Suffrage, equal rights amendment, and labor rights are related because they all circle back to equality for all specifically women in some cases. Each stands alone but relatively leads back to the same desire for all. The equal rights amendment made it so women and men have gender equality amongst one another no matter the situation. The women’s suffrage movement is what led the change to voting and sparked the forward movement of labor rights for women. Gender justice is essentially equality for women in the work place allowing them to be viewed as equal rather than lesser. Without gender justice labor rights would not be carried out efficiently. These same historical issues are enacted today by not offering opportunities to people who transition into the opposite sex or identify differently, employers still viewing women as the lesser in jobs they assume a woman cannot do as if these laws do not exist. Women are still working double as hard as men to prove they are worthy of a promotion or raise. Years ago I applied for a warehouse job (2015) and while I did get interviewed it was very clear they had no interest in having a female do the work as if I was incapable. It was almost like a joke for them and even with these laws that say we are all equal that type of situation lets me know that although the laws say one thing there is definitely still a divide in looking at everyone equally regardless of their gender !!
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Just to be clear, the Equal Rights Amendment has never been ratified. It isn’t law.
Hi Miranda, I agree with you that women work twice as hard as men. There needs to be more of a balance because women, in general, go through a lot. Being able to choose and be considered a candidate for a job shouldn’t be a laughing matter, and I sympathize with you.
Hello Miranda, I agree with you that employers keep seeing women as less capable than men. Men employers still fail to take women seriously, and as we saw before, sexual objectification of women is an issue. Therefore, sometimes it happens that men are very unprofessional and condescending towards women, preventing them from job opportunities
Men think because we want equal pay means then are valued less. that is not the case at all we want equal pay and equal respect in the workplace. the fact that women need to pass a law to get things done shows you how messed up our government / society is!.
Hi Miranda,
Thank you for sharing, I enjoyed reading your response. I also agree with your statement that these three topics all focus back to equality and just overall fairness in every aspect for a human being. I have also applied to warehouse jobs before as they do have some benefits to working there however, I was never even accepted to the next step of the hiring process which was the interview. I strongly believe this is because I am a woman and not because of anything else; they have no desire to hire woman for what people think are “man jobs” because people just don’t see woman as equal nor do I think people really want too because that would mean more inclusion when it comes to any and everything.
Hello Miranda,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, I like how you mentioned that in todays world theses issues are presented and that the offering opportunities to people who transition into the opposite sex or identify differently there isn’t enough. I do see that women are the ones working double hard as men and there are some women who try to be at that level but there always a problem either if they qualify for the job.