CROSS CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING

WOMAN IN AMERICA American women have made great strides in achieving political equality. They have been working hard to achieve social and economic equality as well. They believe that women can do just as well as men. They also expect to get the same respect and social rights as men. They also want to get the same pay as their male counter part. The American woman makes the most of her free time. She helps with the political campaigns, sits on committees, she goes to classes of all kinds, from environmental studies to karate, takes part in sports, and takes an interest in children's activities and education. WOMAN IN AMERICA The role women played in the home and in business and economic life in America is important. Yet, it's still a man's world. In many business and school systems women with the same qualifications as men get less pay than men doing the same job. This is possible because often a woman is a second wage earner in her home and is willing to accept less pay. Also if a man and a woman apply for the same job in a field where men dominate, in a majority of cases it is the man rather than the woman who is hired. While women hold important positions 'in business, industry and education, men are often than not hold the managerial and supervisory posts. Women are often heard to say, "I don't want to work under another woman. I'd rather take orders from a man" The same attitude carries- over into the home she likes to feel that she is under the protection of a man and has the judgment to back her up. There are exceptions of course, but it in generally true of American life that the man is the head of the family. When a really serious decision is to be made, the mother says, "We'll ask your father" or "I'll see what my husband thinks". WOMEN'S LIBERATION There are many aspects of the women's liberation movement. Some women agree with all the goals of women's liberation. They want full equality with men in every aspect of life. In marriage, they want husbands and wives to share all of the work and responsibilities of a home and family. In work, they want women and men to have the same jobs and the same chance to succeed. They want women to be paid just as much as men are for the same work. They want the same pay if they hold the same job as a man. At home, they don't expect their husbands to help them with cleaning, cooking and other house-hold jobs. The women's liberation movement is also concerned with attitudes and b woman's identity is what she thinks of herself as a person, thinks she is, and what she thinks she can do. The women's li movement want to help those women, who think they cannot do important, to improve their view of themselves. WOMEN'S LIBERATION Many women who are concerned with the women's liberation t jobs, have raised their children and have done many other a contribute to their communities. One other thing the movement is concerned with is the question of women's role. The questions are as follows: 1. Should a woman work outside there home? 2. Should she work when she is married and has children? 3. Should she stay home and look after her husband and children? 4. What would the society think of her if she enters a profession and has a career? 5. What would the society think if she stays at home and family? These questions do not just have one right answer. Every we decide her own role; and what she wants to do. If a woman decides to work outside the home, there questions which are raised such as: Can she get any job she is capable of and qualified for? Are some jobs closed to her because she is a woman? When doing the same job as her men fellow workers, Will the same payment? WOMEN'S LIBERATION These questions are important because the government has passed laws to help women get any job for which they are qualified and to help them get the same pay as a man for doing the same work. The f has also passed a law to encourage businesses that get money government to be fair to women and minority groups. This law the Affirmative Action Law: It says that if a company is not fair to women and minority groups the government will not do business with that company. This encourages the business to provide equal opportunity women. Many people agree with the goals of the women's liberation movement, because they feel that women should be considered equal to men in every way. They say that a woman must decide to stay home and raise a family or to go out and work or to have a job outside and raise a family. WOMEN'S LIBERATION Other people do not agree with the women's liberation They think that women should not have the same jobs as men. They say that women should stay at home and raise a family. Many husbands do not want their wives to work outside the home. People who agree with this women's liberation do not feel that it is bad for a woman to remain at home if she wants to. They feel that work in the home is important and should be respected. They also want to be sure that a woman stays at home, because she wants to and not because she cannot get a job outside the home. The women's liberation movement is trying to give women a chance to show what they can do. Perhaps the woman can find a cure for a serious disease, will solve the energy crisis. Perhaps men and women together will do things better than men alone.