A large issue that has been continuously present in history and persistently present in todays society is equality. Whether it's for women or those of colored skin equality is still a goal for many of us we are striving to enforce and implicate in our society so there is no longer any room for inequality. As we see in the essay written by Virginia Woolf "A Room of One's Own" she speaks the truth of women and women literature back in her time period. And although the essay was written almost 100 years ago, her points and statements she make are still alive in our society today.
An issue Woolf addresses in her essay is how women were not given the equal opportunity of success as men have received, this is where she derives the purpose of having a room of one's own. Now a lot of us would say both men and women all have an equal opportunity now a days in society, right? Wrong. Specifically in the work force this is still a very present issue.
According to studies women earn approximately 77 cents for every dollar men earn. But some might say well that has nothing to do with equal opportunity? But money has everything to do with equal opportunity, according to Woolf. Woolf makes sure to bring up multiple times that without money one cannot possibly be successful.
Another problem in the work force is the influence women receive. According to studies done in 2002 women were only 10.8 percent of all engineers; 1.4 percent of all auto mechanics; 1.8 percent of all carpenters; 30.6 percent of all doctors; and 29.2 percent of all lawyers. These statistics create fear in women, who wants to go somewhere they aren't welcomed? These statistics need to change, until then equality will continue to drag on in the work force. And by a change in the statistics I'm not expecting a perfect 50/50 but there is a large gap between these numbers, and this occurrence is not just by chance.
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