Due to the clear economic disadvantage of being a woman in the society today, women are a minority in the US even though they outnumber men. Even so, most white women do not consider themselves a minority. That is because unlike racial and ethnic minorities, white women are well represented at all levels of the class structure. Some women are not considered a minority due to their race and ethnic background. They are superior to men in that aspect. However at every class level women typically have less income, wealth, education, and power than men. Patriarchy makes women depend on men for their social standings among other things. They are inferior to men in that
