Madison Webster, Chapter 5, Question #2

Wheelan discusses gender discrimination when it comes to being hired for a job. This affects my life directly mostly in the future when I will start looking for jobs. I believe that it depends on what job a woman is applying to. This past summer, I worked at the Minnehaha Summer Camps working with kids. I would argue that if it were between me and a boy, the director would pick me because females are associated with being good with kids. Later in life is when the real discrimination kicks in. This happens around the time of having kids. Companies don't necessarily seek out to hire women because they know that they are gonna have kids and then leave. I don't believe this is fair. Think about it, having a child is a gift and an action that involves both a man and a woman. Why should a woman get discriminated against just because she has to bear the child? A major example of where women are ignored, is at the position of the head of the United States, president. There has never been a woman president. Is it because they are not good enough for the position? no people will vote for them? people would feel insecure with a woman at the head? I don't know. I believe that woman are starting rising to their challenges and are acting with confidence when it comes to discrimination. All woman should be able to advocate for themselves, now and in the future.