Women: Equal or not?

In the Mind of a Women

Shayla Brown

English ll 1^st block

Ms. McKoy

31 January 2013

In The Mind of a Women

            Ever since I was younger, I have always been talked down to by men and boys my age. I was raised with boys my whole life, and I was always talked to as if I was below them. When I started racing go-karts, the judgments got worse and worse. Guys thought they could scare me out of racing, and that I would give up because they gave me a hard time about it. I held my head up high and played around with them right back. Eventually, they just gave up, and now I only get judged by people who do not know me and are new to the tracks I go to. Women go through the same situations that I do in their everyday lives. Women get paid significantly less than men in sports because no one watches it. People say, “We only get paid for what we are worth.” I have heard men say that my entire life, and I honestly get tired of it.

            When, I went on Women’s Sports Foundation’s website I found many articles on my topic, and it is very debatable because men think women are treated equally, but women do not. Women sports like the Women’s National Basketball Association, WNBA, that are on TV at times do not get paid anywhere near what National Basketball Association, NBA, players do. WNBA players make on average $40,000 a year on a seven-month contract while a NBA player makes on average $5.15 million a year. There is a $932,700 difference between men and women in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA, I-A with men in the better. Prize for a Professional Golf Association, PGA, tour is $2526 million while the Ladies Professional Golf Association, LPGA, is only $50 million. If, women won the cup in the Women’s World Cup they only get $58,000 and all men have to do is reach the quarter final to earn $200,000. Does this seem equal at all? Men have the upper hand in the world because they are known to be stronger and more controlling.

            I want to research this issue because I want women to be equal and want them to feel like they can take on anything in the world. Women give up on their dreams every day because there is that one man in their lives that say they cannot do anything because they are women, and I think women can do just as much as a man can. I want women to know they can succeed at every little thing they put their hearts too, and even if it is a “man’s” thing. If more women think they can do anything they put their hearts to then this world will be run much smoother. I want to raise the awareness of women inequality and find new ways to help fix it. Women are not treated equally and there has to be a change.