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Clearly, the struggle for greater gender equality continues to evolve. Numerous dramatic changes are apparent since the 1950s, and even with the politicization and radical nature of the feminist movement in the 1960s and 1970s, there have been improvement in the diversity, fairness, pay structure, leadership, and power base within many societal organizations. No longer is it irregular to see women as CEO's, in high positions in politics, in wide-ranging and often non-stereotypical careers, and certainly well past the limitations of previous generations. but, has society gone far enough if the very nature of the discussion of gender equality even exists? Add to that the contributing factors of race and class and we find that we really do not have an egalitarian system.
But there are more social and cultural consequences to the wage gap. Wages affect social security, benefits, logistics, and the segregation of labor. To change this, policies need to be focused on quality of work and expertise/training. Why burden one or the other gender when, in the 21st century, there is ample room for actualization in the knowledge economy. To do this, we must strengthen EEO enforcement, open up more training opportunities, address...
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For additional arguments and commentary on these archetypes of the "way a woman should act," see: "Ward and June Cleaver Revisited," (September 28, 2007). Cited in: http://bookwormroom.wordpress.com/2007/09/28/ward-and-june-cleaver-revisited/, and, of special note Nancy Evans' "Difference Feminism: June Cleaver with an MBA or a New Brand of Women? Cited in:http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/sci_cult/courses/knowbody/f04/web3/nevans.html. Contrasting this belief that June or Harriet were the only role models for women, see: Not June Cleaver: Women and Gender in Postwar America, 1994, Temple University Press.
