@DontTreadOnMe,
As a woman, I do not consider myself a member of a minority. I do consider myself a member of a group that was marginalized and largely excluded from political power and corporate power until the 1960's, when both the civil rights movement, and the women's movement, began to break down the barriers that had existed largely to keep women "in their place"--in the home raising children and performing domestic duties.
As discrimination by gender began to vanish from the workplace, and opportunities increased, more women began to move into the workplace, and beyond the typically "feminine" jobs--teaching, nursing, secretarial work, etc.--and into bastions which had been typically "masculine". Today, women are not excluded, or discriminated against, in the workplace on the basis of gender. A woman can generally enter into any field she wishes. Women are on the Supreme Court and in Congress and the Senate. They serve as governors and sit on presidential Cabinets. Women are in law and medicine and on police forces and fire departments. They work as electricians and plumbers and truck drivers. Women start businesses and head major corporations.
While women have not yet achieved full pay equality, changes continue to take place, the position of women continues to evolve, and progress continues. Women may still have a harder road to success, for many reasons, but there are no longer hard barriers that prevent a women from moving toward any goal she chooses.
So, I am genuinely confused about why any American woman, in this day and age, when women have political power, social power, and growing economic power, would still see herself as a member of a minority, or subordinate group. What options and choices are not available to her, or to women as a group--beside, maybe, playing professional football and major league baseball?
