Gender Divided

Doug McAdam and Karina Kloos’s piece, “Deeply Divided,” along with Max Ehrenfreund’s article highlights the blaring racial inequality during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The “deep south” and northerners were noticeably have been at odds throughout most of history, similar to the notorious dispute between the male and female genders. McAdams and Kloos highlight the freedom struggle and its relation to racial politics within America during the time period, stating that Democrats initially favored the rights of the African Americans, whereas white southern Republicans. This dispute split the country in half and formed many stereotypes concerning the two parties that still stand true in today’s society.

Females, like African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement, have faced oppression throughout American history and still face certain inequalities to this day. The ever-present wage gap along with the lack of equal political representation between the two genders are only a couple of the ways females face inequality in day-to-day lives. A prime example being Hillary Clinton, regardless how controversial she may be, who is still closer to achieving gender equality than any woman ever has been in history. She quite possibly may receive one of the highest honors America has to give– the title President of the United States.

Gender inequality has produced many sub-groups centered on feminist ideals, similar to the numerous groups created in support of Civil Rights, such as the MFDP and the SNCC. Each group is formed as the outcome of oppression and as a way to defend what they stand for.

America has a long past of injustice between racial, political, and even gender groups which have slowly been brought to the forefront of society.

Maybe someday injustice will be a thing of the past.