsibility resulting for more work and higher wages. Lastly, men are more likely to be in big sports such as basketball, football, and soccer while they get paid millions a year! On the other hand, women who participate in these sports only earn thousands a year. Overall, it doesn't come down to if our economy is sexist but the choices and sacrifices women have to make to better their lives.

I feel like Woman can have just has high paying job it all just depends on how you receive that equality. If we perceive a woman interviewing for a job the same we see a man then this would not be an issue. However living in the society that we live in this is not always a possibility. That is why you see woman earning 78 cents on the dollar of what men earn. I don't think it is possible to eliminate this prejudice in our society, but we can certainly try. It all just starts with our society and if everyone sees woman as equals than is likely that employers will pay woman higher wages and higher them more.

I think that women nowadays have to overcome the precedents set by past generations (such as the fact that women are "weak"). It is certainly possible; take women in the twenties for instance. While men were fighting in WW1, women took over their jobs and performed them successfully. This alerted the government to the capabilities of women, and women won the right to vote. There are many successful women in the present; people simply have to pay attention to their accomplishments.

Men and women are not fully equal in todays society, as much as we would like it to think they are. Men, to some extent, are considered by most to be "stronger" and "more capable". I, personally don't think like this, however, there are those who do. For an example--a boy, or man, wearing a dress would be ill-accepted in society. A girl, or woman, who has short hair might be also ill-accepted in society.

Today in the United States, I think that they are unequal. For example, even though wages may have increased over the past years men's wages are still higher. According to the Boston Globe average wages for men are $860 and the average wage for women is about $706. This shows that still men an women aren't equal today in the United States.

Currently, Men and Women don’t appear to be equal, but they should be. There is a problem growing in society; the negative influences on females and the growing negative influences toward males. These influences give very negative impressions about both genders. Some, for the females, are that we should be skinny, have long hair, wear tight clothes, and more things like that, but others are even more negative and directed toward females in daily life. Most of these factors are offencive. Some of them may be true, but some, for some people, are very untrue yet still associated with being a female. These are things such as females being uneducated, weak, and not worth much more than just to use us females for personal gain. What so many people don’t realize, though is that many girls are just as strong as guys, and some are stronger. Just because some girls don’t have long hair, or don’t wear tight clothes, doesn’t make them any less equal to any other female or male. It is time to stop being so critical of females and of each other. Let us, the females, be equal to every other female and every male in the United States.

For the past fifty years women have been and still are discriminated against in the U.S.,mostly in the workforce. Women earn less than men in most occupations, yet they make up over half of the workforce. The gender wage gap has been improving at such a slow pace that by 2058 women will finally reach equal pay and I think this should change.

Many years ago, when our country was formed, women were treated as being inferior when compared to men. For instance women were not granted the right to vote until the 19th amendment was passed in 1920. Prior to WW2, a women wouldn’t even be considered for most jobs that were filled by a man. One positive thing that resulted from the war was that women were needed in the workforce. After the war, they were recognized as being critical to the economy and the war effort as a whole. Since then the progress has been slow, but steady. Today women could fill nearly any job that a man performed. Women have been making steady gains in executive officer positions board seats in major corporations, and in our Congress. From the 2012 U.S. labor force statistics, women comprised 51.5 percent of mangement, professional and related positions. Despite all of these gains, women hold only 14.6 percent of executive officer positions in the fortune 500 companies. Also, while 57.7 percent of all women 18 years or older work, that is far smaller than the 70.2 percent of men that work. ( Many would point out that a certain percentage of women choose motherhood over a career.) Unfortunately, today women still only earn 82.2 percent of what men earn. While some of this wage disparity can be explained by interruptions in a woman's workforce precipitation, the balance proves that there is still a wage gap between a man and a women. I believe in my lifetime that women will continue to close the gender wage gap and executive employment gap with men, and eventually be treated as a complete equal.

I think women have come a long way in terms of equality but they are still not equal with men. Women are said to be equal but some women still aren't employed like men are. Women should be equal with men. If the country says all are created equal then we should be equal.

Women and men are somewhat equal. I think this because women and men's jobs are different. Like some people for certain jobs are require a certain sex. Women get paid less. My opinion is that women face a lot of difficulty throughout life.

I think that men have always been more superior in society and amount of money earned. In politics it has always been dominated by men, so maybe we should have a change and let women have a little more power in the government. I think they deserve to be treated better because women are just as smart and trustful as men.

We have to remember though how unfair the rights used to be between men and women. Thankfully many things have changed! Although there are some things that could be made more equal between the sexes, at least it isn't as bad as it has been in previous years.

In my personal opinion men and women are equal , men are portrayed as being more stronger and dependent but in reality are irresponsible and impulsive. I personally believe that women can do exactly what men can but society does not agree. for example there men and women who do the same sports, activities and also cook so this is why I think they are equal.

“Gender Equality”

Financially, according to research by the Center for American Progress (CAP), the average woman earns 77 cents for every dollar the average man makes. What does that say about workplace discrimination? Next to nothing. In fact when comparing equal pay for equal work, a female worker with the same experience from the same school with the same dedication earns about 98 cents for every dollar a man in the same job earns. So what happened to that huge gap? Research indicates that while men tend to choose degrees out of financial and status reasons, women tend to pick jobs for the future or enjoyment. Furthermore men are more likely to choose jobs of high risk or inconsistent payment than women, such as law, construction, foresting. Also women take more sick and vacation days than their male counterparts. Especially if they plan to have children. This costs them five to ten years of experience that a single or childless female would have gained. Which in turn puts them behind the curve of the entirety of the job force. However studies also show that mothers work more efficiently and handle stress better (on average) than single or childless workers. Problems and controversies in the today’s world (in the U.S.) are almost entirely based off of misinformation or the idea of comparative work. Comparative work is the idea that two different jobs with similar environments, conditions and hours should be equal. The problem is; it doesn't account for demand, experience, or overtime. Finally, regardless of the reasons, whether scared of consequences, lack of will or pure ineptitude, women rarely ever push for high salaries or bonuses. Leaving them in the dust, when men push fervently for larger salaries. In conclusion, from a financial part of view women are about as equal as it’s possible to be (in the U.S.).

When it comes to rights and general culture beliefs it’s a different story, but also one much harder to judge. As far as rights go in the majority of European-based or Anglo-Saxon women tend to have the same rights as a male of similar background. They also receive many benefits in the form of tradition. That same tradition as well as stereotyping limits them. In many of today’s cultures in our country, it is seen as the noble or chivalrous when men pay for food, open doors etc… Because of this, women are more often perceived as calm and collected but weaker on a whole. While that is proven by research and genetics to be true, it shouldn't be limiting nearly as much as it is. Since the passage of Title IX in 1972, women have gained ground in their fight for equality from an academic and athletic point of view. Most of the still occurring bias towards female competition is a societal view, and cannot nor will ever be impacted by the government (or any attempt to force change) immediately. In reality, for the majority of major cultures the rights issue is not so much a political problem as a religious or cultural one. If you take a step back and look around the world, civil issues become much more defined, but not always worse. The loss of choice is not always as terrible as it appears. Choice however, is still a powerful motivation and will continue to become a major topic in debates everywhere. This cultural mindset is proven historically as well. In places where women had a lot of power like Greece and Rome. Women continue to have the same powers and rights as they do in their offspring today.

When it comes to equality on the whole, it truly is the same opportunities. Today in what are typically considered the “civilized” countries women have the same rights and choices as men. Even when it comes down to status and power, the two genders are practically equal. For every gain that men receive in history they suffer a loss, and the same applies to women. It always comes back to common sayings; The grass is always greener on the other side.

Title IX

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I feel people should focus on ability rather then gender. Also when a woman makes a mistake it's in her reputation forever, but when men make a mistake it's just forgotten about.

this is about gender equality in the whole world, but many circumstances happen in the US as well.

Many years ago, when our country was formed, women were treated as being inferior when compared to men. For instance women were not granted the right to vote until the 19th amendment was passed in 1920. Prior to WW2, a women wouldn’t even be considered for most jobs that were filled by a man. One positive thing that resulted from the war was that women were needed in the workforce. After the war, they were recognized as being critical to the economy and the war effort as a whole. Since then the progress has been slow, but steady. Today women could fill nearly any job that a man performed. Women have been making steady gains in executive officer positions board seats in major corporations, and in our Congress. From the 2012 U.S. labor force statistics, women comprised 51.5 percent of mangement, professional and related positions. Despite all of these gains, women hold only 14.6 percent of executive officer positions in the fortune 500 companies. Also, while 57.7 percent of all women 18 years or older work, that is far smaller than the 70.2 percent of men that work. ( Many would point out that a certain percentage of women choose motherhood over a career.) Unfortunately, today women still only earn 82.2 percent of what men earn. While some of this wage disparity can be explained by interruptions in a woman's workforce precipitation, the balance proves that there is still a wage gap between a man and a women. I believe in my lifetime that women will continue to close the gender wage gap and executive employment gap with men, and eventually be treated as a complete equal.

When you think of gender roles, most people feel that women are the ones to stay at home and take care of the children and clean and cook, while men are out working. The percentage of women in the U.S. that are stay at home moms is 29% and the percent of stay at home dads is 32%. This proves that women are working their way into business more than men are.

In my opinion, men and women are not equal at all. Men are looked at as the stronger, more dominate man in the relationship if there is on . The gap between men and women equality has grown immensely in the past 20 years.

For those saying men and women are equal, what are your facts???

Women and men are by far unequal in the American society. Men are physically stronger and more demanding when it comes to job opportunities, which makes men have higher paying jobs than women. You see men with jobs such as engineering, business and computer science. With women, it's more likely to see them in jobs such as nurses, and teachers. Secondly, men have more full-time job opportunities then women. Women tend to take part-time jobs because they eventually want to be the stay home moms that take well care of their children. While men on the other hand, don't have to require that responsibility resulting for more work and higher wages. Lastly, men are more likely to be in big sports such as basketball, football, and soccer while they get paid millions a year! On the other hand, women who participate in these sports only earn thousands a year. Overall, it doesn't come down to if our economy is sexist but the choices and sacrifices women have to make to better their lives.