I feel that the state is doing a lot to protect women and are really trying to give them equal rights as men. We have sure come a long way since the time when there were no laws against marital rape. Women are now allowed to use any type of contraceptives that they want, which is a huge victory in women being able to make their own choices concerning sex and family. Many laws are in place that feminists are fighting for, however sometimes they are not taken as seriously by citizens as feminists hope. There are laws in place concerning sexual harassment within the workplace, but I feel as if many bosses do not take these complaints as seriously as they should. They may laugh it off so that they don't have to deal with it or give very mild punishments.
As far as the whole controversy about divorce and collecting alimony, I think you have to look at it from many perspectives, and it should be looked at from a case-to-case basis. If it is just a husband and wife with no children involved, the women should be compensated a little just because women generally make less income than men. However, if the woman has children who mostly she will be responsible for, the ex-husband should give her a pretty large compensation for that. There is no way that you can look at this issue and make a clear-cut decision on what percentage of income should go to husband and wife.
I believe that full equality can be achieved under our current capitalistic system. We have made great strides and are continuing to grant equality to women, as well as other minorities. However, I don't think many more policies can be made within the state. Instead, citizens need to start respecting these laws and realizing that they are doing great things for our country if they are respected.
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I agree that many of the policies and laws that are in place are not respected and if they were it would make a huge difference in the world we live in. When you talked about sexual harassment in the workplace and how it usually isn't taken seriously, it made me think of an episode of "The Office". In this episode they are supposed to do training or a seminar on sexualy harassment and the entire thing becomes a joke and Michael(the boss) makes innapropriate comments as do some employees and everyone laughs it off. This same type of situation has come up in other tv shows that I have seen and I think that the media is hurting women's rights movements and giving off the impression that this issue can be taken lightly.
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