USA, Land of Limitations [Female Inequality]

USA, Land of Limitations
Written by: Nicholas Kristof

Additional references: "People Like Us"/"Youngstown State University"

Personally,  I found the article a lot more interesting than the majority of the things I read on the site.  The author using Rick's story as a background and as a way to really drive home his point.  Breaking this down into three separate categories, I'm going to take a look at how female inequality (particularly from an economic standpoint) is a legitimate issue and how it relates to feminism.

1: Labor
One of the interesting things I noticed in another blog was someone pointing out that women do a large percentage of the "unpaid" labor, a lot of which has to do with raising the children, staying at home, etc.  Now while I'm glad that this has changed to an extent and it's not all just "stay at home moms" and women are allowed to go out and do more, and it's socially acceptable for them to do so.  The thing is, men are paid more to do the same jobs regardless of how well the jobs are done.  It makes no sense to me that there's that significant of a difference (I believe it was 0.79 cents to a dollar in favor of men) of a drop in work when women are fully capable of doing the same thing.

2: Race
It's bad enough that women make significantly less than men to do the same things, but even more-so the fact that women of color make even less.  When you scale that down, it becomes apparent that society's "spotlighting" of the white male is a genuine problem as it creates an unfair social environment for everyone. 

3: Social standards
A big problem (and this relates to the labor more than anything, but I feel it deserves its own point) in the development of inequality is the fact that women are "expected" to do these things because it is what society has deemed appropriate for them.  Why is it that women are expected to do things differently?

I believe that everyone should be equal--ESPECIALLY you and your significant other in a relationship, whether it's a man and a woman or otherwise.  When it comes to growing together and working to better your lives, there's no excuse for the man being treated as better than a women when they are supposed to be on the same level. 

I haven't phrased this greatly and I apologize for that, but I find it absurd that we HAVE to talk about equality, especially in the workplace, in 2015.  Women deserve better and we as a society should be doing more to make things more fair for everyone (both women and men).

Video: The video below is a short video that showcases statistics about gender equality in the workplace, and how it is flawed.

Question: Where do you stand on this? Am I alone in thinking that we can do more to make things more fair for everyone, both men and women?