When looking through the websites I found some interesting things. Like when looking through The People Like Us page I found the stories page. It was interesting to read through the stories that PBS had posted, but what was more interesting were the stories that people posted themselves. Many of the stories had a common thread too, they all talked about being part of the "blue-collar" or "elite", but having some type of problem when they were there, or with the class in general. When looking through the Center For AWorking - Class Studies page I read "What is Working - Class Studies?"it was interesting to know what "working class" is and who identifies with it. What I found most interesting is how many people identify with the working class. About half of the country does. How does the other half of the country identify? (I don't know). I'm a part of the working class, and so are my parents. I don't know if I've ever identified that way until now. It was interesting though to get a different point of view on what the working class was, compared to how people talk about it.
I do believe that economic inequality is a feminists issue. Most women in higher paying jobs still don't get paid as much as men doing the same jobs. (This sometimes even happens in lower paying jobs). Women still have to fight for equality in the work place, even though we have already been trying to gain equality. Women don't hold many CEO jobs either, when they are defiantly more than capable. Economic inequality is a feminist issue because women are still thought to only be mothers, but now mothers are also providers for their families as well. Having inequalities makes it much harder for women to make money to provide for their children (many of the PBS stories expressed this as well). Feminist are also fighting for the equality of others in the workforce as well, and those bring up different issues too.
The stories on PBS put things into a good perspective, it was very eye opening.
ReplyDeleteThe stories on PBS talked about people in different economic social structures. In those stories you saw the drift in the economy and what is really happening to people even though that was not to long ago and the economy has changed. I wonder how those stories would be when the economy was at its worst? Anyways there are a lot of single mother out there that are trying to raise their children on what they make and are not getting any help from anyone. I agree with your opinion that it is a feminist issue but they are fighting for the equality of everyone.
ReplyDeleteThe PBS website helped me learn different things and how everything has a specific category, ie the room decorating game. That was crazy.
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