A privilege, a right or a benefit that is given to certain individuals that makes them proud. That is the definition of what is considered a privilege. In today 's modern world, numerous of individuals face obstacles when it comes to being granted their privileges. Many of them find themselves treated unequal for unfair reasons such as their gender, color, age or sexuality. This has been a conflict that has affected many generations, it even goes all the way back to the Stone Age. Men and Women have constantly faced discrimination across the United States and Worldwide for decades. Reading the book "Women 's Rights: Documents Decoded" one learns to find that the workforce was mostly dominated by men up until the 1900s. Not only that, but …show more content…
Men who failed to do so were often shunned and viewed as girly and an embarrassment to society. Girls were supposed to be beautiful and men rich. Men were also viewed as the more masculine gender and needed to be physically big, strong and muscular. Even gay men had some inclinations to buy into the whole big, strong and masculinity myth. In June 10, 1963 President John F. Kennedy signed the equal pay act as part of his new frontier program that prohibited arbitrary discrimination against women in the payment of wages. This granted women equal pay in comparison to their male counterparts. There was no longer an unfair pay scale between men and women. Prior to this act passing more ladies were entering the world of paid labor while the pay discrimination based on sex remained rampant and blatant. Women were making 59% of what men were making. Another, significant issue was the color of someone’s skin. Men and women of color both experienced inequality when slavery was still around. Adult male and female slaves dressed in clothing that was deemed gender appropriate by the white society. Thus, men were given pants, and women were given dresses. Men were forced to do most of the physical work that was needed and women were forced to take care of the