a change of yo’life” (pg. 79) ‘Then Joe Starks realized all the meanings and his vanity bledlike a flood. Janie had robbed him of his illusion of irresistible malenessthat all men cherish, witch was terrible. She had cast down his empty armorbefore men and they had laughed. Joe Starks didn’t know what to do, so he struckJanie and ran her from the store. (Pg. 80) How is this fair? Jody Starks hasbeen abusing and controlling his wife for years, she finally stands up to himand gets a beating for it. Ethics and morals should play a role in the waypeople are treated. People should follow the golden role, ‘treat people as youwould want to be treated.’ Through awareness and education over many years thisidea has slowly taken a foothold in society.The road to equality for women has been a long process. Starting in thenineteen sixties, the president was the first to try and drum up support forwomen’s rights. John F. Kennedy set up the first national commission on thestatus of women in 1962. In 1963 the commission issued a report detailingemployment, discrimination, unequal pay, and legal inequality. This was one ofour first presidents to take an active interest in women’s social role insociety. Due to JFK’s active interest, in 1964 Title 7 was passed. This Titlebarred employment discrimination based on sex, race, color and ethnic origin. The main movement for women’s equality was during the sixties; this decade wasas proactive as any other. At the end of the sixties and in the beginning ofthe seventies, women’s rights finally came into mass effect. On August 26th1970 to the day of the fiftieth anniversary of women’s suffrage, women from allover the nation joined together and marched for their rights. A few years laterin 1972 the ERA (equal rights amendment) passed. It was the 27th amendment; itmade all forms of discrimination based on sex illegal. Today wo...
