Navigating Subordination And Inequality To Attain Power

Name Tutor Course Date Navigating Subordination, Race, Sexuality, and Inequality to Attain Power//Society and the Modern Woman Introduction While it is clear that the USA has already experienced women leadership in a variety of positions, there is still room for improvement, and especially so insofar as achieving gender parity in elective office is concerned. In spite of the growing number of women that manage to get elected into office, there are many more women that continue to face serious challenges when pursuing elective office. Notably, economic, social, and political challenges are all included in this mix. This essay aims to prove that women could be better represented in elective political offices across the USA through addressing the social, political, and economic challenges that they are subjected to. In this way, this essay also aims to show that through the remedies based on the above approach, more women can be elected into political office across the country. Equality Affirmative action, just like a coin, has two sides. In terms of positive effects, it has significantly helped in promoting fairness and equality in many facets of life such as gender, education, employment and human rights. Additionally, it should be noted that it has also contributed towards the empowerment of women over recent decades (Wise 111). This has successfully managed to reduce the amount of discrimination that women face in many aspects of life. Today, women can vote, are paid almost as much as their male counterparts in the workplace, and are exposed to equal opportunities with no restrictions on gender (Hooks). It may be argued that affirmative action has been purposefully used to balance out any historical inequalities that specific demographic groups may have suffered, but these are still great milestones that must be appreciated. Inasmuch as it has been found to be an effective way of correcting social wrongs and restoring a semblance of balance and equality within the society, affirmative action will have to be discontinued at some point in the future. This is because the whole world cannot continue to operate from the perspective of ‘unpaid debts’, where those groups that suffered historical injustices and wrongdoings, such as women, will continue to benefit from affirmative action well into the future. Humanity cannot spend eternity operating from such a perspective. At some point, these groups will have to accept that their injustices have been duly compensated and that all demographics are equal. At this point, there will be no need for affirmative action. Gender and Sexuality At its very basic form, gender is defined as the sex of a person, that is whether an individual is make or female. However, this definition does not always hold true, seeing as in some cases individuals may be born as transgender. Nonetheless, many societies and cultures have continually used one’s sex to define their gender, and in most cases, their sexuality and sexual orientation as well (Meston and Ahrold 78). This is the exact case as far as the modern woman is concerned. For instance, when an individual is born female, their identity as an individual will be inherently based on the definition of women within that culture, and in most cases, it ...