¶ … societal issue you selected, and based on your analysis, explain how and why the issue represents a threat to equality. Finally, describe the factors you would consider when determining how to address the threat to equality.
The concept of equality: Women in the workforce
Equality as a concept is often linked to justice and freedom. However, its precise definition in a political sense remains controversial. Treating everyone the same does not always constitute equality. For example, treating students with special needs the same -- without modifications -- as non-LD students has been called discriminatory. Affirmative action has been defended as rectifying historical injustices because treating women and minority groups 'the same' as males and non-minorities in hiring and promotions can effectively foster inequality. One definition of equality is that "equality' (or 'equal') signifies correspondence between a group of different objects,...
In the previous examples, the goals of equality are to create an equally adequate education for all students, or to ensure that on a societal level all persons, regardless of origin, have the same opportunities to realize their professional aspirations. Treating members of the group as the same in all respects does not necessarily foster the goal of equality.
This question of what constitutes equality came to the forefront of the national consciousness when a recent article was published in The Atlantic entitled "Can women have it all?" The answer of the author was 'no.' According to Anne-Marie Slaughter, an international affairs professor at Princeton, she struggled balancing home and work needs when she was the former director of policy planning…
