Gender Inequality By Luisa Sanchez: Article Summary

In the article “Feminism Still Relevant as Long as Gender Inequality continues to exist” by Luisa Sanchez, she writes that unless the world becomes gender equal then feminism should still exist. However, because of resistance from those who don’t support gender equality or those who take it to the extreme only inhibit the process to that goal. She poses several questions about why wouldn’t a woman support gender equality and how are body functions a justification to “under estimate me?” Sanchez’s points come down to an overall contingency: feminism is still very relevant and very much needed. This movement still needs our attention because we are not all equal, no matter how much people say we are. Men and women are not equal. We will only …show more content…
To put everything bluntly, they have denounced women to the lowest role she can have: someone in the kitchen or a play thing in the bedroom, serving her man hand and foot. That is not a marriage, that is an escort service. Aside from their appalling sexist take on why feminism is bad, they actually do make a point. There are some occasions in which the feminist inside every woman should be toned down and it should be at home. As women, we shouldn’t be so guarded with our significant other. But, if misogyny is in play then it will only raise the defenses higher. This is not the 50s and 60s; this is 2015 and the chauvinist opinions must stop. How can America fight for civil rights yet we live in a country that has warped its views on right and wrong? We send thousands of troops to other countries to fight for the rights of others yet we shame our own for doing the …show more content…
62 million girls can 't go to school, 15 million under the age of 18 are married off without the option of 'yes ' or 'no ' and in Saudi Arabia, women can’t drive and “are discouraged from working jobs that would put them in contact with men” (Makers). When does the injustice end and where does the equal treatment begin? As of 2013, only 9.6% of countries have close to complete gender equality. 9.6%. The United States is not apart of this percentage; however who is a part of this percent are the “developing countries” (Marcotte) that we oh so need to help. The United States is a part of the 17.9% of countries who have higher than a .611 Out of 145 Countries that data was reported for, the United States ranked 118 (from lowest to highest). As Americans, we pride ourselves with being the “land of the free and home of the brave” but how can we prove this when we take the side of the oppressor that has enslaved women with the shackles of patriarchy? How can we call ourselves “brave” when we are so quick to intimidate and outcast those who are? We cannot move forward if we are being held back by ideologies of women aren’t people. We are holding back our own progression into the future by clinging onto the rejection of something that is our God given