| White Man Essay, Research Paper
Since the 1950’s, the labor force participation rates for women have increased a
lot.
Everyday, more women bring home a paycheck. On the other hand, families with
children
maintained by women are also increasing. More and more women have become the
heads of
families, and they are the financial supports of their families. This statistic
shows that more
women strive to be equal to men, and they do not financially depend on men any
more.
In some traditional countries, women are still doing their housework. They
even do not
have a chance to go to school. But in developed countries, the status of women
is different
from those who live in Third world societies. Women can study whatever they
want. In
modern communication, education has become the major key to getting a
high-income job. If
women want to be equal to men, they must educate themselves. The reason why
women are
not equal to men in some traditional countries is that they financially depend
on their
husbands. They can not live by themselves without men?s paychecks. They can not
find a
good job and be financially independent because they have no knowledge. So the
first step to
be equal to men is to get an education that is on the same level as men. And
that is what
women did in the past two decades. More and more women earned a high-school
diploma or a
college degree. They achieved their goals to be equal to men by educating
themselves.
Secondly, more women have the opportunity to get a job. Comparing to the
past, when
women stayed home and took care of their children. They got no pay for their
housework, and
they were the burdens of their families. Time passed and many women escaped from
their
housework and put themselves in the mainstream of society. More women are in
professional
jobs such as engineers, lawyers, judges, managers, and doctors. Since types of
jobs that
women have had changed, their status also changed. They have become more
respectable.
The Equal Pay Act of 1963 also requires equal pay for men and women working for
the same
firm in jobs that require equal skill, effort, and responsibility. From this
act, we can see many
women are working, and they ask for equal pay to men?s.
Third, women have become the one who keeps the household on track. As usual,
men are
the heads of families, and they do not usually do the housework as their wives
did. But in
recent years, this situation is changing. More and more households are
maintained by women.
The bring home daily foods and products their kids need. They bring home checks
and hire
baby-sisters. They have become the financial supports and the decision makers of
families. In
some single-parent families, women have the responsibility of both father and
mother. On one
hand, they take care of their families. On the other hand, they use what they
earn to satisfy
their children?s biological needs (foods and clothes). Women can also challenge
the burdens
of families, and they can escape dependency on their men.
Women can be equal to men. More women get educated as highly as men, and
they get
equal pay in the same working positions as men. They also can be financially
independent.
With the advances, in sector after sector, women are showing that they are just
as competent
as their male counterparts. It is important that adults encourage and support
girls and young
women?s education, especially in fields where females have traditionally been
excluded, for
example in politics and in technical areas. The advance of women can not be
halted, and their
independence should be encouraged to etc.
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