"The Equality Crisis"

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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the essay, "The Equality Crisis", by Wendy Williams. Specifically, it contains some reflection on the piece and how it relates to women's studies and the law. Women still have a long way to go to reach true equality with men, and one of the reasons is the court system, which still uses two different standards for judging men and women.

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"William's essay brings up some startling and disturbing points about the law as it relates to women, and many of them are hard to refute. Ultimately, the author believes the court systems uphold the laws as they relate to the majority white American males, rather than minorities. Thus, she believes the best venue for making change, especially as it relates to women, is not in the courts, but in the legislatures of the states and the nation. This seems to be true, as the court systems still are led primarily by men, and women are the minority in judgeships, and so, they are in the minority in the decisions handed down by primarily male judges."

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