Women

Should Women be paid to do housework?

I grew up in a very traditional Mexican home. Where the women always stayed home to do the housework and the men went out to work. I saw my mother my whole life just cooking and cleaning and always doing stuff for everyone else. I saw how it took a toll on her and…

Gender Income Gap

“Sit Up Straight.” “That’s not lady-like.” “Girls don’t look cute cursing.””Be home by this hour.” “You can’t have a boyfriend till you’re 30.” “Boys are stronger than girls.” In a bad mood? Must be that time of the month. When having a bad day, people assume it’s due to menstruation that’s…

Women are the doing the dirty work here. Why not men?

Readings would not solve your problems. But then…

Private Rape

There is a private matter that happens in many homes throughout the world. Domestic abuse, whether violence or sexual, is the reality…

Female and Mexican.

There is not a day that goes by that I do not hear my grandma’s voice in my head. I can hear her small voice in the distance saying, “Ya estás vieja, ¿porqué no tienes un esposo o hijos?” “You are old already, why don’t you have a husband or kids?” Making me wake up everyday feeling the…

Women in sports should get paid more

The 2015 Women World Cup was a huge win for the women’s US team. They won the world cup but it also brought up a huge issue in our society today. The gender pay gap between women and men in sports. The Women World Cup winners made 2 million dollars while the men’s…