Kimmy's Thoughts

The role of women in American society has always been an interest to me, and Kimmy's blog was able to continue that interest. Kimmy put this topic in a light that I had never thought about before. Within the next 10 years I will be joining the workforce and I never thought that I would have to deal with discrimination in this day and age. I always used to think that things in the work force had evened out between the men and the women. However this presentation demonstrated that this is not the case. There are many instances in which women get lesser pay or they do not get promoted just because of their gender. I find this to be appalling that even in todays society people cannot find a way to leave the racism of the past in the past. I feel though that the Obama administration is doing a good job at trying to make things better for women. Recently Obama passed the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act. This act helps to ensure that women are receiving equal pay as men. I believe that this is taking a step in the right direction, in an effort to make things more equal for women in the workplace. I also feel that these new laws are extremely important to todays current economy. Due to the bad economic times, many women have had to leave there roles as stay at home moms and join the work force. This has great importance because as time progresses more and more women will be searching for jobs and they should have just as good of a chance as the men do.

This presentation has helped me to see why there is such discrimination between men in the women in the workplace. Kimmy began her presentation with an image of a housewife turning into a business woman. This is where I see the problem, it is the images that people have in their minds of what a woman is suppose to be like. For many she is suppose to stay at home with her children, but in modern times that is not always what is best for the families. As society progresses, the minds of the people need to do change. The government can pass all the laws they want, but its the people who need to be able to change. As shown by the video clip from Houston, there have been other acts proposed in the past, but they were not able to go through. It was because not enough of the States agreed to pass them. It cannot be just one group of people willing to end the discrimination, it has to be everyone. Laws may exist, however that does not mean that people will not stop breaking them.

I think that the actions that the American woman took to gain their equality is what it means to be an American. I agree with the statement Kimmy made that an American fights for what they believe. It seems to be in most of the instances where there has been injustice in the United States, the oppressed or unequal people have been able to fight for what is right. They accomplish this by uniting. Unity is what America is founded upon and that is what the woman were able to do. I feel that that the woman will have to keep on fighting to make sure that their equality is maintained, but hopefully they will just be accepted.