The Gender Gap
Team A
Lori Iles, Nathan Casteel, and Sami Toa
SOC/100
October 06, 2011
Carla Bolden

The Gender Gap

“Of all the ways that one group has systematically mistreated another, none is more deeply rooted than the way men have subordinated women.” “All other discriminations pale by contrast.” (Wolf.1994)

When Alan Wolfe penned these words, he was surely speaking about the atrocities that have occurred and continue to occur to women all over the world. Women have been beaten, raped, killed, mutilated, imprisoned, abused, enslaved, and forced to endure subhuman standards to claim dominance and control over them. Women have certainly bore the brunt of this power struggle with the opposite sex and have even been willing to die as the only means to their personal freedom. They are mothers, daughters, sisters, and grandmothers who united are the larger portion of society, yet are rarely acknowledged for their vital contributions. Much of their work goes unnoticed and unpaid. Despite international laws guaranteeing women the same rights as men, women around the world are denied their rights to land and property, financial resources, employment, and education, among others necessities. (weforum.org) Men hold the majority of power positions and decision power within the authorative sphere of public office. Often, the result of those decisions initiates policy that tends to reflect the needs and preferences of men, not women. Woman have an insufficient ratio of representation compared to men. The Supreme Court as well as Congress are hen women gain employment outside of the home, they are consistently paid less than men for performing the same tasks. While many countries insist on treating women as second class citizens, limiting their actions and attire to a strict code, change is promised for tomorrows daughters. Deep in the caverns that hold the