Gender Inequality In The United States

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In most countries men and women are not considered to be “equal”. Men are always seen as dominant or in charge while women are often seen as nurturing and sensitive. Perhaps this all started when all men of every race were granted the right to vote in 1868 while women couldn’t vote until the 19th amendment came along on August 18, 1920. Society has molded many people into thinking gender inequality is okay but in fact the situation is one of the nation’s largest problems. Now some of the most influential people such as the president of the United States of America is proposing policies that will hurt women more than ever before.
Our women are the mothers of our children, the mother of our men and even the mother of our male president, therefore

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