I was very disturbed reading this chapter. I brought back many of the problems that mygeneration faced. I am sorry to read that most of those problems remain in todays world.
Although, many solutions have been reached, it seems that the knowledge of the freedoms and choices that girls have, remain unknown to them. I was very open with my step-daughters and my grand-daughters and told them and took them to places where information on their sexually freedoms were explained and available to them. I had hoped that todays young girls were all aware that the choice to be sexually active carries great responsiblilities as well as freedoms. The information is free and should be made available through the schools.
I was alarmed and very sorry to hear that it is not. This was one of the causes my friends and I fought for in the sixties. It is also discouraging to read that equal pay for equal work had not been achieved.
The freedom to work where you want is much greater now than in the sixties, but it should not
been a problem in the twenty-first century. I did not realize that women still receive lower pay.
This makes me not only sad, but angry that men and women still do accept this. It is so very unfair. Jobs and pay should not be a sex consideration, but based on education, skills, and experience.
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