William Faulkner

Women versus Money

Is the struggle of a woman to be recognized as equal in our society just as hard as it is for a person in poverty to climb the economic ladder? This to me is preposterous. Though it may be "hard" for women to get ahead, it is a lot easier nowadays then it was years ago. Has it gotten any easier for a starving hobo? I don't recall when the last hobo rights movement was.

Not to say that women do not face struggle, but to compare it to that of a person in rags is quite ridiculous. In a world where we are very close to our first ever female president, how can anyone still say that the woman is held down? With so many organizations and pro-women campaigns, I feel the woman is as equal right now as she has ever been and will ever be.

A person struggling to get by in the big city with no home, job, family, or food, will be stuck in that gaping black hole of poverty for a very long time. There aren't many options for that person as no one wants to hire a dirty homeless person, and not many would like to associate with one either. So even if our economically unfortunate friend would like to climb the ladder it's virtually impossible for him to do so. Being homeless is a very scary thing. Half of the world, that's nearly 3 billion people, live on less the 2 dollars every day. Half of the world is living on less than half of what our lowest paid employees make in a single hour.

Now you could tell me that with enough motivation and determination anyone could work hard enough and escape that "black hole" that is poverty and I agree with that completely, but that's not the question. The question is whether or not it's easier for an economically unfortunate person to overcome or a woman. Though women face many shortcomings due to the male, the shortcomings the poor face due to money are overwhelming.

A child living in the ghetto (whether male