The United States still does not Treat Women Equally



The United States still does not Treat Women Equally

Introduction

The gender inequality affects greatly on the development and growth of a country. Generally, women have less economic opportunities worldwide for improving their lifestyle. Women are frequently constrained in conditions like the ownership of possessions, education, financial opportunities, fiscal return for their work, and opportunities to persuade the decision making at personal and societal levels.

The population of the women in the world is of half along with the economic potential which is more resembling to the macroeconomic levels. Researches indicate that the countries in which the men and women are given equal opportunity are more wealthy countries as compared to those countries that have inequality in both genders. It makes obvious that the role of women in the society is interrelated to the level of growth and development of a country (Gale, 2006).

The literature of microeconomic and macroeconomic levels helps in understanding the affect on the growth and development of a country by the exclusions and restrictions imposed on the women. Regardless of the paramount hard work by the women's right movement, the women are still facing inequality in the workplace and are continuing to earn significantly less amount then the men (Kates, 2011). This has produced an unequal society in the United States as well as other parts of the world in which the women are unhealthier, inferior, less secure and poorer in retirements than the men.

Discussion

Effect of Equal Rights Amendment

The Equal Rights Amendment was initially proposed in the 1923 and was considered as the essential step after the 19th amendment of women's right to vote. The Equal Rights Amendment was again proposed in 1972 and was passed to the states for the authorization, however it failed to approve as 35 states out of 38 agreed on it. The ERA is proposal to confirm that both man and women have equal rights and are equal under the law but still this ERA has not become the 28th Amendment. This amendment was proposed to the United States constitution so as to nullify many federal and state laws that differentiate and categorize against the women.

The main principle of this amendment is that the legal rights of women and men should not be determined by the sex or gender. If this amendment is ratified then it will help the women in masses to achieve an equal place and opportunity in the workplace. The ratification of the ERA will benefit the women in both personal and professional fields as they will attain an equal chance to utilize their skills and get properly paid for it. In the present world, the women are paid much less than the men and are discriminated due to the gender difference which is completely unfair (Kallen, 2006).

In the United States, this gender inequality is still present which makes the women of U.S. poorer and inferior in their lives as compared to men which are paid well. If this gender difference in the ...