For reading this reflection I can say that women have had to deal with so much oppression and discrimination for a long time and we still have these kinds of problems. It is admirable to see our past and how women fought for their rights and faced difficult circumstances just to be able to make a change and try to include gender equality in our society. While reading the article about the Triangle Sweatshirt Factory Fire, I was frustrated and saddened to realize that this could have been prevented by giving the workers a safe place. 1Unfortunately, many companies, such as factories, are more concerned with making a profit than with the well-being of their workers. Allan Johnson’s “Patriarchy of the System” was very clear to understand and demonstrated the importance of recognizing patriarchy as a system and not as an individual. The term “patriarchy” means the socially constructed system of inequality between men and women as defined in the political, social and economic contexts in which they live. Johnson asserts that no single man can enforce the patriarchy; rather, it is a collective of people who continue to enable and allow patriarchy to persist. Most of the time at work, women are routinely exploited and underpaid compared to their male counterparts. They are then further exploited at home doing their chores, doing unpaid and undervalued work. As Americans we have the first ten amendments to the Constitution known as the Bill of Rights. Individual civil rights and liberties, such as freedom of speech, press and religion, are guaranteed. Above any circumstance we must fight for our future.