The Fight Is Not Over.

Dominque Browning writes on the subject of the U.S.’s perspective of women in her article “Sexist Bullying: What’s Behind the ‘War on Women’”. Her intended audience is pointed towards women in America, particularly the current young generation coming up who will have to deal with these problems in years to come.

Browning is an editor, writer, and management consultant with a career in executive positions at magazines such as Esquire, Texas Monthly, Newsweek, and House & Garden. She is a co-founder with the Environmental Defense Fund of a new organization called “Moms Clean Air Force” and regularly writes at a blog based on her memoir called Slow Love Life, the New York Times, and other publications.

Browning argues how women’s right that were fought for decades ago have once again been threaten by today’s demographic of women’s capabilities or worth. She uses republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum and Rush Limbaugh as opposing figures who threaten today’s image of women and possibly threatening the opportunities of future female generations. She states how Limbaugh “seems obsessed with women who don’t know their places” in this case, referring to Tracie McMillan. Browning quotes him on how he criticizes women, “What is with all of these young single white women? Overeducated doesn’t mean intelligent.” She argues explaining how “McMillan has a BA but that makes her overeducated compared to Limbaugh, who dropped out of college after two semesters.” Then she mentions “Santorum’s view that a college education is elitist and unnecessary; women certainly don’t need it.” By stating their absurd and ignorant comments on women and what these two think of them, she lashes back on their remarks in her article.

She goes on to mention how women of the seventies are getting a sickened sense of déjà vu. Those who fought the same gender equality battles back then are now having it shoved back in their face once again today. She breaks this down by explaining how today in the workplace “women still earn less than men—80.2 cents for every male dollar. She states how “women represent just 3% of Fortune 500 CEOs, and less than 15% of corporate executives at top companies worldwide.” She summarizes the inequality that still goes on today in businesses when it comes to the subject of gender in the workplace.

She finishes her article positively saying that even with these opposing forces, there has been much progress but there is much more work to do. Giving hope to the younger generation of women, she looks to them on how they decide to handle these reoccurring problems in our society. I agree with what she says here. I do believe even though we women have gone through a lot to get to where we are; getting so close to things that seemed impossible such as having a female president; we still have a lot to do in standing up for our rights and pushing forward.

http://ideas.time.com/2012/03/08/whats-behind-the-war-on-women/?iid=op-article-mostpop1