The Role Of Gender Inequality In America

Hillary Clinton, the sixty-seventh Secretary of State, once said, “If a country doesn't recognize minority rights and human rights, including women's rights, you will not have the kind of stability and prosperity that is possible” (“Hillary Clinton”). For millenniums, women have not been as fairly treated as their male counterparts. Many women worldwide have participated in the war for women’s equal treatment, but have yet to receive what they have long desired. We should end gender inequality, exemplified through society’s assumed role for women throughout history, by taking action against gender inequality. Living with three sisters for the majority of my life, I witnessed how their gender affected how they were expected to behave and think. …show more content…
The first question she asked was why females did not participate in the sport. I never pondered this until her asking because I had become accustom to the gender roles of our society. Women’s lack of participation in sports has been heavily influenced by society’s expectations of women. My sister aspired to play football but strayed away from her desire for it was not considered to be lady-like by American society. The American society has encouraged these biased gender-roles throughout the country’s …show more content…
Women at the beginning of the eighteenth-century were not allowed to own property, vote, hold office, or have custody of her children in a case of divorce. A decrease in birthrate and an increased need for workers eventually led to employment opportunities for women, mostly in factories and mills. These jobs allowed women to become less financially dependent on men, furthermore increasing America’s divorce rate. As more women entered the workforce, men were still able to trump women in economic and political status ("Digital