Gender Equality In The United States

Ban Ki- Moon, secretary of the United Nations and South Korea diplomat once said, "Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyone's responsibility." The United States is one of many countries who do not have gender equality. In America, women are not treated the same way as men. To start, Women are not represented enough in the workforce. Additionally, women are portrayed inappropriately in the media. Lastly, women are illustrated a certain way in society. So although some disagree, women are portrayed in a negative way which disempowers them. To begin, women's role in the workforce is different from men's, as well as compensation. Many studies found, women are still not payed equally to

Many sources debate the difference between men and women, but there is one. With this evidence in mind, having a wage gap makes women feel like men are superior in the workplace, and that their work is not valued in the same way a man's is. The wage gap between men and women for full time positions is at least 20%, which is a significant difference that is unfair to all working women.

Further, women still hold very few roles in politics and in the government (The Changing Role of Women). One statistic shows women hold 27% of state elective executive offices, 12% of seats in the United States congress, 6% of the nations 50 governorships, and 22% of seats in the state legislature. Not to mention, America has yet to have a female president or Vice President. Not having women in very strong political positions frequently has an effect on women and their sense of value and their say in government. A women's perspective can be different than a mans, but should be valued the same. However, with few women in important government positions, that perspective can be overlooked because women are so few in number. Some may believe, women are growing in

To start, teenage girls are subjected to sexism and ageism in today's society (5 Harmful Way we Fail Teenage Girls as a Society). For instance, teenage girls are affected by sexism and ageism for two main reasons. They are usually oppressed because they young and they are girls. They are oppressed when older men or boys, comment on their physical features in an inappropriate way. Men and boys are still being taught this is how they should treat girls. Teenage girls are being discriminated against in society because of their age and gender. Girls are judged by their physical attributes and then compared to other girls or women their age. This is unfair to girls of all ages and makes them feel targeted by men of in a negative way. In addition, startling evidence shows people tend to sexualize girls and women in society. Despite the fact that adults tell female teens that they are too young to be interested in sexual activity and relationships, older men and adults flirt and sexualize teens. Letting men treat girls and women in that way is hypocritical to how adults tell girls how they should be acting towards other men or women. If the same men who are telling their daughters not to do this, flirt and speak about her friends in a way he would an adult female, then society needs to realize what values parents teach their children about how to treat both genders. Some however, argue that women's place in society has