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Thanks
for your note to FEMINIST.COM.
To help you to prove that "women
are not equal" I think that
you have to look at your own
community since there are so
many ways that this could be
interpreted. Also, you could
use statistics such as the fact
that on average women make 70
cents to the male dollar or
that every 15 seconds the crime
of battery occurs or that why
when "sexually transmitted diseases"
affect almost 60% of the population
are women the only ones encouraged
to get tested and offered tests?
(If you want more facts specific
to violence against women--you
should look at the V-Day
site. They have tons of
statistics.
If
you want more statistics about
the workplace--the best source
in contact the U.S.
Department of Labor Women's
Desk.
So
those are the facts, but often
times the best illustration
of how women are not equal is
to look at your specific community
and to look at individual stories
to illustrate that point. For
instance, if you look at your
school--do the girl's teams
get the same attention as the
boy's teams? What about the
male and female teachers--ask
around--this is public information--are
they paid the same? Also, what
do they teach? Do women mostly
teach arts and literature and
men science and math? Also,
look at your newspaper--who
writes most of the front page
stories - men or women? Also,
what stories end up on the front
page--for instance, if it's
a story about one company purchasing
another company it could be
the front page--because that
is viewed as a "male subject"
and if the subject is an abortion
clinic being bombed it's further
inside--because it's a "woman's
story"--and, therefore, deemed
less important.
I hope that helps to get your
started and that this response
isn't coming too late for your
report.
—Amy
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