Men And Women: Are Women Be Treated Equally In Society

In a perfect world men and women should be treated equally in society. However this is not the case. The rights of women have been a topic of huge debate over the years. Women have aspired for years to have the same life of the men. Women face so many discrimination from work, education, and even physical strength. People still look at women as stay at home mothers, the caretakers, and men are looked as the masculine, the one that brings home the money and the one that makes all decisions in the home. These are stereotypes that have been around for hundreds of year and will be difficult to change. Are women being treated equally in 2016, or are there more areas to be improved on? Men still make more money than women when doing the same job. …show more content…
When given a choice between two acts, utilitarianism states that the act that should be chosen is the one that creates the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people” (Mosser, 2013). Utilitarianism is a natural way to tell if what you are doing is right or wrong which benefits the greatest number of people. “The Utilitarian approach, reflected in rational choice theory, recognizes that persons have desires and interests, and suggests rules of rational choice for maximizing the satisfaction of these” (Held, 1990) An example of this would be you have 2 pieces of gum, but 4 friends asked for a piece, you could give 2 the pieces and they would be happy, but it would also leave 2 unhappy. Is this fair? The theory says to choice what solution makes the most happy, but you could make all 4 happy by simply cutting the pieces in half. This would be fair and make everyone happy. How does discrimination against women benefit the greatest number of …show more content…
Equal pay will improve the way people live and give women pride in that they are winning a fight that has been going on for many years. There is always going to be people that can come up with reasons of why it is not right and it is hurting society, but I think this is not correct. When a person is compensated for good work they will continue to work hard. This will help companies grow with great employees. Yes men and women are different physically, but this alone should not cause a women to be paid less. With equal pay for all, this will encourage women to continue their education and will try to compete with men. Without that hope women will start to give up and that will hurt everyone. Equal pay is not just something women should be fight, but all workers should be fighting for