In today's America, discrimination against women is illegal (14th Amendment). I doubt there are many businesses that allow that discrimination either, cuz once it becomes publicly known they are fucked. Private entities I guess can, but I would hazard a guess that the number of such is diminishing due to political pressure. IOW, at least systemically it isn't allowed. Which basically means women's rights has already been achieved. But I'm sure we all know sexism is not dead; just like racism, anti-semitism, homophobia, etc., we still have these problems.
Part of the problem is enforcement, when and wherever it happens, the offenders face the consequences as they should. Part of the problem is that women do not report it or take any action due to fear of losing their job or worse. And it may be that in the workplace some women just aren't as qualified as some men are, so are they denied a job or advancement due to sexism or was it a decision based on merit? Nobody should be denied opportunities based on a discriminating factor but neither should a more qualified individual be denied an opportunity either, in favor of another person who happens to be female.
... despite the constant drumming of 77 cents women earn on the dollar compared to men, when you factor in the fact that men work longer hours, more dangerous jobs, and retire later, the wage gap today is actually only something like 93 to 95 cents for every dollar a man earns.
It has been one of the consistent cries, mainly of Democrats, over the past seven years. It goes something like: Wo
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IMHO, much of the sexism that used to exist has to some extent been expunged, but not eliminated. It's more covert I think, guys are getting fired for saying the wrong thing these days, or in some cases crossing the line and inappropriately touching somebody and suchlike. Feminism has won it's war to achieve women's rights, but now they have to change the long-standing attitudes and beliefs about women, and that takes time. I think that battle has to start almost from the cradle, both boys and girls have to be raised to believe they are different in some ways but the same in others. NOT less than, just different.
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For centuries, women were marginalized and discounted by men. One of the many stereotypes that men ascribed to women when doing this was that women were overly concerned with their feelings and the ways others perceived them.
Feminism as a movement gets a lot right: equality for all shouldn't be up for debate. But feminism as an institution has become regressive in many cases.
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This is where modern feminism needs to go - changing hearts and minds. I think it's already happening, maybe not fast enough for some but IMHO it's a different world now from what it used to be when I was a kid. You go, girl.
