Others: Women's Right's

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/19/AR2010021902049.html

I have chosen to look at the equality of women in America, in this article from the Washington Post written by Jessica Valenti she describes the equality of women in America as a “Feel good illusion” and that American women have been “duped” into believing equality is a real thing. Many women feel that they are discriminated against and they are not treated as equals to men, therefore feminist movements continue to grow throughout America.
In the work place women are often discriminated against and when talking about women in a work place there is often a reference to the term “glass ceiling” which is an imaginary barrier preventing women from reaching the same level in their careers as men and receiving the same salary of a man doing the same job as them. In the article there is reference to inequality of women at work as it states women make around “67 cents to a man's dollar”.

Feminist movements in America are still at large today fighting for equality, freedom of reproductive rights, wage gap between women and men, sexism (of which in the article it refers to the 2008 campaign where Sarah Palin and Hilary Clinton were targets of sexism.), violence against women and many more issues.
Valenti states “there is so much more work to be done” and maybe hope is restored in women because of the work of some women in politics for example Hilary Clinton and Sarah Palin who are seen as breaking the mould and opening doors for future generations of women.