Can Government Action Improve The Lives Of Women

Can government action improve the lives of women? How many times have you heard the phrases that it’s women’s work or it’s a woman’s job? Somewhere around a thousand right? It’s most often relating to child rearing or housework or cooking or anything domestic. Even in America today, women are being paid less for same work. There is gender discrimination in the workplace. A glass ceiling is common in many businesses and fields. Only men get promoted above a certain level because people have the mindset that if you promote â€Å"one of them,† they will promote others like themselves and then the company will decline and fail. Have you ever been forced to endure a â€Å"get back to the kitchen† or a â€Å"go make me a sandwich† joke? You can go to†¦show more content†¦Apart from that, society also, has different standards for sexual interaction. If a guy has premarital sex, he’s macho and cool. If a girl has premarital sex, she’s a slut or a whore, and if she won’t have premarital sex, she’s a prude. A lot of the times when a woman says no to sex, it’s taken as it doesn’t really mean no, and if I pressure her enough she’ll relent and say yes. Some men believe that just because they’re nice and friends with women that the women should have sex with them. Basically they want a cookie because they’re doing something they’re supposed to be doing anyway. Most of these guys then complain that the women are ‘friendzoning’ them and just going after ‘macho jerk men.’ Both are products of a lack of mutual respect in our current society. Men see women as sexual objects, where women have to look at the personality of the guy. Religions have a nasty habit of crossing the line between church and state. Often times it’s what the religion says is wrong verses equal protection under the Constitution. What one or a group of religions considers â€Å"right† should not be forced on the rest of the population. A religion should not be able to force its beliefs on non-members. That is the whole reason for the separation of church and state. Marriage is a fundamental right under the law but there are all kinds of protests about it being legalized for gay or lesbian marriages, or for birth control being covered by insurance