10 Challenges That American Women Still Face Today

Our blog post "Ten things American women can not do by the 1970s" caused an amazing reaction from blog readers. The feminists of the 1960s and 1970s worked energetically to secure the rights of women we are enjoying today. But as many readers point out, we can not complain. We must keep trying to make everyone equal. Based on some comments, let's look at some of the challenges that are still faced today.

The 50-year-old equal wage law in 1963 aims to prohibit discrimination between women and men. However, the average income per dollar is 77 cents, but unfortunately the story of income disparity is common.

In family movies, each female character has an average of 42 male characters. If this is not enough, remember female film critic, the number of directors and producers is disproportionate.

The Danish banned it, but in the United States you may still pay for a haircut based on your gender rather than your hairstyle.

In 2009, the proportion of men in all science and engineering departments exceeded the number of women.

This document, followed by ACLU etc, unfortunately shows that this is still a very real problem for many people.

Even under affordable medical law, some contraceptive measures can only be achieved by self-payment. Free contraception in the UK and other countries, why can not we?

I am very pleased that you are still interested in computers! Today, we have more of these products than ten years ago, and we are still faced with new challenges. We put a computer on the wrist and face, put it in your pocket and put it in the refrigerator and kettle. These cars are very good, and we taught almost all games better programs - except drinking. You may have seen iPhone's release before entering the time booth. Apple is the biggest and wealthiest technology company, thanks to the iPhone and its operating system iOS. Google has a competitor called Android, and Microsoft is trying to expand the share of Windows Phone. I did not succeed.

Even if women make all progress, we must not forget the challenges we face today. In today's labor force, women are still discriminated against because of "glass ceiling". This is a term that represents a fully qualified person that is prevented from being at a lower level due to discrimination. In the past 100 years, the situation changed a lot. Women take a similar step and are allowed. "Looking back on this century, Nancy Wolok said," Women in the 21st century inherited the unfinished challenges that began with the second wave of the feminists of the 1960s and 1970s, but it is incomplete at the end of the century . (Bowles, 2011) Jane Addams has been involved in women's rights and world peace for nearly 50 years and founded a family "for women helping people in need, for those who have what they want" Did. "People who have lost the foundation of family life" bring about social progress (Bowles, 2011)

Our blog post "Ten things American women can not do by the 1970s" caused an amazing reaction from blog readers. The feminists of the 1960s and 1970s worked energetically to secure the rights of women we are enjoying today. But as many readers point out, we can not complain. We must keep trying to make everyone equal. Based on some comments, let's look at some of the challenges that are still faced today.