Who Has It Harder: Men or Women?
The American dream; achievable goal or delusion? In America it is no secret that the white man has a better chance at being more successful than women in the working world. Living as a woman in America has been proven to be much harder than it is for a man. Women’s skills have been underestimated in many areas of work in America. The American dream is attainable for many people, however for countless others race, socioeconomic status, and gender can make it harder. Women have been significantly undervalued in many things since the beginning. Deemed weak and unable to take on the work men do, women have been denied many opportunities to achieve success: "In 1967, only 27 percent of mothers were breadwinners …show more content…
This may not seem like an important benefactor in the argument that women have a harder time achieving the ‘American Dream.’ But, it does in fact play a big role in some people’s eyes. Really, it depends on whatever opinion a person might have on what the American dream truly is. To many it's a home with a family, to others it's all about money. A wage gap to a woman who believes it to be about financial success could feel non essential to the work she’s involved with in some ways that could demotivate her, seeing a man do the same amount of work and be rewarded with double what she might be …show more content…
Many boys are taught they should be the upper hand, they should call the shots in a ‘normal’ household. By the time they are grown into working men and women it is like an afterthought for some men that a women is unimportant unless it benefits the male. According to Anderson “Feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.” Plenty of women have had their ideas ignored or not taken seriously purely because they are a woman. Being a woman does not make you any less capable than a man of achieving great
The American dream; achievable goal or delusion? In America it is no secret that the white man has a better chance at being more successful than women in the working world. Living as a woman in America has been proven to be much harder than it is for a man. Women’s skills have been underestimated in many areas of work in America. The American dream is attainable for many people, however for countless others race, socioeconomic status, and gender can make it harder. Women have been significantly undervalued in many things since the beginning. Deemed weak and unable to take on the work men do, women have been denied many opportunities to achieve success: "In 1967, only 27 percent of mothers were breadwinners …show more content…
This may not seem like an important benefactor in the argument that women have a harder time achieving the ‘American Dream.’ But, it does in fact play a big role in some people’s eyes. Really, it depends on whatever opinion a person might have on what the American dream truly is. To many it's a home with a family, to others it's all about money. A wage gap to a woman who believes it to be about financial success could feel non essential to the work she’s involved with in some ways that could demotivate her, seeing a man do the same amount of work and be rewarded with double what she might be …show more content…
Many boys are taught they should be the upper hand, they should call the shots in a ‘normal’ household. By the time they are grown into working men and women it is like an afterthought for some men that a women is unimportant unless it benefits the male. According to Anderson “Feminism isn’t about making women stronger. Women are already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength.” Plenty of women have had their ideas ignored or not taken seriously purely because they are a woman. Being a woman does not make you any less capable than a man of achieving great