Future of Feminism

What does the future hold for women in our society today? Will there be less violence? How about better equality for women in their daily lives? Both of these topics are the more talked about topics when it comes to the lives of a female in our society. They both have many solutions to bettering the situation. Violence has many aspects to it whether it be physical or mental abuse. Both being able to leave scars and long term damage. Law enforcement would need to become stricter when it comes to domestic violence.

 As for the equality issue we need to have better management to notice the work ethic and quality of work when it comes to pay wage and not just base it off of their gender. For example how is it fair to pay two workers of different sexes different wages for the exact same quality of work and both workers having the same type of work ethic? The answer is it is not fair.

Despite passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which requires that men and women in the same work place be given equal pay for equal work, the "gender gap" in pay persists. Full-time women workers' earnings are only about 77 percent of their male counterparts' earnings. The pay gap is even greater for African-American and Latina women, with African-American women earning 64 cents and Latina women earning 56 cents for every dollar earned by a Caucasian man. Decades of research shows that no matter how you evaluate the data, there remains a pay gap, even after factoring in the kind of work people do, or the qualifications such as education and experience, and there is good evidence that discrimination contributes to the persistent pay disparity between men and women. In other words, pay discriminations is a real and persistent problem that continues to shortchane American women and their families.

In April of 2014, President Obama signed an Executive Order to prevent workplace discrimination and empower workers to take control over negotiations regarding their pay. In addition, he signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the Secretary of Labor to require federal contractors to submit data on employee compensation by race and gender, helping employers take proactive efforts to ensure fair pay for their employees.