Week 7 Diversity Organizations Paper Eth/125
Diversity Organization Paper
7/21/2013
Women have had a rough way to go for many years when it comes to equality. They face many negative things in today’s society and that is the way it has been for many years. History shows that women have been fighting for equality for decades, because many people believe they just can’t do the things that men can. There’s a website that has been helping women fight for that equality since 1966. That website is www.now.org. Before then women never really had any help. They had to rely on each other to show everyone what they could really do. Women have fought to try and end discrimination when it comes to jobs and economic justice. So the status of women throughout history has changed, but some aspects have not changed. There is more equality now days, but most women still have a tough life. Things are getting much better though. Women are now doing jobs in the military that were illegal for them to do for years. One of the best examples of how concepts or constructions of masculinity and femininity that I see in society has to do with politics. The first thing that comes to mind when thinking about politics is that it’s a masculine profession. The main reason most people perceive politics as being masculine is because of the history of presidents and the work and time it takes to be a strong candidate. In reality women do just as well as men, but society has yet to fully grasp the concept of letting women have so much control. In 2010 women held only 17% of the seats in Congress. (Center for American Women and Politics, 2012). Sure most women are feminine and stick to that way when dealing with most things in their life, but many women have it in them to compete in a masculine society. As far as the (GLBT) people, they have had a long rough road to travel when it comes to equality. There were only a few attempts within the United States to try and create advocacy groups supporting gay
7/21/2013
Women have had a rough way to go for many years when it comes to equality. They face many negative things in today’s society and that is the way it has been for many years. History shows that women have been fighting for equality for decades, because many people believe they just can’t do the things that men can. There’s a website that has been helping women fight for that equality since 1966. That website is www.now.org. Before then women never really had any help. They had to rely on each other to show everyone what they could really do. Women have fought to try and end discrimination when it comes to jobs and economic justice. So the status of women throughout history has changed, but some aspects have not changed. There is more equality now days, but most women still have a tough life. Things are getting much better though. Women are now doing jobs in the military that were illegal for them to do for years. One of the best examples of how concepts or constructions of masculinity and femininity that I see in society has to do with politics. The first thing that comes to mind when thinking about politics is that it’s a masculine profession. The main reason most people perceive politics as being masculine is because of the history of presidents and the work and time it takes to be a strong candidate. In reality women do just as well as men, but society has yet to fully grasp the concept of letting women have so much control. In 2010 women held only 17% of the seats in Congress. (Center for American Women and Politics, 2012). Sure most women are feminine and stick to that way when dealing with most things in their life, but many women have it in them to compete in a masculine society. As far as the (GLBT) people, they have had a long rough road to travel when it comes to equality. There were only a few attempts within the United States to try and create advocacy groups supporting gay