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Feminism is needed in America

We have gender equality in the USA. The most common feminist arguments I hear are as follows. 1. Woman make less then men for the same work 2. 1 in 5 woman are raped (I don't know if this is 100% accurate but I do hear it often and it is based of certain facts) 3. Men having power in society I will start with "Woman make less then men for the same work" or often said as "woman make 75 cents on a mans dollar". This is simply not true. This statistic includes anyone working 35 hours or more a week. So a man could work 40 hours a week and make more then a woman working 35 hours. The statistic doesn't compare people with exact position it compares people in the same field. Statistically speaking men are far more likely to take work in uncomfortable, isolated, and undesirable locations and take more demanding jobs that naturally pay more. For example, within sales, men gravitate to relatively high-stress and high-paying areas of specialization, like car dealership with long hours, while women are more likely to pursue relatively lower-paid areas of specialization like being a cashier with shorter hours. Also, unmarried women who've never had a child actually earn more than unmarried men. Which isn't wrong it just depends on what jobs they go into. http://www.wsj.com... http://www.huffingtonpost.com... http://www.cbsnews.com... http://www.theatlantic.com... Second, 1 in 5 woman are raped. So a man could work 40 hours a week and make more then a woman working 35 hours. The statistic doesn't compare people with exact position it compares people in the same field. Statistically speaking men are far more likely to take work in uncomfortable, isolated, and undesirable locations and take more demanding jobs that naturally pay more. For example, within sales, men gravitate to relatively high-stress and high-paying areas of specialization, like car dealership with long hours, while women are more likely to pursue relatively lower-paid areas of specialization like being a cashier with shorter hours. Also, unmarried women who've never had a child actually earn more than unmarried men. Which isn't wrong it just depends on what jobs they go into. http://www.wsj.com... http://www.huffingtonpost.com... http://www.cbsnews.com... http://www.theatlantic.com... Second, 1 in 5 woman are raped. For example, within sales, men gravitate to relatively high-stress and high-paying areas of specialization, like car dealership with long hours, while women are more likely to pursue relatively lower-paid areas of specialization like being a cashier with shorter hours. Also, unmarried women who've never had a child actually earn more than unmarried men. Which isn't wrong it just depends on what jobs they go into. http://www.wsj.com... http://www.huffingtonpost.com... http://www.cbsnews.com... http://www.theatlantic.com... Second, 1 in 5 woman are raped. Feminism can not help this and it is not sexist. Evil exists in the world and there is nothing we can do about it. Rapists know what they are doing is wrong. It isn't that they see woman as sex objects and non human, they just want to have sex and are willing to do a horrible act to have sex. It is not right, but it certainly is not something that society doesn't care about. It is universally condemned and considered awful. Lastly I hear it argued that men are the only ones with power in the USA Which is completely untrue. Woman are CEO's and hold many government positions. In Hillary Clinton case there could even be a female president in 2016. 21% of people in congress are female. This number although not 50-50 is fine especially considering as stated above. Statistically speaking men tend to go for higher paying and higher power positions. http://fortune.com...