 

21st century America is extremely confusing. This country has progressed astronomically over the past 100 years, but it still has a long way to go before every single creature walking on its land has the freedom and equality it deserves. The transitions America is going through are very historical, and I really want to be a part of the feminism, or gender equality, movement that is sweeping across the nation.

This research question affects me, along with everyone else in the world. As a woman, the research question definitely affects me because of my stake in the argument. I value equality throughout every aspect of being, including sexual orientation, race, and finally, gender. 

Without question, each male and female has experienced sexism throughout his or her life. America is a very progressed country, and I feel as though a large portion of sexism is undermined or very subtle, and goes unnoticed even both the abuser and people being abused. Although this experience seems childish, it shows how sexism is being forced into the developing minds of children. When I was in second grade, Billy the blue Power Ranger was my absolute favorite character. When I showed up for my Halloween party in Billy's costume, a boy in class told me Power Rangers had to be able to fight, and girls couldn't fight; he proceeded to rip the costume off of me. I resisted, and punched him as hard as I could. He had a black eye for three weeks, and I proved to him girls could fight. 

As a woman, I have felt responsibility to become knowledgeable about the problems of sexism across the world. I attempt to remain updated on current events regarding the subject. 

1.) Goldberg focused her article, "Here's How Can We Achieve Social and Economic Gender Equality by 2030" on the UN's international attempts on reaching gender equality. The UN Women have launched a campaign, "Step it Up" to assist in reaching the goal within the title within the next 15 years. Goldberg explored statistics that showed the harsh conditions women are experiencing across the world, and how the program plans on limiting them.

2.) The title of this article ultimately sums up the author'sauthors major values and interests at stake. The author agrees with the UN's movement to achieve gender equality. Stakeholder's of this movements are primarily mentioned as women in this article.

3.) The author is published on Huffington Post, and has professional connections to the executive director of Equal Rights Advocates. The author is a woman and focuses primarily on the femalewomen's side of gender equality. The only time she mentions men, she focuses on how they can better accept women into society, not how they are also abused by the lack of gender equality.

Young's article, "Sorry Emma Watson, but HeForShe is Rotten for Men", really explored a side to gender equality that I have never really crossed my mind. Young mentioned that although Emma Watson's speech was accepted as extremely uplifting for both genders, Emma Watson did not mention the harsh abuse men experience, only their petty stereotypes. Young utilized sport icons Hope Solo and Mike Vick as evidence for this lack of acknowledgment. 

Young, in a way, attacks radical feminist in her article. She utilized the examples of this "man-hating" culture that actually defeats the purpose of their cause in the first place.  She blames these women, along with those who do not acknowledge the sexism faced on the man's side, with the prolonged lack of support from men on the topic of gender equality.

Along with being published by Time Magazine, Cathy Young is a contributing editor at Reason Magazine. Young graduated from Rutgers University and has many published articles in several popular magazines. As a feminist, Young really seems unbiased in the way she forms her arguments, where she openly discusses where she believes a movement she supports has gone wrong. 

1.)White's major argument within "Gender Equity Requires Changes in Law, Not Just in Culture", exhibits the need to make laws to overcome barriers placed by countries to limit women's ability to work and ultimately prosper without a man by their side, along with laws made that assist women in maternity leave and constrain men from paternity leave. White utilizes statistics about job and labor laws throughout the world to validate her argument.

2.) The values within the article reciprocate those that value the international movement of gender equality, by utilization of the law. Both men and women have a lifestyle at stake by accepting the current gender equality situation. 

3.) The author's only bias is one towards the ultimate goal of total gender equality. The author, Gillian White, is a senior associateassociative editor at The Atlantic, and graduated from NorthwesternNorth Western University. Her writing focuses on business and economics, so her explanations of the pay gap can definitely be supported through her experience.

The research question is arguable by whether gender equality can be accomplished through social movements like mentioned in the first article, "Here's How Can We Achieve Social and Economic Gender Equality by 2030", or if it needs to be forced through laws like mentioned in the article, "Gender Equity Requires Changes in Law, Not Just in Culture".

The arguments between the sources I have found agree that gender equality is a necessity, but the way in which we can reach gender equality is questionable; the medium by which we find gender equality.

I support both movements to find gender equality; I believe that a mixture of both could possibly yield the best results.

Instead of asking how the world can accomplish gender equality, I could ask which medium is better in accomplishing gender equality. With further research, I can find which question is more suitable.
