The role of women in the United States has changed dramatically over the past few decades. For one, more and more women have taken on new responsibilities outside the home by joining the paid workforce. While women made up only about one-third of the workforce in 1969, women today make up almost half of all workers in the United States. Women are also stepping up to lead the country; a record number of women ran for public office in 2012, and a record-high percentage of women are serving in Congress. In addition to making progress on issues of economics and leadership, women have made progress on health issues, which impact women’s personal well-being, as well as their economic security. Over the past few years, women have been able to end gender discrimination by big insurance companies and gain free contraception coverage because of the Affordable Care Act.
I would say that early hunting/gathering cultures were much more based towards cooperation, rather than competition. This is largely due to the importance that teamwork held when faced with the need for food. Early societies needed to work together in order to achieve their common goal: survival. Many hands were required in order to feed the population. While competition may have help a role in their society, it was cooperation that held them together.
This is a complex question, but I believe they are not valued as highly as men. For example, there was a law that Chinese couples could only have one child. If they had another child, they had to give it up for adoption. Because females are not as valued, many couples who gave birth to a daughter would give them up for adoption and try for a son instead. This led to a lot of Chinese girls being up for adoption
B.<u>U.S. District Courts</u> hear the majority of federal cases. The Supreme Court hears less than 1% of all of the cases it is actually asked to hear each year.
