The Declaration of Independence says that “all men are created equal,” but where does this apply to women? Women are considered inferior to the male race; it has always been that way. Not only do they receive fewer opportunities than a man, but even their payroll has been affected because of this. In 1963 John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963. This act requires that both male and female employees must be given equal pay for work or you are breaking the law. Sadly, this hasn’t stopped employers from paying women less than they deserve. According to the Shriver Report, Women’s average annual paychecks reflected on 77 cents for every $1.00 earned by a man ("Women Deserve Equal Pay"). What is even more repulsive than this is that if
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In Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail, he talks about how he gained equality through peaceful protest, even at the most vulnerable times, simply by following the beliefs of Gandhi. Gandhi believes that by practicing nonviolent resistance you can gain social change through peace protests, civil defiance, or other methods without violence(Mohandas K. Gandhi Economic and Moral Progress). King believed that if Gandhi could gain independence from the British for his country nonviolently, that he could gain the right of equality for African Americans in America. A quote from his letter reads, “Nonviolent direct actions seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored.”(Martin Luther King Jr. Letter from Birmingham City Jail.) So basically here he is saying how that when you protest nonviolently you gain more support and a solution with better ease. By trying to gain equality through violence you may be less successful and will most likely cause people to be angry, which would make it harder for you to approach your solution. Relating this back to women’s sports and the pay gap, if women want to approach equality, the silent campaign must continue and violence cannot be
In Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail, he talks about how he gained equality through peaceful protest, even at the most vulnerable times, simply by following the beliefs of Gandhi. Gandhi believes that by practicing nonviolent resistance you can gain social change through peace protests, civil defiance, or other methods without violence(Mohandas K. Gandhi Economic and Moral Progress). King believed that if Gandhi could gain independence from the British for his country nonviolently, that he could gain the right of equality for African Americans in America. A quote from his letter reads, “Nonviolent direct actions seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored.”(Martin Luther King Jr. Letter from Birmingham City Jail.) So basically here he is saying how that when you protest nonviolently you gain more support and a solution with better ease. By trying to gain equality through violence you may be less successful and will most likely cause people to be angry, which would make it harder for you to approach your solution. Relating this back to women’s sports and the pay gap, if women want to approach equality, the silent campaign must continue and violence cannot be