Sexuality In The 21st Century

The daily life of a Caucasian women from a middle-class family in the late 20th and early 21st century expanded with possibilities as it became more acceptable for them to freely earn their own income and attend college in higher percentages than previous decades. However, social movements for sexuality and the female gender, along with the technology age, were crucial elements in these decades and helped shape the tolerance proclaimed in today’s society. The assignment will analyze the importance of these factors in the lives of someone similar to me during this time frame and how such a role contributed to society on a larger scale. As women’s hair grew in the 80’s, so did their potential to access a higher place in the American businesses.

The dubbed ‘gender gap’, where the earnings of men and women show a constant divergence in a given year, has lowered from $15,000 per year to around approximately $10,000 (NCPE, 2016). While this could be seen as a victory since the Equal Pay Act of 1963, many women were still discouraged by this gap. In an article called Equal Pay Action from the Gazette News explains a case where male tellers of Bonwit Tellers were paid more than females under the explanation that “men’s clothes are more difficult to sell than women’s clothes” (Komisar, 1973). The article goes on to explain how to observe your work environment and report complaints to the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Labor Department. Without articles and other broadcasts of inequality of the workplace, women would not have pushed for a change due to feeling they were alone in their financial

This theme of sexuality was an immense part of the late 20th/early 21st century as once taboo subjects became vocalized and everyone rushed to share their opinion. Heated debates over the matter took place from local communities to national press as Senators such as Jesse Helms and Trent Lott referred to homosexuals as “degenerates” and “in need of treatment” (Franke-Ruta, 2013). However, slander did not prevent women of this time from abandoning their movements for sexual liberation, but instead worked to find acceptance on social and political